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Tennis takes on RIT, improves to 14-1
By beating the Rochester Institute of Technology 6-1 on March 29, the men's tennis team improved their record to an impressive 14-1 for the season."We took care of business," senior Avinash Reddy said. "It was a good, solid team effort and everyone contributed towards the win in their own way."Reddy and doubles partner and junior […]
Ask Us: What was the first Greek group at UR?
Currently, there are 29 recognized Greek organizations at UR, and according to Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Monica Smalls, 17 of these are fraternities and 12 are sororities. Approximately 22 percent of students belong to Greek organizations. Greek life is nothing new to the university, and, believe it or not, has been around since […]
Greeks gear up for a fun-filled D-Day
My alarm clock woke me at the painful stroke of 7 a.m. Slowly, I turned the alarm off and rolled out of bed - but wait - I had no class today, no work to be done. Then, as I stood in my dorm room in Gilbert Hall, it dawned on me - today was […]
Spain loves the '80s
When I apply the phrase "one man's trash is another man's treasure" to my study abroad experience this semester in Seville, Spain, I would change the expression to "the cultural emblems of one country's rejected decade are another country's hottest fad." By this, I mean that those elements that characterize what we Americans look back […]
Horoscope
Aries (March 21-April 19) - The planets are aligned so that if you put a dozen eggs on your desk, they will stand on their ends. If you play any Rod Stewart song, they will spin. If you play a Mariah Carey song, they will crack. I just turned your life into a dozen eggs. […]
Students collaborate for IMS Festival
For all of those interested in cinema, dance, music, all three or none, the ImageMovementSound Festival of Rochester is something that will be definitely worth checking on out April 2 and 9. The festival is a collaboration of artists from the Eastman School of Music, Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Film and Animation and […]
Gaypril events educate diverse crowd
The month of April has been affectionately nicknamed Gaypril, due to the large number of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender events traditionally held on campus during this time. Gay Pride Week, as it was originally known at its conception in the mid-'80s, has since expanded to fill an entire month. Its initial design mimicked National […]
13th Annual Scholarship Ball
Would it be possible for the campus times to include this in their list of upcoming student events?MEDIA CONTACT: Tanisha Lisle (585) 274-0085 or Helene Snihur (585) 275-7800 March 21, 2005EVENT: The 13th annual Crimson & Creme Benefit Ball, sponsored by the PiBeta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 8 p.m. […]
UR Cheering Section in Salem Should be Proud
I wasn't sure what to expect when I made the three-hour trek to Salem, VA from my home outside DC to support the men's basketball team in the Final Four. When I was at UR back in the Paleozoic Era, real school spirit manifested itself rarely if at all.For anyone who wasn't there, the entire […]
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