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So you and your partner have agreed that you want to try anal sex- awesome! (Not there yet? Check out last week’s issue!) Butt – how does it really work? For starters, it’s not like porn. I repeat, anal sex does not work like it does in porn! For entertainment purposes, porn cuts out the […]

It appears the ship has sailed. Or sunk, as it were. On Tuesday morning, the server rooms of the massive peer-to-peer torrent site The Pirate Bay were raided by Swedish police, and the site has been down ever since. Long toted as the “most resilient website on the internet,” the Pirate Bay has a long […]

“Nature Biotechnology,” a leading scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group, recognized UR as one of the top ten universities for life sciences in 2013 in its November 2014 issue. Universities were recognized for their life science commercialization activities and were ranked based on the number of licenses or options they executed. They were listed, […]

On Nov. 10, Dining Services posted a meme from the Overheard at Rochester Facebook group that read, “I don’t always stay in an abusive relationship, but when I do it’s with the Buffalo Bills,” resulting in an apology email from Dining Services on Nov. 13. The apology read, “Our choice of meme on Monday, Nov. […]

  Recent congressional inquiries into National Science Foundation (NSF) research funding have provoked criticism from members of the higher education community, including UR Senior Vice President of Research Robert Clark. U.S. Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas) recently asked to review the grant proposals of 47 NSF-funded research projects. Smith is Chairman of the House of Representatives’ […]

  Zimride, an online platform that allows coordinated ridesharing, is now available at UR. Zimride’s website describes it as “a new spin on ridesharing, using social networks to enable real connections. In seconds you can set up a profile, book a ride in your area, or post a ride of your own. ” The platform […]

University administrators unveiled an ambitious new project on Monday, when they announced plans for all campus sidewalks to be torn up and replaced with Venice, Italy-style canals. Maintenance costs for the current sidewalks have become far too high, UR Facilities said in a press release.  The press release went on to say that repairing potholes, […]

Many people, mainly freshmen, have come and asked me to provide some helpful insight to improve their “Yik Yak” game. I avoided doing this for a while–a magician doesn’t reveal his secrets–but certainly I was pressurized. Thus, I reveal to you my dear “yakers,” the secrets to increase your upvote average (and inherently your self-confidence, […]

With mid-term elections arriving in less than a week, Democrats are strategizing to prevent the imminent Republican majority control of both houses of Congress. Historically unable to sustain turnout in the boring elections, party leaders have chosen the viral ice bucket challenge as their trump card this November. Fearful that Republican- controlled Congress could squander […]

Friends, Yellowjackets, classmates, lend me your ear! I come to bury my GPA, not get it back to a reasonable level. The procrastination that men do lives after them; The motivation is oft left somewhere else. So let it be with my GPA. The noble Seligman Has told you my GPA was salvageable: If it […]