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A Friday night gathering in the Palestra offered fans of HBO's sitcom "Curb Your Enthusiasm" the chance to see the show's most entertaining personalities, sans anxious wacko extraordinaire and show creator Larry David. Jeff Garlin - Larry David's fat, jolly manager, known as Jeff Greene to "Curb" fans - opened the three-person stand-up show, followed […]

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For an evening of unique and intriguing interest, make a point to attend Todd Theatre's presentation of "365 Days/365 Plays," written and co-produced by Suzan-Lori Parks. Your attendance guarantees an hour and 10 minutes of smiles and head-scratching, gasps and laughs.Parks wrote the play immediately after deciding to act on an impulse to "write a […]

The UR field hockey team went 2-0 during play over Meliora Weekend. They finished their Liberty League season by beating Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Vassar College. The 'Jackets finished league play with a 3-4 record, good for a fifth place finish. The Yellowjackets now have a record of 10-6.On Saturday, UR downed Vassar 6-1. The […]

Friday, Oct. 19 marked the 16th annual installation of the UR Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony featured the individual recognition of each candidate and speeches presented by the inductees themselves. Presenting the candidates were Athletics and Recreation Director George VanderZwaag, Athletics and Recreation Associate Directors Jane Possee and Terrence Gurnett and Athletics and Recreation […]

In front of nearly 4,000 fans at Edwin Fauver Stadium, the UR football team claimed its fourth straight victory on Saturday, defeating Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 42-27. Behind a combined effort of 254 team rushing yards, the Yellowjackets cruised to their first home win of the season. The win puts the team above .500 for the […]

The UR women's tennis team concluded its fall season this past weekend, finishing seventh in the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association Tennis Championships, hosted by Ithaca College. Competing for the 'Jackets were seniors Colleen Cross and Alexa Perry, junior Melinda Beckmann and freshmen Nisha Javeri, Elana Polivy, Diane Samuels and Lia Weiner. The […]

The UR women's soccer team has certainly made amends for a slow start to their season. After going 3-3 in their first six games, the 'Jackets have gone 6-0-2, including a win against University Athletic Association rival Emory University, who was most recently ranked 11th in Division III. The women have allowed only one goal […]

The 2007 college football season is now eight weeks old and has brought as much excitement as any. If someone were to ask what the experts know about this season in college football, the answer would be "very little." This has been an amazing year, partially because there are very few answers to questions about […]

I'm not a big fan of stairs. Is it because I fell down them once and twisted my ankle? No.Is it because they're the main part of the worst Led Zeppelin song ever? No.Is it because they block the handicapped? No.And when I say "no," what I really mean is "yes." But the rationale doesn't […]