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‘What the Butler Saw’ provides humor and intrigue
Running a madhouse has never seemed so fun. Unless, of course, that madhouse is your psychiatric office. Such is the premise of the UR International Theatre Program’s current production “What the Butler Saw.” The farce, written in 1969 by Joe Orton, is rooted in British culture of The Sixties, satirizing conservative culture and Freudian psychoanalysis. […]
Op-Eds
The hunger games: memoir of a pizza guy
The thrill of the open(ish) road. The gentle, lingering smell of mozzarella and sauce. And the sweet, sweet dosh. This is the life of the American pizza driver. Or it’s something like that, anyway. At the beginning of the semester, I got a job at a local pizza place. I’ll leave out the name, not […]
Op-Eds
Feminism, Republicanism, and you
Republican as a word in our society has a negative connotation - “wingnut” can be used in normal conversation without confusion. Because of the actions of some slightly outrageous Republicans, Republicans have an overall bad reputation when, in truth, the Republican Party is something with which most people would agree. The core definition of the […]
Editorial Boards
Senioritis: hold the inoculation
Senioritus is a plague that has begun to set in on the Class of 2015. It’s clear by the looks on the faces of many seniors that their minds are off somewhere else. Many of them talk about job prospects for next year and how little they care about school work. To be fair, not […]
News
Laverne Cox discusses transgender identity
Actress Laverne Cox appeared in the Goergen Palestra during Meliora Weekend to speak about her experiences as a transgender woman. Cox is best known for her role as transgender inmate Sophia Burset on the Netflix comedy series “Orange is the New Black,” although she has also acted in and produced other shows. Cox began by […]
News
Doris Kearns Goodwin delivers Meliora keynote
Prominent historian Doris Kearns Goodwin was the Keynote speaker this Meliora Weekend. She started the event with a compelling speech about her history living with presidents, both literally and figuratively. With interesting personal anecdotes, she captivated the audience and gave them a window into the personal lives of the presidents. She started out by explaining […]
News
Chemical solution causes explosion in Hutchinson
Emergency crews and local Hazmat units responded to a call from Hutchison Hall on Saturday at approximately 2:40pm in response to an accident in a lab where three graduate students of UR’s Chemistry Department were working. Following the explosion, the building was evacuated. The preparation for several Meliora Weekend events was delayed and a few […]
Sex and the CT
Ask Jodi: Don’t hold it in
Pee after sex. Just do it. It may be the most solid advice I can give you. Somehow, a bunch of us missed this message in sex ed, but it is super important. “Never hold your pee. Ever,” my mom always preached to me. Although this annoyed my father to no end on long family […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: Bridging the Uncanny Valley
You’ve probably heard of the Uncanny Valley effect. You may have seen it personally in animated films such as “The Polar Express” or “Mars Needs Moms,” which repulsed viewers around the world with unnatural marionettes posing as human beings. You may have found examples in an embarrassingly huge range of videogames, where a generation of […]
Foreign Focus
Foreign Focus: Berlin, Germany
Berlin is a beautiful city, filled with a vibrant culture, a rich history, and pristine academia. UR Class of 2013 alumni Rachel Bierasinski was lucky enough to spend the spring of her junior year enhancing her learning experience with cultural exposure and a head first immersion into mechanical engineering overseas through the Institute for the […]
