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Take Five Scholar Katherine Shen had just finished her summer. For over two months, she had planned a trip to New Orleans in order to spend quality time with friends. Having heard so many amazing stories about Louisiana, she decided it would be worthwhile. "I thought it would be a fun trip - good seafood, […]

Aries (March 21-April 19) - If your voice is a little hoarse from losing your head at the St. John Fisher game, just remember that a little horse is a pony. And ponies are fun! Taurus (April 20-May 20) - If you know someone new to campus, make sure they feel right at home. Tell […]

The Fraternity Presidents' Council is providing students a night out without the strings attached. The FPC sponsored Tuesday Night Out provides all members of the community with an opportunity to engage in Greek life without attending a rush event or passing through the doors of the Greek's humble homes. The idea is for underclassmen to […]

I recently read a surprising and utterly shocking article on a very reputable Web site containing sordid details of Donny Osmond's disgustingly immoral interview with a national magazine. As an atheist, realist, alternative rock-listening Jew, I personally felt betrayed by my Mormon, ever-cheery hero when I learned of the despicable things he did as a […]

Free copies of the Democrat and Chronicle and The New York Times will be available for students to borrow in Wilson Commons, and then return for other students to read as well."We are doing this on a trial basis," Projects and Services Committee member and sophomore Hannah Geswein said. "The idea was suggested by [Class […]

The College held its annual Yellowjacket Weekend celebration this past weekend. It served to welcome students back to school and provide free food, a concert and many other activities."It was a great way to start off the year because it put everyone in such high spirits," junior Rachel Thibo said. "There was an overwhelming sense […]

September 11 never felt real to me. I was lucky not to have been directly affected by the attacks and although I was left feeling shocked, helpless, devastated and angered, there was something about the tragedy that I could never really feel.Someone told me tragedies can take years to sink in, and for me that […]

UR celebrated its traditional Convocation ceremonies last Friday in Dandelion Square, officially announcing the start of the new academic year. "What convocation does is allow us to be a college," Dean of The College William Green said. "It's a nice beginning to the year."The ceremony also included the presentation of the Goergen Awards for contributions […]

The College held its annual Convocation this past Friday in Dandelion Square, celebrating academic life. Convocation serves a variety of useful purposes, the most important of which is to honor the valuable contributions made by faculty and staff.Students should consider attending this event to support their professors and staff members. By suspending classes during Convocation, […]

September 11, 2001 was launched as the pinnacle of ethnic hatred and resulted, ironically, in the creation of a common thread between complete strangers of all ethnicities.On that day, whites and blacks, Muslims and Christians, Democrats and Republicans all stood side by side, united in one identity - American. On that day, America forgot its […]