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On Nov. 18, UR's swimming and diving teams hit the road for a showdown with Brandeis University. Both the men's and women's squads cruised past the Judges in the final tune-up before the Liberty League Championships.After falling to Union the previous week, the women's team rebounded with an impressive 157-105 victory. The team boasted 12 […]

Welcome back, dear readers, to another week of Life, Love...Sport (Vindication Edition). It was this past week that showed us who the NFL contenders and pretenders are. This week also gave us a preview of March Madness and, best of all, no one had to get stuck watching NBA games! Fantastic! I might introduce a […]

URTV, UR's student-operated, independently funded television station, is venturing into new territory. Currently in post-production is the station's first situation comedy, or sitcom. Written by sophomore Josh Epstein, "College-Daze" chronicles typical UR life. The program is similar to the structure of the famous television show "Seinfeld" and is generating a great deal of excitement."Our biggest […]

It's the middle of July and you're anxiously anticipating that letter in the mail. You've received lots of "Welcome to UR" mail, but not the one - your roommate assignment - the letter that tells you who you'll be sharing your life with for the next year. Your freshman roommate, or roommates, as is the […]

A swarm of men and women in tuxedos and white dresses stand on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco, waving rainbow flags and wearing broad smiles. A few blocks over (and perhaps several hours later), a swarm of men and women in leather straps and ball gags gather inside a bar with a […]

Junior Yellowjacket runner Patrick Hughes made UR proud on Saturday, Nov.18, traveling to the NCAA Division III National Cross Country Championships and finishing in the top half of the field.Hughes finished 120th of 279 runners who made the trek to Ohio, completing the muddy eight-kilometer course in 28:42."The weather the week before really affected everyone's […]

Seventh-ranked UR returned to the Sweet 16 of the Division III NCAA Tournament again this year, facing No. 11 Messiah College at Edwin Fauver Stadium. The Yellowjackets, who won the championship in 1986 and 1987, reached the championship in 1990, and hoped to move on to the Elite 8 this season. Unfortunately, in a valiant […]

The UR football team (7-4, 4-2) traveled to Alfred University to take on the Saxons in the ECAC Northwest Bowl Championship days before Thanksgiving break. The result was a 40-34 'Jackets overtime loss in what ended up being an offensive shootout in which both teams combined to put up nearly 700 yards of offense. The […]

The Yellowjacket squash team had an up-and-down ride at the Liberty League Championship tournament during the weekend of Nov. 18-19. They entered the tournament fierce with the fantastic four freshmen leading the charge over Vassar College, which ended in a 9-0 impaling. The early morning sweep seemed like the perfect high to counter Hamilton College. […]

The men's basketball team destroyed Buffalo State, 88-57, on Monday in the Louis Alexander Palestra. The team shot 58 percent from the field, their highest percentage of the season. The victory was led by junior Uche Ndubizu, who was nine for 10 from the field and finished with a career high 21 points. Junior sharp-shooter […]