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Kweller reflects on Jell-O and jamming
Ben Kweller is one of those annoyingly talented musicians that you would just love to hate, but you can't because he's too damn nice. After playing all of the instruments on his third and latest major record with ATO Records, Ben Kweller has shown us that there is nothing that he can't do. Since debuting […]
Program sized up
The Collegiate Readership Program trial period ended on Friday, but the Rochester Center for Community Leadership said that some form of the program will, in all likelihood, be back next semester. For those students and faculty members who enjoyed grabbing a paper in their spare time over the past four weeks, this is music to […]
Buses are the only way to fly
As a child, I was an avid reader and rather partial to the "Magic School Bus" series. I idolized Ms. Frizzle and remember being disappointed that my first grade teacher didn't have red hair. My favorite story detailed the exploration of the human body, as the class traveled through the digestive system of fellow classmate […]
Horoscope
Aries (March 21-April 19) - After scheduling classes for your first semester of culinary school, you will be disappointed to find that 'wake and bake' actually refers to a 9 a.m. class.Taurus (April 20-May 20) - When on spring break, it's important to practice safe sex, unless of course you're drunk, in which case you're […]
Internship showcases office life
This semester, I took a foray into being a real person - that is, I took an internship. Like, in an office. While this represents real life for most people, it feels more like fiction to me; turns out there is more truth to "Office Space" and "The Office" than I would have hoped - […]
Remember Me? Malik Evans
UR graduate Malik Evans has managed to do big things in the city of Rochester. Since graduating in 2002, Evans has become Assistant Vice President for M&T Bank Corporation while also serving as a commissioner and Vice President of the Rochester Board of Education, to which he became the youngest member ever elected in 2003.Evans […]
Local language differences spark heated rivalries
The vigorous debate over "pop" versus "soda" that rages in the hearts and minds of geographically diverse college students will not soon terminate (to further fuel it - yes, it's "pop"). It is, though, just a smaller battle in the war of the worlds - the epic showdown between the many different regions that produce […]
Life, Love… Sport
Greetings and salutations gang! Welcome back to another Life, Love? Sport (the Guaranteed Edition). If you had a pulse and played in the NFL, this was the week for you. It seemed as though everyone from the third string punter to the jock-strap guy got a multi-million dollar deal in free agency. The amount of […]
Tennis team falls to Naz on home courts
The UR men's tennis team played its second match of the spring season on Tuesday night, hosting local opponent Nazareth College. Though senior Michael Burger was able to come away with two wins, the team did not fare quite as well, falling to Nazareth, 3-6."Our goal was to do better this week, and we did. […]
"Vagina Monologues" excite and educate in Strong
The audience in Strong Auditorium this past Friday had one thing on their minds: Vagina. This mindset didn't exist because this group of 100 or so college kids had the same one track mind, however. It was due to the performance of the "Vagina Monologues," an event which was sponsored by the UR Women's Caucus […]
