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Sophomore Yorda Yenenh came to Rochester from the Biggest Little City in the World, Reno, Nev., where she lives with her mother, her sister and her new nephew, Matthew. During high school, she first developed an interest in political science, which is now her major."I was always interested in the material covered in my AP […]

Now in my fourth year living in Rochester, I've found it increasingly difficult to find a restaurant that slightly resembles my home-cooked meals. Being a native South American, food is a part of my culture, my childhood, my identity. Taco Bell never came close to fulfilling that void. This void remained empty until last Thursday […]

I might just be singing that same old song, but I can't help but push the experience of studying abroad. This past summer I had the chance to live and work in Arezzo, Italy with a UR study abroad program. Arezzo, an hour long express train ride north of Rome, is nestled in the southeast […]

A trend is defined as (1) the general course or prevailing tendency and (2) style; vogue: the new trend in women's approval. A phenomenon is defined as an unusual, significant or unaccountable fact or occurrence; a marvel. The recent fashion movement that accentuates the skin-clinging-here-is-my-butt-in-all-its-glory-am-I-going-to-aerobics-or-class-pants known as leggings, fits into the latter category of a […]

"Aim high." It's the phrase that President Joel Seligman has preached to the school leaders and greater community as they embark on formulating UR's first total master facilities plan since 1929. If he gets the message across, the University will be on its way to reaching the most prominent and successful stage in its history.Being […]

Those who delve into the in-depth analytical writings of Freud are all too familiar with the motifs of the unconscious, "repressed" traumatic experiences, which preserve a temporarily stable mentality by saving the self from remembering something really, really embarrassing and accidentally mentioning it during a cocktail party.Ironically, my unconscious loves mocking me - my most […]

"We are doomed if we leave Iraq, and we are doomed if we don't." While it was Arun Gandhi who said these words, this is the exact mentality of politicians and citizens nationwide. This year, our very own University is gathering speakers of a various assortment to address the issue of the never-ending War on […]

This week, former Enron Corporation CFO Andrew Fastow was sentenced to six years in prison on conspiracy charges. Roughly one month shy of the sentencing of ex-CEO Jeff Skilling, scheduled to take place on Oct. 23, this Enron junkie wonders how the former chief executive officer will fare.The outlook isn't good for the disgraced former […]

As the Students' Association government works together with Parking and Transportation to decide whether a tiered parking system is one that will benefit the student body and calm the raging criticism of the University's parking, it should be known that this system, while beneficial to some, does not get to the root of the parking […]

Letter reviews letter reviewing letter that reviewed "Review"In her Sept. 21 Letter to the Editor, Julianne Nigro repeats the oft-heard feminist claim that women earn only three-quarters of what men do. What she doesn't mention is that this statistic, which compares the earnings of Americans working full-time, includes no control for relevant nondiscriminatory factors such […]