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Men steal third place in Chase Tournament
Shortly after the big ball dropped on 42nd street, it was time for the Yellowjackets to gear up and score some balls of their own.The men's basketball team started its 2009 season on Jan. 5 at Clarkson University. The highly contested battle would prove to set the tone for the first six games of the […]
Campus Climate survey discussed
UR groups sponsored special events in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. for the week of Jan. 16 to Jan. 23.On Jan.19, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Campus Diversity Roundtable held a Campus Climate Conversation from 1 to 5:30 p.m. in the Simon School of Business. The event consisted of a series of presentations […]
UR qualifies many against RIT
The UR track and field teams traveled to Rochester Institute of Technology on Jan. 17 for their first meet since before winter break.The solid performances of both the men's and women's teams were exemplified by the 51 athletes who qualified for the New York State championship meet and the three athletes who qualified for the […]
Stolen Social Security
The names and Social Security numbers of 450 current students and alumni were accessed illegally from the UR Student Employment Web site a nonacademic database and copied to an off-campus IP address on Jan. 7.According to Chief Information Security Officer Julie Myers, Student Employment immediately called for a security investigation when a potential breach was […]
Students board bus to capital
On Monday night, over 150 UR students met outside the Information Technology Center and boarded three coach buses headed toward Washington, D.C. to witness the 56th Presidential Inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama.The buses arrived at 4 a.m. in Largos, Maryland. Students then rode the Metro into the city and made their way toward the National […]
UR?s Steven Chu selected by Obama
In 1997, UR alumnus Steven Chu received the Nobel Prize in physics for his work using lasers to trap and cool individual atoms. Now, Chu hopes to use his scientific expertise to help lead the nation to new heights. President Barack Obama named him Secretary of Energy in early December. Chu graduated from UR in […]
Squash drops close matches to highly ranked opponents
The UR squash team has something it hasn't seen much of since head coach Martin Heath took over the job depth.Following a season last year that showcased the talents of the top positions, UR finished the season ranked 10th in the country according to the final poll produced by the College Squash Association.This season, the […]
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Ross Brenneman ranked sexiest man alive by People Magazine
by Alyssa WaddillSenior Staff WriterLet's talk about public sex. OK, I don't really mean public sex. That would imply that you're going to set yourself up on top of the meridian on Eastman Quad on the first sunny day of spring and go at it for all the lovely-weather loungers to see. 'Public sex" usually […]
Hartnett Gallery
I am not a Bloc Party fan. I am a fanatic. In my opinion, 'Silent Alarm," the band's 2005 album, is a work of pure lyrical and musical genius. With notable hits such as 'This Modern Love" and 'Banquet," this album rose to No. 3 on the UK charts and garnered significant commercial success and […]