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In this day and age, overstimulated by the wealth of information at our disposal, we tend to rely heavily on predictions. With the NFL draft but a few weeks ago and primary season still continuing (well, at least for one party), armchair sports writers and pundits lay down their selections as to who will get […]

I'm not really sure why I chose to apply or attend UR. My reasons at the time were lame and flimsy, and I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I asked the Admissions Office a few questions, but they weren't very truthful; then again, I probably asked the wrong […]

In psychology class, I learned that the fastest period of growth in life happens when we are first born. Well, the person who said that obviously didn't study college students. The amount that I have grown and learned over these past four years is unrivaled at any other juncture in my life. Of course I […]

Approaching the end of four years, a reserve of memories swell in my mind as I look back at the time that will hereby be referred to only in the past tense as "college." Not college, per say, but "college," as in my experience of college, unique only to myself and to no one else […]

In an effort to slow the influx of illegal parking on the River Campus, UR Parking and Transportation Services is looking into reinstating its policy of booting illegally parked cars after the fourth unpaid ticket. According to Vice President of Facilities and Services Richard Pifer, the transition would not be made until at least the […]

According to Medical Emergency Response Team's "D-Day Impact Report," released last week by Director of Operations of River Campus MERT and junior Laura Bailer, there were less calls to MERT during this year's Dandelion Day on Saturday, April 26, than in either of the previous two years. There were 12 total calls between 10:05 p.m. […]

It would be hard to imagine UR sports this year without the members of the class of 2008. The seniors' leadership and experience has been a catalyst for the success of many of the Yellowjacket teams this year.For the men's soccer team, a lot of the credit for its Sweet 16 NCAA tournament appearance goes […]

Correction: May 5Gretchen Snedeker, a graduate student at the Eastman School of Music, died in a automobile collision in Oneida, N.Y. last Thursday when another car entered her lane when she was on her way to teach at Colgate University. Snedeker was an adjunct professor at Colgate.Snedeker had received a Bachelor of Music degree in […]

Dominant public opinion in western countries has held that the fierce anti-China protests surrounding the Olympic torch relay are deserved and potentially effective ways to improve China's human rights situation. Political leaders have announced boycotts of the Olympic opening ceremonies. In my view, many of these protests have been unnecessarily inflammatory. Attempts to force political […]

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