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Renaming Meliora Weekend
Following the ribbon cutting at College Town, President Seligman made an important announcement which few people heard due to the roar of students picketing Barnes and Noble because of its distance from campus. As people rushed into the bookstore Friday for its grand opening, even though it had been open the whole week, Seligman made […]
Culture
Student Artists Speak: Abrar Shahriyar
Sophomore Abrar Shahriyrar holds a unique perspective as a UR musician. In his hometown of Bangladesh, Abrar was part of the country’s closely-knit metal culture. Abrar made waves with his band “Ace of Spades,” but the script didn’t stop when Abrar moved to America for college. As a student, Abrar is active in NJR and […]
Culture
Bollywood: then and now
When I refer to Bollywood, many people think of vibrant clothing, cheerful and over-the-top choreography, and drama-filled stories which lean on the edge of sappiness. They certainly wouldn’t be wrong for the most part, but for me these movies were an integral part of how I defined myself in my childhood. Nothing would beat going […]
Humor
Gifted athlete intentionally avoids being socially prasied
The first thing I noticed about Cedric Dipanda, the newest member of the Rochester Yellowjackets basketball team, were his hands. They’ve been measured 11.75 inches, from the base of his palm to the tip of his middle finger. When he debuts in the NBA, as he’s expected to after his freshman season at UR, those […]
Culture
TOOP’s ‘Love in the Garden’: surrealist eroticism
The Opposite Of People (TOOP)’s production of “Love in the Garden,” directed and adapted from its original form by sophomore Alberto Carillo Casas, was performed from Nov. 6-9 in Drama House. The show was shrouded in reds, yellows, greens, and eroticism, and was surely the product of a whimsical imagination meant to create a world […]
Culture
‘Interstellar’: out of this world
“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light,” quotes Michael Caine from Dylan Thomas in Christopher Nolan’s new sci-fi epic “Interstellar.” This is a highly ambitious film, full of spectacle and gaze, emotion and tragedy, and mind-bending […]
Culture
‘Serial’ podcast examines nature of guilt and justice
“Serial,” the new podcast by the creators of “This American Life,” starts out with one heck of a hook. The narrator, Sarah Koenig, says, “For the last year, I’ve spent every working day trying to figure out where a high school kid was for an hour after school one day in 1999; or if you […]
Culture
‘Interstellar’: overrated
It’s often hard for even the casual movie fan to separate the circumstances surrounding a movie from the movie itself. Sometimes, it’s an impossible task. It may seem odd to bring this up in reference to “Interstellar”, a movie that has been generally successful and uncontroversial thus far in its run. Here, however, the circumstances […]
Culture
LINK holds benifit concert for Korean refugees
It’s always great to experience the talent of UR’s multiple student-run music and dance ensembles, but it’s an added benefit when you can contribute to a great cause. In this case, each nine-dollar ticket helped to fund efforts by the LINK organization (Liberty In North Korea) to help house Korean refugees currently taking shelter in […]
Sex and the CT
Jodi Says: Getting the A-OK for the A-S-S
Everybody’s talking about Kim Kardashian’s butt, as usual, because big butts are a big deal nowadays. With the rise of the butt has come the rise of anal sex, which honestly is pretty cool. It’s cool because butts are universal; all people have butts – boys, girls, and everyone in between! Everyone can do butt […]
