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"Rock Band" game possesses miraculous, life-saving abilities

If you've seen the episode of "South Park" with "Guitar Hero," then you already know that pretending to be an elite guitar player based on your skills on a plastic controller makes you a huge tool. In fact, many say that playing these video games actually hinders your ability to become a better guitar player. […]

Expanding the commonly employed definition of "sex"

I was talking to a friend the other day over dinner. "So I had sex all day yesterday," she said with a grin. While I was suitably impressed, I was left wondering what exactly she had done for the entire day. According to the common definition of "sex," she'd been penetrated vaginally by a man […]

Revenge of the nerds: one high school story

(Continued from last issue.)I vowed to get revenge on Dave for turning his back on our friendship. A few months later, I got my chance. Dave had recently started dating a girl named Trish. Though Trish was one of the popular girls in my grade, she was one of the few people that called me […]

Horoscope

Aries (March 21-April 19) - As the girl took the walk of shame from the football suite, it was no coincidence that she looked like a trainwreck.Taurus (April 20-May 20) - When hunting, points are awarded for how many antlers a deer has. With cougars, it's how many children she has!Gemini (May 21-June 21) - […]

Getting a girl, the practical male perspective

You could fill a dictionary with thoughts and hypotheses on suitable ways to determine females' interest. Yes, the unnecessary touches, compliments, forced conversation, awkwardness, insults, kisses or ignoring could be signs she is interested, whether she is showing it intentionally or not. Despite these signs or her guessed feelings, it matters very little. You are […]

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Senior Blues

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It's a Pun!

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Get to know me: Heloise Rouault

Heloise Rouault came to UR through the Modern Language and Cultures Department's Rennes Exchange program, in which a graduating student from Universite Rennes is selected to teach French and enroll in classes at UR. Rouault has completed a first-year master's in English at Universite Rennes and leads recitations for elementary and conversational French classes at […]