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While most college students are asleep in their beds at five in the morning, the crew team is getting up and heading to practice. This isn’t just a once-in-a-while thing either. The team has morning practices from six until eight, Monday through Saturday, nine months out of the year. Even so, this didn’t deter the […]

The UR football team celebrated their second consecutive Meliora Weekend victory this past weekend, defeating Liberty League rival Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 34-20 on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 18. Despite the 14-point margin of victory, the game was a tight affair, with RPI threatening to tie the game in the final seconds before an […]

This week, former Georgia great Herschel Walker commented on the Heisman candidacies of Quarterback Jameis Winston and Running Back Todd Gurley. Speaking with ESPN’S much-beloved SEC czar Paul Finebaum, Walker expressed disappointment at the actions of the two stars, one of whom is suspended (Gurley) and the other close to it (Winston.) He let Finebaum […]

  SEGway (Survivor Empowerment group), a relatively new organization on campus dealing with sexual assault awareness and victim advocacy, met with members of the Students’ Association (SA) Policy and Review Committee on Wednesday, Oct. 1, regarding their current status in the SA approval process. Their proposal remains tabled while Policy and Review investigates possible legal […]

This article was originally printed on 10-9-14. Nineteen Eastman students will have the opportunity to “adapt, invent, succeed” as newly admitted members of Eastman’s prestigious Arts Leadership Certificate program. The Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Program (ALP) was founded in 1996 and remains among the cornerstone programs of the Institute for Music Leadership at the […]

Over the past week, the Ebola outbreak has become a massive problem for the world. This deadly disease has spread remarkably quickly, starting in Liberia and now appearing in the U.S.. In the past week, two cases have appeared in Dallas, Texas, with one of the victims having sadly passed away. As much as the […]

Hopping off the Riverview bus, which was late as usual, you find that you only have five minutes until your class begins. You crunch some numbers and conclude that, if you were to sprint at 80% your maximum capacity, you could probably clear the doors to Hubbell Auditorium before the professor finished the opening announcements […]

In 1970, Tom Wolfe wrote a rambling, seething essay on a party held at the home of Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein, then a member of the moneyed liberal intelligentsia in New York City, had invited a few key members of the Black Panther Party to come speak to and solicit donations from the rest of Bernstein’s […]

On Saturday, October 4th, Jews around the world celebrated the holy day of Yom Kippur, a day designated to repenting for sins and apologizing for wrongdoings during the previous Jewish year. The following morning, Sunday, October 5th, the brothers of Emory University’s Alpha Epsilon Pi (aepi) awoke to swastikas painted on the outside of their […]

Feminist as a word in our society has a negative connotation –  “feminazi ” can be used in normal conversation without confusion. Because of the actions of some slightly outrageous females, feminists have an overall bad reputation when, in truth, feminism is something with which most people would agree. The core definition of feminism is […]