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Spirit Week warms up school pride

UR may be known as a school full of socially awkward students, but that won’t prevent over 1,400 students from getting lei’d this Sunday.  That is, lei’d at “Get Lei’d at Beach Brunch” at Danforth, one of the many events of this year’s Spirit Week. Spirit Week was founded in 2004 by the 2007 Class […]

The Problem With Higher Education

ou are paying $60,000 a year to attend this school. Regardless of your actual financial situation – you could have a full ride (do we give those?), or have financial aid, or maybe your parents went ahead and paid off the whole year in advance with cash – somehow you are paying $60,000 for your […]

Science and Faith

here is no denying the fact that modern science has shaped our world in profound ways. Because of science, we are able to provide better medical care. We are able to travel around the world. We are able to predict the weather, and we are able to better observe the universe. In fact, the more […]

Loving What You Do

I can just see myself now, in some bar sitting next to the Piano Man, rambling on about how I could do so much more with my life, just like John at the Bar and Davie, who’s still in the Navy, and probably will be for life. And Lord knows the last thing I want […]

Weigh All Ideas For Bookstore Spot

With the campus bookstore moving off to its new College Town location, the school administration is left with a large space under Douglass that they must fill. While in every discussion some voices are heard louder than others, we hope that those in charge will carefully weigh all of the options before finally deciding. While […]

Chris Doser–Mens Swimming

    Christopher Doser is a Senior, earning degrees in Math, Music Education, and Saxophone Performance.     What is it like to jump between the two campuses all the time?  How do you manage your time?   It is difficult but fun!  I love both campuses.  I live on the river campus, and often […]

A Global Giant in Transition

The first thing that comes to mind when virtually anyone in the world hears the words Manchester United is soccer. This is the end result of a global campaign that Manchester United has been on for the past three decades. Manchester United, with over 600 million fans worldwide, has become a global brand that has […]

World Cup chances in a nutshell

For many years now, World Cup pundits have dubbed the most competitive group in the initial stage of the World Cup as the “group of death”. As cliché as it may sound, the group of death has rarely strayed far from its grizzly sounding label. The group of death usually consists of four teams that, […]

Zahra Nazari brings her world to Rochester

Between semesters, Hartnett Gallery had the honor of exhibiting the work of Zahra Nazari. Entitled “Deconstructing Scapes,” the display showcased paintings and prints of imaginary landscapes from the past few years of her work. Drawing directly from her journeys across the globe, Nazari is able to create surreal interpretations of what the world could look […]

Another AIDS Anniversary: Ted Brown’s take on the legacy of PEPFAR

As we pause this week to mark the twenty-sixth recognition of World AIDS Day, it would also be appropriate to acknowledge the tenth anniversary of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In May 2003 this health initiative committed the United States to spend fifteen billion dollars over five years for international programs in […]