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(Don’t) do it for the Vine: Josh Peck and Rape Culture
Last week, the UR Campus Activities Board announced that Josh Peck will be coming at the end of February as a guest speaker. Peck is famous for many things, be it his role as the nerdy step brother on “Drake and Josh,” to having over 7.2 million followers on Vine, a six-second video sharing social […]
Features
Forbes names UR assistant professor ‘30 Under 30’ in science
In 2015, UR assistant professor Elika Bergelson earned her place on Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list in the science section, a group of 30 elite millennials who have tackled outstanding scientific accomplishments before reaching the age of 30. Bergelson graduated in 2007 from New York University with a double major in Language & Mind […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: Biolife
The creature exploring the floors of the OpenWorm project might not seem world-changing. After all, it doesn’t do a whole lot. Poke it in the nose, and it recoils. Tell it that there’s food up ahead, and it rushes forward. When it bumps into a wall, it turns. In fact, its behavior is nearly identical […]
Sex and the CT
Jodi Says: The Porn Supremacy
Porn is normal. It’s efficient, it doesn’t require a partner and it’s hot. People love porn, and in this Internet age, it’s so accessible that for many if not most people, the ideas of porn and masturbation are tightly bound together. But what if we rewind even just three decades before Rule 34? (For those […]
Culture
Eastman pays tribute to Mendelssohn
“So, are you into organ music?” This might seem like an odd question to ask, since in today’s popular music realm, the organ is very rarely heard. It used to be featured in a select group of 70s bands, such as “The Doors,” but, as of late, it has been replaced by electronic synthesizers. This […]
Culture
“I’ll be your Pilot Today”
This weekly column will review the pilot episodes of television shows, both successful and cancelled. In this inaugural column of “I’ll Be Your Pilot Today,” I will review the pilot for “Fresh Off the Boat,” the ABC comedy about the ups and downs of an Asian- American family in Orlando, FL in 1995. “Fresh Off […]
Sports
Josh Gordon case redefines ‘addiction’
Embattled Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon recently published a calm but clearly frustrated personal essay in which he thanked various talking heads in the sports world for their concern while also chastising them for what he believed to be uninformed claims. Stephen A. Smith and others have publicly called Josh Gordon an addict, publicly […]
Sports
International rugby tournament kicks off
With the Rugby World Cup looming, this year’s Six Nations Tournament leaves each team with something to prove. It’s all about momentum, mentality, moving forward and creating that perfect platform from which to conquer. Leading up to the highest peak in international rugby this October, the unpredictable beast of a tournament that is the Six […]
Sports
Track excels in Ithaca
This past weekend, the UR Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams competed at Ithaca College. The meet was highlighted by junior R.J. Morrow, who set the school record in the 60-meter dash with an impressive time of 6.13 seconds. The men’s team also tallied three first-place winners. “This was definitely our best meet of […]
Humor
New cafe to open in former Hotel Cadillac
Rochesterians will be either excited or exhausted to learn that yet another coffee establishment is making its way to downtown. The new caf e, owned communally but operated by local coffee-loving entrepreneur Astrid Fitzgerald, 31, will open later this month at 45 Chestnut St. in what used to be the iconic Hotel Cadillac. Although the […]
