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Men's basketball splits two on road
The men's basketball team traveled to New York City and Boston last weekend for a pair of University Athletic Association games against New York University and Brandeis University. On Friday night, the Yellowjackets defeated NYU, 58-53, avenging their overtime loss in the Palestra one month earlier. The trip to Brandeis, however, was not so kind […]
Basketball falls on rough times
The women's basketball team suffered two tough defeats away from home this past weekend. The 'Jackets (18-4) lost at New York University on Friday night, 77-54, and then suffered their second loss at Brandeis University on Sunday afternoon, 65-49. Going into the NYU game, both teams were tied atop the University Athletic Association standings, along […]
From the Pressbox
Finally football is over, which means I can take the pins out of my Peyton Manning doll and start sticking them in my Derek Jeter one. Yes, baseball is coming back, or is actually in thaw mode right now. The important thing is that my favorite pastime is slowly coming back to the center stage. […]
Women's indoor track ranked 13th nationally
The women's indoor track and field team, though challenged by a large field of great runners at Boston University, had much to be happy about this weekend. They were recently ranked 13th in Division III in M-F Athletic Company's winter power ratings. The ranking is based on point values assigned to top performances in all […]
Swimmers finish fifth at UAA meet
The women's swimming and diving team spent the weekend in Cleveland to do battle with the powerhouses of the University Athletic Association. The UAA championships featured some of the best teams in all of Division III, and the Yellowjackets proved that they could compete with the best as they came home with a fifth place […]
Fantastic flicks
This weekend, Hoyt Auditorium will play host to showings of the movies "The Departed" and "Casino Royale." This is just a snippet of the lineup of movies that UR Cinema Group has put together for this semester. The organization has generally had a good roster of films each semester, but this spring's schedule has been […]
Counterpoint: Papers are paramount
The UR community always complains about how lazy and apathetic the students are about current events. As leaders of the future, we must develop ourselves in such a way that we can understand and appreciate what is happening in the world around us. Reading the newspaper and discussing today's issues will allow us to develop […]
O'Brien given honor at dinner
As Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Director of the College Center for Academic Support at UR, Suzanne O'Brien's days are spent caring for college students.But she has also accomplished numerous other tasks in her time here at UR, and one of those pursuits just earned her the Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award."Suzanne O'Brien's […]
Rancor impugns integrity
Odds are, if you hate Bill O'Reilly, you love Keith Olbermann. With good reason - Olbermann, in his MSNBC show "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," has made more than a habit of discussing and attacking O'Reilly's comments on "The O'Reilly Factor." He's labeled O'Reilly "The Worst Person in the World," a "disgrace" and often features a […]
Darfur speech informs students
On Thursday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m., Eric Reeves, Professor of English at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, gave a lecture entitled "A Long Day's Dying: Genocide by Attrition in Darfur" in the Interfaith Chapel.Reeves is a leading authority on Sudan, a human rights activist and a writer. He has spent the past eight years […]
