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Voices from inside the “hotel dorm”
For the past several weeks, the ongoing construction at Brooks Crossing has forced its residents into Staybridge Suites and the Radisson Hotel Rochester downtown, giving them a rougher-than-usual start to the school year. Senior Clint Cantwell, a Brooks Crossing resident currently living at the Radisson, initially expected to spend only five or six days living […]
Features
Urban Fellows strives for community and individual excellence
While most students like to spend their summers relaxing, catching up on sleep, or working at a job, a dedicated group of UR students choose to stay back in Rochester and dedicate their time to serving the city. These students, as a part of the ten-week summer UR Urban Fellows Program, work with community-based organizations […]
Culture
Student musicians take the stage, show impressive originality
The fun and festivities of the Yellowjacket Weekend carnival included not only face-painting, carnival rides, and ice cream (I wouldn’t have recommended pairing the last two) but also a variety of musical talent on campus. This student showcase, put on through UR Events, included many genres spanning from smooth jazz to metal. Sophomore and Roc […]
Culture
Creative, offbeat humor plays on campus culture
New and returning students packed Strong Auditorium on Saturday for one of the highlights of Yellowjacket Weekend: a night of irreverent humor with comedians Michael Ian Black, Ron Funches, and Nick Vatterott. Vatterott, an alum of Chicago’s “Second City” comedy troupe who has also performed on “Conan” and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, opened with […]
Op-Eds
Meatless Monday or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Walk To Danforth
Every week, our esteemed campus is privileged to host the premier dining event known as Meatless Mondays. Featuring mouthwatering gourmet creations, no expense is spared in providing the best possible meal...wait, what? Oh right, that’s not true at all. Depending on the length of your tenure here at UR, you are probably quite familiar with […]
Op-Eds
The End of Britain
Imagine Britain as a mild-mannered, sixty something year old man with an identity crisis. He used to be important, but he recently had to retire from his job as a world superpower due to pressure from the board. His adult children don’t respect him anymore – they are obnoxious and annoying. He doesn’t know anymore […]
Editorial Boards
Photos today and tomorrow
When you experience something eventful, beautiful, funny, or strange, a natural reaction is to take a picture of it. But the impulse isn’t to get the picture so much as to share it. It’s the fact that someone else will see what is happening to you. It's knowing the picture will be on Instagram, Facebook, […]
Editorial Boards
Blackboard: let’s use pen and paper
Pen and paper truly are for the birds. Laptops and smartphones render smudge marks a thing of the past, but even more importantly, they empower us with the ability to write words more efficiently, store words in a more centralized location, and share words with more of the world. Technology provides us with cleaner and […]
News
Abandoned cat explores Gilbert, wins hearts of UR students
A kitten was found behind the closed door of the first-floor kitchen of Gilbert Hall early in the morning on Friday, Aug. 28. The feline was a resident of the 19th Ward and had followed some students home from an off-campus party. According to a group of Gilbert Hall residents who wished to remain anonymous, […]
News
Students for a Democratic Society defend workers’ benefits
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) has involved itself in contract negotiations for service workers at UR in order to maintain their benefits. Negotiations took place on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Because meetings are ongoing, exact details about the new contracts are unavailable. According to UR senior and SDS member Alysha Alani, the concerns raised are […]
