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Trials and tribulations in the Gowen Room: SA in flux: 2015 is a crucial election
There are two features of the current SA election that give it more significance than one might be inclined to award a student government election. First, the turnover—at least among senators—in this election highlights the troubling times our student government is in. Out of the 14 sitting senators who are eligible to run in this […]
Editorial Boards
Trials and tribulations in the Gowen Room: the good and bad of SA’s new bylaws
At 11:26 p.m, on the otherwise typical Monday evening of March 19, SA Senate passed a new set of bylaws to thunderous applause. The sound of the gavel came after over two hours of tedious, often intense debate on each disputed point in the proposed bylaws. And, while at times the discussion amounted to little […]
News
New research could improve cancer treatments
A UR research team led by Director of the UR Center for RNA Biology Dr. Lynne E. Maquat has found that blocking a certain cellular quality-control mechanism called nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) can make chemotherapy more effective to treat of cancer. NMD is a quality-control pathway responsible for protecting the cell from mistakes it might […]
Sports
Club lacrosse grows potential
This past weekend, the University of Rochester’s men’s club lacrosse team fell to St. Bonaventure 9-3. With an early season win and a few hard-fought losses, this makes the team’s season record 1-3. Although the past few games have not gone Rochester’s way, as a team they have great potential and has come a long […]
Sports
Baseball shows commanding force in homestand
After an unsteady start at the University Athletic Association (UAA) tournament in Sanford, FL, the UR baseball team had a good comeback this weekend against Bard College. After winning three of their four games in doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, the team gained their fourth win on Wednesday against Keuka College. During the tournament, the […]
Weekend of mixed results for women’s tennis
After their win over regionally-ranked William Smith College last week, the UR Women’s Tennis team had high hopes to continue their success during a trip this past weekend to the New York area for two important matchups against New York University and The College of New Jersey. (TCNJ) Both matches ended up being close affairs, […]
Humor
Declaring your major
It’s that time of year again. The squirrels are frolicking, the brown water of our lovely Genesee is flowing in full force, the Quidditch team has returned to practice during normally inconvenient hours for everyone else in Fauver; oh, and the school is hounding freshmen and sophomores to declare what they will pursue for the […]
Culture
‘I’ll Be Your Pilot Today:’ ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’
Remember when Ellie Kemper played mousy, naïve Erin Hannon on “The Office?” Having succumbed to the terrible plague of typecasting, Kemper now plays the exact same mousy, naïve woman as the titular character in “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Despite being a product of Tina Fey, whose previous show, “30 Rock,” seems destined to be her greatest […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: Solved Games
If you sit down and play a virtual game of checkers on your computer, there’s a good chance it’ll let you win. After all, computers aren’t very sore losers, and for poor hal9000-light sitting on your desktop, the more fun you have, the better it’s performed. But it certainly didn’t need to lose. In fact, […]
Editorial Boards
Yik Yak: a tough situation, handled with care
Recently, UR made headlines by asking Yik Yak to reveal the identities of the individuals behind the slew of racist, threatening posts that appeared on the app several weeks ago. The aftermath of this leaves us with a few thoughts. We commend the actions of the administration in these troubling times. With racial issues and […]
