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Newman Community hosts talk on Pope Francis

Catholic priest and CEO of Canada’s Salt and Light Television Network Father Thomas Rosica visited UR last Thursday night, presenting a lecture at the Interfaith Chapel. Over one hundred people were in attendance, mostly adults from the surrounding community. His talk, titled “Resignation and Revolution”, focused on the transition of the papacy from Pope Benedict […]

Resigning Stevie Brown

Twenty-six-year old  safety Stevie Brown would have likely followed up his breakout 2012 season with more of the same outstanding play had he not been sidelined by an ACL tear for the entire 2013 season. There was a variety of reasons why the Giants’ couldn’t quite get a handle on the season (makeshift offensive line, […]

Antidepressant may offer new Alzheimer’s relief

A new study conducted at eight university medical centers, including the UR Medical Center (URMC), has indicated that the antidepressant drug Citalopram may have a calming effect on victims of Alzheimer’s disease. According to Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Care, Research, and Education Program at URMC Anton Porsteinsson M.D., Alzheimer’s patients […]

Men’s basketball wins big over Brandeis

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Work toward a better Rochester

The City of Rochester is not perfect. There’s a high crime rate, failed industry, face-biting winters, and a floundering child-education system. The students, who have been living here for at least four years of their life, utilize housing in neighborhoods like the 19th Ward and Mount Hope, drive on the ice-ridden roads, and feel concerned […]

UR Tech: Sochi drones pave way for new sports filming

If you were one of the 219.4 million viewers of the recently-completed Sochi Winter Olympics, you probably saw your fair share of breathtaking moments captured on video, recall the heart-pounding rush of a skier or snowboarder rocketing down the mountains of the Aibiga Ridge, camera following close behind as they executed their final maneuvers. But […]

Conquering the mountain: Student’s trek changes perspective

My friend approached me online one day, blabbering about his plans of travel. I was not paying too much attention until I heard him mention the Four Sisters’ Mountain – a four peaked, snow-covered mountain, located in Sichuan Province, China. As a huge fan of traveling and backpacking, I have climbed many mountains, hiking the […]

College: Keep it in perspective

“College is the best four years of your life.” This is a phrase that most of us have grown up with. It came from our parents when they recounted their glory days at the ol’ alma mater. It made its way into conversations with our teachers as they helped us navigate our college applications. And […]

Continue the fight against eating disorders beyond Feb. 28

24 million people in the United States suffer from an eating disorder (ED). 95% of those people are between the ages of 12 and 25. Yet for some reason, our society still has trouble talking about this issue. In conversation, people will avoid the words “eating disorder,” “anorexia,” “bulimia,” and “binging” at all costs. If […]

Putin aims to lift reputation with Olympics

Sochi. A city which you’ve probably never heard of until only a few months ago but have heard  mentioned a dozens times since. The infamous location for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia has drawn an immense amount of attention, not just because it’s the Winter Olympics, but because of its price, location, lack of […]