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With the game deadlocked for nearly 100 minutes and only seconds left until a second sudden-death overtime, University Athletic Association rival University of Chicago notched the first goal of the game past UR senior goalie Michael Peacock to take a 1-0 victory late Friday night. This marked the first loss of the season and the […]

I often play sports to escape some of the junk that goes on in my life. But, whenever I tie the laces of my muddy cleats, old-school high-tops or worn-out spikes, I cannot help but believe that sports are the enemy of escape they constantly remind me of not only the junk but also of […]

If there is one thing that Anna Dobrzynski knows how to do, it is scoring goals. The sophomore field hockey forward recorded a hat trick in UR's victory against Washington and Jefferson University on Sunday.Dobrzynski gave the Yellowjackets their first goal in the 35th minute and never looked back. When it was all said and […]

The 'Jackets swarmed into United States Merchant Marine Academy's home field in Kingspoint, N.Y. with a mission on their pads: hit hard and win easy. And they did just that, picking up a needed 52-21 victory via a fast-paced offense and a high intensity defense. With three career-high performances, one of which ties a 38-year-old […]

To see what I was doing to two innocent men wrapped up in the deceitful love triangle I had formed right before their eyes brought me back to a time when I was the victim of infidelity. I felt bad, but I had to keep my guard up. I had to save myself from the […]

Where are you from?I'm originally from Israel. I moved to New Jersey when I was 15. How was the transition?It was challenging. It's very different in America. [But] I've gone back every summer except this last one. Half my family still lives over there. What exactly does the Entrepreneurship Club do?There's a Center for Entrepreneurship, […]

The DREAM Act is proposed federal legislation to provide illegal immigrant students who graduate from U.S. high schools and meet other criteria, such as good moral character, arrived in the U.S. as children and have been in the country continuously for at least five years prior to the bill's enactment the opportunity to earn conditional […]

My friend and I piled into the bus for a fantastic day of drinking wine and seeing a winery in action. But there was something that bothered me. Missed by many others, it was an off-the-cuff comment that struck me the wrong way. When we finished touring the Hungarian and French oak casks they use […]

In the pitch black night and cool crisp air,ghosts and goblins roam everywhere.Frightful kids scatter aboutcollecting treats,for their moms and dads later to eat.Knock knock on the door.Who's there?A trick for a treat.They do,they dare!Candy corn and chocolate,popcorn balls and more.The Halloween spirit fills each kid to their very core.Later in bed,tucked under and warm,something's […]

After class, I went back to my room to study for the next day's midterms, but first, I needed to take care of the newfound chills. I threw on a heavy sweatshirt over the sweater and long-sleeved shirt I was already wearing. In the process of studying, I began to doubt that my sub-par physical […]