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'We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year" is undoubtedly the perfect CD for all the metal fans out there who also happen to be crazy about Christmas music. The title says it all, accurately describing the tone of the album. Fundamentally, it is a selection of classic Christmas songs remixed in […]

"Gore and Bush"- or was it "Bore and Gush"- make me want to Ralph." was a popular slogan for Ralph Nader, the popular liberal and Green Party candidate who probably drew votes in key states from enough would-be Gore voters to cost Gore, a more moderate liberal, those states and thus the election. He emphasized […]

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You can easily spot them in a crowd. They are easily noticeable on campus and they are everywhere, fondly referred to by the student body as ROTC (pronounced roht-see). They are the men and women of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. Program.While most of us can barely handle completing our majors, these dedicated students […]

I'd say I've faced two great challenges in my college career thus far. The first is taking Chinese it's a huge pain in the ass. The second is being some semblance of kosher. For those of you who don't know what that means, it's that I can't eat most good foods. Blimpie meatball subs? Can't […]

Visualize Vincent Van Gogh's painting, 'Starry Night," which is arguably the most famous depiction of a night sky in the world of studio arts.Now visualize yourself within this canvas of emphatic blue swirls and golden orbs. At Starry Nites Cafe in Rochester, this fantasy becomes reality.With its location only steps from the Memorial Art Gallery […]

Sex is fun to talk about. I love writing this column every week and the lovely juicy discussions that I get to have with people who react to it. There are about a billion jokes about sex and tons of funny terms for sexual acts. Sitting around with friends and discussing what's going on in […]

Kathleen Parth is a professor of Russian and the director of Russian studies at UR. A frequent world traveler, she has made many trips overseas to Russia.What made you go into Russian studies as a field?Growing up during the Cold War and being in school when Sputnik went up. Suddenly, everything about my education changed […]

UR security officers helped dissuade a potential jumper from leaping off of the Elmwood Avenue Bridge into the Genesee River early Saturday morning.According to Director of UR Security Walter Mauldin, UR Security received a phone call from the Blue Light emergency phone located at the corner of Wilson Boulevard and Trustee Road at 3:32 a.m. […]

The first student-run nonviolence conference, sponsored by Nonviolent On Campus, created a forum for students to react to their peers' research on nonviolence. Nonviolent on Campus was formed in the fall of 2006 by seniors Eliza Kaye, Emily Zevon and Lindsey Lewis.Lewis, the conference coordinator, explained that student presenters impressed academics with their papers at […]