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“Heartbleed” ails web security
Earlier this month, UR’s network, along with millions of other websites that use the same software package, were been exposed to have a major security susceptibility in its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) program called Heartbleed. An SSL is an encryption scheme used to make web sources secure for services such as banking and login services. […]
Culture
Pentatonix: when music tells the story
On Wednesday April 9, Pentatonix (PTX) hit the Buffalo stop on its tour, in honor of its third-year anniversary. For the show, they gave the audience a tour down memory lane. The concert was a stroll along the path that led the group to its place today, covering both elements of the group as […]
Culture
‘Merry Mount’: the grand operatic experiment
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect for RPO’s upcoming operatic performance of Howard Hanson’s “Merry Mount.” As a singer, one of my main goals this semester was to see a live opera at Eastman, knowing that watching professional singers in action can be a great learning experience. Having prior knowledge that this performance was […]
Culture
“Sophia/Portrait” tackles questions of love and death
This past week, Drama House visitors had the pleasure of watching two original plays written and performed by members of The Opposite Of People (TOOP), the University’s student-run theatre troupe. The first play, “Sophia,” written by senior May Zhee Lim, focused on a mortician’s relationship with her father and death, while in the second, […]
Features
Rettner Hall offers technological opportunities to students
At any given moment, you can walk into Room 201 of Rettner Hall and find students studying for class. The couches on the second and third floors are perpetually occupied by students hanging out with their computers and eating something from The Pit. But not many students know about all the resources available to them […]
Editorial Boards
Ensure all sophomores receive on-campus housing
UR guarantees all rising sophomores on-campus housing, at least in theory. However, if there is no actual housing options available on campus as the lottery winds down, there is no way for the school to provide these spaces if they have all been taken up. This is an even bigger problem with a class like […]
Op-Eds
You can’t rebuild Rochester with fairness
What do University of Rochester President Joel Seligman, RIT President Bill Destler, Wegmans CEO Danny Wegman, and Mayor Lovely Warren all have in common? From the looks of their recent political excursions, a divine mandate to lobby the state government. In early March, a delegation of political, business, and education leaders made its annual march […]
Editorial Boards
Gen Y does it different
Members of the millennial generation (or Generation Y), born between 1982 and 2001, have grown up praised for every little accomplishment. Finish the relay race in fifth grade? Even if you come in last, you still get a ribbon for trying. Here’s a trophy for participating on the baseball team. Sure, you didn’t hit a […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: Heartbleed exploit shocks internet community
On April 9. a massive and unforeseen software lapse took the Internet protocol by storm, gripping every inch of news and social media with a cacophony of wailing and gnashing of teeth. “Heartbleed,” as the bug came to be called, was titled a “catastrophe” and “the security event of the century,” quickly surpassing the shock […]
Sex and the CT
Ask Estrada: Hookups, relationships, and ‘let’s talk about sex’
Is it irrational to fear telling a girl I’m a virgin? Choosing to share anything about your sexual history can leave anyone feeling vulnerable. If what you’re sharing is that you haven’t had a sexual history, it can feel even scarier. This can be further complicated if you’re a guy; stereotypically, men are supposed to […]
