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The women's tennis team improved to 7-6 this weekend after defeating No. 13 St. Lawrence University 5-4 on Sunday. The win came just one day after losing 7-2 to Skidmore College.The Skidmore Thoroughbreds, who are ranked No. 18 in the Northeast, has a clear edge against the unranked Yellowjackets.Freshman Melinda Beckmann was the sole singles […]

The Yellowjackets came out in full force on Thursday, sweeping Hamilton College and showing their true strength. The 'Jackets are now 12-10 for the season.I feel like we finally played to our potential," sophomore Andrea LaRocque said. "We should have been winning games like that all season and it's about time that we came alive […]

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On Tuesday, renowned author and speaker James Kuntsler gave a talk entitled "We're in Trouble" at The German House. This lecture was the fourth in a series of lectures developed by The Rochester Regional Community Design Center and the American Institute of Architects. The series focuses on the revitalization of downtown Rochester. "It is an […]

Juniors Alex Pearlman and Marquis Harrison were unofficially named winners of the 2006-07 Students' Association Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections last night as poles closed."I am very proud of Marquis and myself and the people who rallied their support behind us," Pearlman said. "We wanted to mobilize people who never voted before. We learned that freshmen […]

Over fifty students received intensive training in political activism and leadership this past weekend in Campus Camp Wellstone. The two-day event was run by three trained staff members from Wellstone Action, a non-profit organization focused on progressive social change."Although the training was modeled after progressive ideas, any student group or leader on campus would benefit […]

Relay for Life, organized by UR Colleges Against Cancer, was held on Saturday night in the Webster-Thomas High School field house. That evening, $44,000 was raised in support of the American Cancer Society."I had a good time helping out a great cause," sophomore John Jackson said. While this was not the first Relay for Life, […]

Mayor Robert Duffy delivered his first address State of the City on Monday in Strong Auditorium, offering highlights from his first 100 days in office and beginning to outline his plan for the rest of his tenure in office. Over 200 people were in attendance, including members of the City Council, the police and fire […]

Five students interrupted the semiannual meeting of the UR Institute of Optics Industrial Associates Program on Monday by playing a recording over the May Room public address system and entering the meeting with an eight foot tall plaster model of a missile.Since the demonstration, Dean of Students Jody Asbury has issued a public letter asking […]

UR Security was notified on Tuesday of a possible scam involving postal money orders sent to a student, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.The graduate student had posted a roommate wanted ad on the UR web page, and received a response from a person who claimed that she was in England but was coming […]