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PRESS RELEASE (for more info contact Bethany at 561-582-9103 or 305-323-2227) If you are looking for free MP3 music downloads for your new Ipod, local singer/songwriter, Alex Kash has a selection of four for you. "As an independent musician I feel it is really important to get my music out there.", says three-time award winning […]

There are two little-known ways of "checking" dangerous Supreme Court decisions. The precept of "checks and balances" is little understood by far too many Americans and hated by others.1) Article 111, Section II of the U.S. Constitution empowers the national Congress (simple majority of both houses) to limit or even nullify Supreme Court appellate decisions […]

Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, spoke via satellite in Strong Auditorium during his annual Saviours' Day address Feb. 27. The event was sponsored by the UR Black Students' Union and the Muhammad Mosque of Rochester.Farrakhan's main message regarded the "purification" of religion. "If you purify religion, you'd get rid of the […]

Under the direction of Mayor William Johnson, the city of Rochester purchased the Fast Ferry on Feb. 28, reopening travel between Rochester and Toronto beginning in late May."This is something that students on campus will definitely look to taking advantage of," Assistant Director of Student Activities Laura Ballou said. "I have heard some student groups […]

In early December, UR fell to the Carnegie Mellon University Tartans, 78-71, in their first University Athletic Association game. Entering conference play with a loss is a tough bullet to bite. Put yourself in senior Brendan McAllister's shoes. The Pittsburgh native had a cheering section of friends and family. To top it off, McAllister didn't […]

Two 19-year-old Rochester residents were arrested on robbery charges by the Rochester Police Department, in connection with an incident in Feb. 26 involving two Eastman School of Music students, according to UR Security Senior Investigator Dan Lafferty.The students were approached by the two suspects while they were walking on East Main Street near Liberty Pole […]

So Howard Dean has now been elected the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Dean was a controversial, love-him-or-hate-him figure throughout his candidacy in this past presidential campaign, and the right-wing reaction to his new job is no different. I admit I'm biased here - I'm a Vermonter, so there's a sort of state pride […]

Hello, my name is Robert Clemm and I'm addicted to Thefacebook. Sad to say, many of us can probably insert our own names into that statement. I never thought I'd get caught up in something like that, but it has been a great tool for reconnecting with friends and simply as a time waster. In […]

Director of the Children's Institute JoAnne Pedro-Carroll received the National Program Excellence Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.This award was given in recognition of the success of the Institute's Children of Divorce Intervention Program. The Children's Institute is a non-profit organization based in Rochester."I developed this program as part of my […]

After more than a decade, a cancer-preventing vaccine developed by three UR Medical Center doctors is ready for the final testing phase."The project, which has been in progress for over a decade, has been extremely rewarding and represents to me a very fruitful coming together of basic science and clinical research," Associate Professor of Medicine […]