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Yellowjackets bring win streak to three
Field hockey out-dueled Nazareth and Utica Colleges last week, going 2-0, bringing their record to 4-1. With these two victories, the 'Jackets currently have a three game winning streak. In addition, UR players earned Liberty League honors for both offense and defense.On Friday afternoon, the Yellowjackets played a well-fought battle against Utica College, coming out […]
Tiny Tex Mex dishes out colossal portions
Sick of waiting in long lines and spending too much declining on a so-so burrito? Well, at least one solution to your consumption complaints can be found barely a mile away from the River Campus at John's Tex Mex Eatery.Located on South Avenue near Alexander Street, the restaurant, owned by a recent RIT grad and […]
Summer comic intern has Marvel-ous experience
The closest thing I could compare my experience at Marvel Entertainment with would be Barbecue Corn Nuts (corn gone wrong, to the laymen snack pounders out there). It tastes really weird at first, so weird that you ingest it as quickly as possible. And then you realize that this is the most freakish snack you've […]
Old student loses touch with younger generation
Last week, while walking to my first class of the semester, something happened to me that had never happened before - I felt old. Now, allow me to explain; by no means do I intend to claim that at 22, I have turned the corner away from my youth. Rather, for the first time in […]
Tennis teams debut new players
The UR men's tennis team started its fall season by finishing fourth in the Flower City Tournament, which it hosted along with Nazareth College. The 'Jackets beat Hobart College 5-0 while losing to Skidmore College 2-5 and SUNY Oneonta 4-5. In the Hobart match, sophomore Brian Bowman won the first position singles match 7-5,7-5. He […]
Booted to the curb
Last Wednesday, after it was found that UR Parking and Transportation Services had been illegally booting cars for the past year, the decision was made to stop the practice immediately. While clearly this was a step in the right direction, they need to do much more to rectify the situation.If members of Parking Services with […]
Fresh fish swim in schools
Attention Class of 2011: we know who you are. As much as you may try to deny it or pretend you are just that sophomore who never went to class last year, the truth is obvious. I think it may be that sexy lanyard and the "Feel the Sting" t-shirt you sport that gives you […]
Self-discipline is key in trimming the college fat
One of the most talked-about issues since the students' return to school has been the diminishing quality of dining services on campus. Complaints have been made about the quality and price of the food, as well as the overall scarcity of healthy options on campus. These complaints are all justified but are just the tip […]
Curing social ills requires more than just gesture
As I crossed the footbridge the other day, my attention was immediately drawn to the lines of Band-Aids strung across the poles. When I read the notification posted on the bridge that described that the intention of the display was to represent the 51 murders in the City of Rochester last year and to "draw […]
Get To Know Me: Sam Lehman
Senior Sam Lehman, from Cumberland, Maine, is involved in many extracurriculars on and off campus. He is a brother in the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, a Meridian, a teacher for seventh to ninth graders at a religious school off campus, a former justice and recent Chief Justice on the All-Campus Judicial Council and is currently […]