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UR enters virtual reality system in Microsoft contest
Last week, the Computer Science HapTech Research Team worked to become one of four teams to make it to the U.S. finals round of the Microsoft Imagine Cup, a worldwide competition of technological innovations among student teams. Seniors Lucian Copeland, Jordan Brooks and Alexander Matthers; juniors Morgan Sinko, Christian Freitas, Gary Ge and Minsoo Lee; […]
Op-Eds
War-weary America doesn’t deserve another fight
This past Wednesday, President Obama sent a draft joint resolution to Congress. For the first time in almost 13 years, Congress will have the ability to approve an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). This AUMF will allow President Obama to continue his campaign against the Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIL and […]
Editorial Boards
Driving for safety
Since last Thursday, two separate accidents have occurred involving UR shuttle buses—one this past Friday and one this past Monday. Though the accidents themselves were unfortunate, what was more troubling was the fact that, during this week’s Senate meeting, Director of Parking and Transportation Services Hugh Kierig admitted that he had little knowledge of whether […]
Editorial Boards
When it comes to SA, every minute counts
In trying to achieve a greater good, people often overlook the bigger picture and neglect to address crucial issues. Governments often fall into this category, and, in the case of its minutes, SA is no exception. With this in mind, we would like to sincerely remind Senate of its obligation to be transparent to the […]
Culture
Festival of Food, Film and Culture delights the senses
After fifteen years, the Festival of Food, Film and Culture has returned to UR—and it was worth the wait. Delicious, authentic food from around the world is paired with foreign movies in the four-week series presented by the Department of Modern Languages & Cultures. Spanish professor Claudia Schaefer said that the department first tried to […]
Culture
‘I’ll Be Your Pilot Tonight:’ ‘Better Call Saul’
It starts where it left off in the pilot episode of “Better Call Saul.” A Cinnabon. In fact, it is the Cinnabon that Saul Goodman imagined he’d be managing in the penultimate episode of “Breaking Bad.” Behind the counter is the sad, drone-like shell of what used to be Saul (now Gene, according to his […]
Culture
‘Year Walk:’ dark mythology redux
“Year Walk” (Simogo, 2013) is one of those games that completely passed me by on its release. When a friend recommended it to me early this year, I assumed it to be relatively new, and only later did I discover just how late I was to the party. It’s precisely because I only recently discovered […]
Features
Engineers Without Borders travel to Don Juan for first assessment trip
Engineers Without Borders is a worldwide collection of 14,700 students representing 39 countries who use their knowledge of science and mathematics to improve the lives of millions of people around the world. As a top-tier engineering school, the University of Rochester has its own chapter within Engineers Without Borders. The UR team is comprised of […]
Guest athletes play during halftime at women’s basketball game
This past Spirit Week, UR came out on top with electrifying victories against NYU from both the Men and Women’s Basketball teams. Their victories were inspired by their supporters, covered in face paint and spirit merchandise. During halftime of the Women’s game, free t-shirts were flung into the crowd while a group of girls came […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: The power of squee
Google’s smart car looks a bit like a marshmallow. It’s round, puffy and aggressively unaerodynamic. The lights in the front and back look like slightly crossed eyes, giving the whole car an air of comic buffoonery, despite the deeply complex hardware and algorithms that dictate its motion and steering. But despite being perhaps a bit […]
