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MLB National League Award Picks
Do I have an actual vote this year? Of course not. But here are some educated guesses for this year’s major awards. National League MVP: The pick: Andrew McCutchen, Center Fielder, Pittsburgh Pirates Stats: 146 games, 25 HR, 83 RBI, .314/.410/.542, 168 OPS+, 18 SB, 84 BB, 115 SO, 6.4 WAR The case: The story […]
Sports
History for Relin and UR as field hockey continues hot start
UR field hockey is off to its best start in team history after extending its season-opening winning streak with a pair of victories this past weekend. This was due in part to the strong play of junior Michelle Relin, who became Rochester’s all-time point leader during the ’Jackets’ 6-1 victory over St. Lawrence University on […]
Sports
Bill Simmons and Objectivity
“Goodell, if he didn’t know what was on that tape, he’s a liar. I’m just saying it. He is lying. I think that dude is lying. If you put him up on a lie detector test that guy would fail. For all these people to pretend they didn’t know is such f— b—-. It really […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: The securities and insecurities of government surveillance
In many ways, last year’s NSA leak was a tipping point in the public perception of conflict between personal privacy and national security. Sentiments against government overwatch programs had persisted for years, of course, spurred on by the Patriot Act and whispers of government wiretaps on U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism. But it wasn’t until […]
Sex and the CT
UR Kinks matches up students with all interests
Among the recent surge of new “UR Fill-in-the-Blank” Facebook pages, one page succeeded in raising quite a few eyebrows, particularly when compared to the relatively tame “UofR Crushes & Compliments” or the rabble-rousing “Overheard at Rochester.” Late this last spring, “UR Kinks” was born and, this semester, began matching up students who have similar sexual […]
Features
Politics: Campus style, Committee for Political Engagement
Many things separate Sarah Krulik and Jenny Hansler. For starters, Krulik is a sophomore, while Hansler is getting ready to graduate this spring; the former is majoring in public health and political science, the latter in English and Spanish. But there is an underlying force uniting the two (besides sharing a particular taste for the […]
News
NROTC honors lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001
To commemorate the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept.11, 2001, UR’s Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (NROTC) took to the Eastman Quad for a vigil and other activities on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The day began with a 9/11 Memorial Run. According to sophomore Midshipman Jacob Shawler, the race was great for motivation as […]
News
ESPN’s ‘E:60’ spotlights Eastman professor James VanDemark’s ‘music box’
Eastman School of Music professor and double bass soloist James VanDemark and four of his students were featured on “E:60,” an investigative news show on ESPN. The segment aired this past Tuesday, Sept. 23. The footage was shot two years ago. A piece on the Eastman ROC Boxing program from the Wall Street Journal intrigued […]
News
World news recap: Sept. 18-24, 2014
U.S. begins airstrikes in Syria: The U.S., along with its Middle Eastern allies, launched its first-ever air strikes in Syria on Tuesday night, Sept. 23. President Obama claimed that not only did these strikes target ISIL – the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, sometimes called ISIS or IS – but also were meant […]
News
Students represent UR at U.N. Day of Peace
Two UR students attended the 32nd annual U.N. Day of Peace observance in New York City this past Sunday, Sept. 21. Sophomore Ezra Baccar and junior Stephanie Salazar represented the Interfaith Chapel and the United Religions Initiative. Representatives of peace at the event included Ban Ki Moon, Jane Goodall, Yo-Yo Ma, Yoko Ono, and many […]
