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Football drops two games in league play
On two consecutive weekends, the UR football team suffered disappointing losses. The 'Jackets faced off against the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers in Fauver Stadium on Oct. 4 and at Susquehanna University on Oct. 11. RPI held off UR in the second half, winning 27-17. The next weekend, the Susquehanna Crusaders topped the 'Jackets, 28-13.RPI started […]
Volleyball hits rough patch on the road at UAA tourney
Heading into the University Athletic Association's first Round Robin over fall break, the Yellowjackets knew they were up against some tough competition. They opened up the weekend with a match against Washington University in St. Louis, who is the defending national champion and currently ranked fourth in the country according to the College Sports Television […]
Apple harvests an impressive crop
In sports, great stories often hinge on the concept of 'mental toughness" and are dependent on a team's ability to intrinsically withstand the elements. Perhaps no one understands that more than men's soccer head coach Chris Apple. Just look at his seven-year tenure as a Yellowjacket coach, where a large part of the unprecedented success […]
View From a Starr
'Any given Sunday." 'It's why they play the game." These and other clichs have become parts of the NFL vernacular, but never more so than during this 2008 season. Through the first six weeks of the season, the NFL fan base has been treated to more upsets and late-game victories than a March Madness tournament.The […]
Buenaventura places eighth individually to lead golf
Five Yellowjacket scores broke 80 as the UR golf team placed sixth at the Hamilton Fall Invitational on Oct. 4-5.Leading the charge for the 'Jackets was freshman Michael Buenaventura, who tied for eighth place individually. This was the first top-20 placement for Buenaventura, who took 32nd in the Guy W. Kuhn Invitational three weeks ago.A […]
Coffee served with an eclectic Eastman scene
Waiting for a concert, a music lesson, a well-cultured friend or perhaps just a bus outside Eastman Theatre, many UR students have found themselves pondering one of two things: whether in fact they did hear gunshots from Chestnut Street or whether or not their fingers really will fall off due to hypothermia from the cold. […]
Construction causes campus chaos
What better place is there than Rochester during the start of fall? I have only been on campus for a short time and I am loving it so much.But now that fall is upon us, it is really taking my breath away: the changing of the leaves, the cooling of the weather. The aromas of […]
Fall Fashion: taking it from the runway to Rochester
It's getting chilly, and you know what that means. These last weeks of warmth are going to be a distant memory once the first snow falls in Rochester, and you will soon be wondering if there ever was a time you actually wore those shorts outside to class at all.But before the dreaded winter comes, […]
Feeling good vibrations and new sensations
Our bodies are made to please each other. We've got all the tools at hand (so to speak) to have really great sex. Tongues, fingers, lips, thighs and all manner of other body parts are perfectly designed to get someone off.Sometimes, though, it's good to try something new. While there are pretty much endless possibilities […]
Get to Know Me: Jen Roach
Jen is a sophomore from Philadelphia, Pa. She is studying financial economics and music at UR. On campus, she works as a Peer Career Adviser at the Career Center, a Student Activities projects and services aide and is also a member of the UR Jazz Ensemble and On Beyond Penguin. She is a Capricorn who […]