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Humor
Physicist’s curiosity believed to have killed Schrodinger’s cat
A box found on the mantle in a recent estate sale of the newly-deceased, long-lost grandchild of Erwin Schrodinger was recently put up for auction. Knowing the potential significance, a world renowned physicist—who has preferred to remain anonymous due to safety after potential death threats from animal rights activists—chose to purchase the item. The box […]
Humor
Cold war heats up
Temperatures met a universal high this summer with July as the hottest month in recorded history, as well for the University of Rochester; students are still struggling with the deadly heat. Naive freshmen who brought only one fan along with their laundry hampers, flat screen TVs and cheap fridges are now paying the price. As […]
Culture
The best music of summer 2015
Beach House, ‘Depression Cherry’: The Baltimore duo’s fifth album eschews the dramatic drums of their earlier efforts while retaining the theatricality of their sound. Victoria Legrand’s voice has never been stronger, and Alex Scally has been given some freedom to play with some aggression, a word rarely identified with Beach House. Everything is bolstered by […]
Culture
‘Rick and Morty’ returns
Animation can let thoughts and ideas get to some really strange places that would be otherwise restricted in a more realistic dramatic form, like live-action television or theater. When anything you want to do is visually possible, the scope of ways to approach a particular subject expands exponentially. That’s part of what makes Adult Swim’s […]
Culture
‘From #Ferguson’ summons art from ashes
Now more than ever, America is grappling with its history of violence and oppression towards people of color. Last week, the Hartnett Gallery opened its first exhibition of the year, entitled “From #Ferguson,” featuring works by Bryce Olen Robinson. A native of Ferguson, Missouri, Robinson’s work speaks to the racism that he has seen and […]
Sports
Seven athletes honored for top achievements in sports
The UR Athletic Department held its annual awards banquet on Thursday, April 30, honoring seven student-athletes—six seniors and one junior—for their accomplishments during their time at UR. Senior Alex Swanger from Penfield, N.Y. received the Louis A. Alexander Alumni Award, which is given to the male senior athlete who has contributed the most to the […]
Culture
A show that promotes farewell, not goodbye
Senior Week celebrates the hard work and dedication of its senior class. During this week, the tough times of finals, midterms and all- nighters are forgotten in favor of the amazing memories that four years of college provide. During Senior Week, this group of students who grew together—from their very first steps as freshman to […]
Op-Eds
2015: A momentous year 
This has been a momentous year. At the end of April, the community celebrated the grand opening of College Town, which now boasts approximately 20 retail facilities, including Barnes & Noble, the Corner Bakery Cafe, Constantino’s Market, Breathe Yoga, Insomnia Cookies, Jimmy John’s and many others. In March, we surpassed our initial $1.2 billion goal in The […]
News
Dean Culver announces new Humanities Center
Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences Gloria Culver announced the upcoming creation of a Humanities Center at UR in a press release published on Thursday, April 23. The Humanities Center will “support multidisciplinary engagement around literature, history, the arts and philosophies of cultures past and present,” the press release stated. The Center’s goal […]
Ed Observers
UR needs solutions that unite
Something that we’ve learned in the past year is that the Rochester community—on campus and in the city beyond—is not as tolerant as we had hoped it was. We assumed, perhaps naively, that college campuses would be a haven for intelligent, rational discussion, but a series of events in the past few semesters have indicated […]
