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Habitat for Humanity gives families new homes and hopes

Most students use their time during Spring Break to catch up on sleep, spend time with friends and family, or simply go to the beach to relax and work on their tan. But a group of students on campus opt instead to travel to a different state and work on building houses for those in […]

Jodi Says: Oxytocin, love potion number nine

Oxytocin is a chemical affectionately referred to as “the love hormone.” However, that title is a bit misleading: it’s not a love potion, of course. After all, if love were as simple as neurochemistry, we at UR would be all paired up and atwitter with love. It’s called “the love hormone” because its naturally occurring […]

UR Tech: That ‘one weird trick’ behind flashy headlines

This week’s column was supposed to be on technological telepathy. A few weeks back there was a story in the news about a neural link that had been established between a study group split between India and France, where the words “hola” and “ciao” had been transmitted digitally from one subject’s brain to another. Headlines […]

Allen, Defense power Rochester to 2-0

On an unseasonably warm September day, a combination of power running and suffocating defense gave UR football’s team a decisive 30-2 victory over the visiting Gallaudet Bison. Final score aside, it was a slow start for the Yellowjackets. After going three and out on their opening drive, Rochester failed to capitalize on a muffed Gallaudet […]

Goodman shines at Canton Classic

It was a busy weekend for the UR women’s tennis team, who competed in the St. Lawrence University Canton Classic tournament on Saturday, Sept. 20 and Sunday, Sept. 21. The tournament also included St. Lawrence, Hamilton College, and SUNY Geneseo.  The matches were played under the unique “hidden dual” format, where eight singles and four […]

Dominick Schumacher – Men’s Golf

1. How did you first get involved with golf? I first started playing golf around age 9. I was watching golf on TV and it looked fun. My dad played golf for a long time; he made me some small clubs and we went to the driving range. I was involved in a lot of […]

Minnesota not messing around

This NBA offseason has been filled with surprising relocations and trades. LeBron returning to Cleveland, Pau Gasol moving to Chicago, Jeremy Lin joining up with Kobe in L.A – the list goes on. An extremely notable move was the Cavaliers’ dynamic trade with Minnesota for Kevin Love to acquire a star-studded starting lineup of James, […]

Men Opposed to Violence Everywhere: A new initiative for gender equality

On a cloudy Sunday afternoon, the Sigma Phi Epsilon house is almost empty. On the porch sits a gaggle of guys on hard chairs and an old black couch, dressed in Sunday casual. A slight breeze blows, drizzling a few raindrops into their faces. Three have their eyes glued to their computers, frantically creating an […]

At People’s Climate March, Rochester students rally for a sustainable future

Walking side-by-side down Central Park West, UR students joined nearly 400,000 others from across the globe in New York City on Sunday, Sept. 21 as a part of the People’s Climate March. The march, scheduled just two days before the U.N. Climate Summit at U.N. headquarters in Manhattan, is now being called “history’s largest march […]

Don’t mess with my Meatless Monday

Meatless Monday, to those who subscribe to an animal flesh and secretions-heavy diet, is a nightmare. There are no crispy cows served on a bun, nor thigh of chicken delicately nestled against a bowl of steaming rice. However, for those of us who do not enjoy consuming our animal companions or the secretions that come […]