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The women's indoor track and field team participated in their last regular season invitational last weekend and finished admirably. The Yellowjackets traveled to Cornell University, where one athlete provisionally qualified for NCAA championships and many others were added to the list of New York State Championship Qualifiers and Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship Qualifiers.Senior Cynthia […]

Fresh off of a four-game home stand, the men's basketball team had their hot streak cool off when they went on the road to face the Case Western Reserve University Spartans and the Emory University Eagles. What should have been an easy precursor against the bottom of the University Athletic Association before taking on conference […]

When the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, sports fans everywhere saw the emergence of the anti-fan. You know exactly who I am talking about. The people who couldn't name one player on the team but proudly claimed their loyalty to the BoSox and celebrated in the conquest that took 86 years […]

Dipset redefines what it means to be gangsta with pink polos and purple mink coats, bubble-gum colored cars, lines about Dora the Explorer - and that's just Killa Cam's contributions.In Dipset - aka The Harlem Diplomats - co-founder Cam'ron's flamboyant style and artistic originality is paired with the lyrical innovation of JR Writer and the […]

Recently I have been attending a film series here on campus titled "Visual Culture and the African Diaspora," which focuses on black independent filmmakers. The films themselves and the interesting conversations that follow have brought up some very interesting points about African American cinema and its function in society. The first film screened was Bill […]

"The Pretentious Improv Group - come watch us play with ourselves," first year Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development student and proud member of PIG Swithun No exclaimed. What could be better than the thrill and hilarity of watching improv? I can't think of anything either, but competitive improv sounds quite promising.Yes, […]

As part of a three-day-residency, well-known and respected Dutch composer Louis Andriessen visited the Eastman School of Music from Feb. 20-22. Eastman's Philarmonia and Musica Nova both performed works by the Dutch composer. On Monday, Feb. 20, Musica Nova performed Andriessen's "Workers' Union" and the Philarmonia performed his "La Passione" on Wednesday night. Associate professor […]

With a core of about 50 performers, both undergraduate and graduate, the Eastman Wind Ensemble is America's leading wind ensemble. The concept of the ensemble was first formulated by Frederick Fennell over 50 years ago. Becayse with his persistence and dedication, the group soon came to be known as one of the pioneering forces in […]

Earlier this year, the SA Senate called on President Joel Seligman to donate university funds to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. This request led to criticism of the Senate as many questioned the practicality of spending university money to fund outside charitable organizations, the precedent set by starting such a practice and the message it […]

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