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The sun is hot, birds are chirping, everything is starting to bloom again and college coeds are? dancing around in barely-there bathing suits. Spring break is a great time to go somewhere warm and let loose for a week. And wherever you go this break, chances are you will be on the lookout for someone […]

Culpability is a voluntary sentiment that I seldom decide to administer toward myself. How is it that, as people, we exhibit extremely different multitudes of sensitivity for bearing responsibility? I automatically recognize the consequences of my immediate actions: I got drunk instead of doing my reading so I am unable to answer the question the […]

On Jan. 4, Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as Speaker of the House. On Feb. 8, Anna Nicole Smith died. Maybe it was just a slow news day, but I distinctly remember hearing more from the press about Smith than I did about Pelosi (I am not saying Pelosi wasn't covered; she was, but Smith […]

The Catholic Newman Community will sponsor a charity soccer tournament, the Newman Cup 2007, on Saturday, March 31 at Edwin Fauver Stadium. The tournament will benefit and raise awareness about migrant worker communities in Upstate New York."We wanted to replicate signature events that the fraternities and sororities put on, as well as focus on a […]

Beginning in January of this year, students were able to take their URos off campus, and thus far, the program seems to be off to a good start. According to recent figures, between January 18 and January 31, over $10,000 in URos was spent at local area businesses, according to Students' Association's Projects and Services […]

John Covach proved that popular music can be the subject of scholarly pursuit in his lecture Wednesday night in the Hawkins-Carlson Room in Rush Rhees Library. The lecture, "The Beatles: From Craft to Art," was given on behalf of the Office of Alumni Relations. Covach teaches theory at the Eastman School of Music.Covach spoke about […]

The Religious Roundtable, which meets every Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Chapel Room at the Interfaith Chapel, is a place where students of different faiths have an opportunity to exchange thoughts and beliefs about their respective religions.This past Sunday marked one of their most important events, the Celebration of Religious Diversity. Attracting over 75 […]

A student exiting the Eastman School of Music annex building was robbed at gunpoint at 3:25 p.m. on Monday, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.The student was walking through Barrett alley when he was approached from behind by a group of four youths who attempted to engage the student in conversation. The student ignored […]

The Collegiate Readership Program trial period ended on Friday, March 2 after four weeks of providing students and faculty with free newspapers in locations across the River Campus. Over spring break, the Rochester Center for Community Leadership Assistant Director for Operations Bryan Rotach will analyze the readership numbers as well as statistics from surveys conducted […]

On Friday night, the men's basketball team fell victim to the madness that can only be found in the month of March. Two days into the most exciting month that college basketball has to offer, the Yellowjackets lost a heartbreaker to SUNY Plattsburgh, 61-60, in the first round of the NCAA Division III playoffs at […]