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Minogue shines above other artists
Kylie Minogue's less-successful but ever-so-persistent sister Dannii releases "Neon Nights" in hopes of capitalizing on Kylie's skyrocketing fan base. Mind you, Dannii was a singer back in the days, but never arrived at Kylie status."Neon Nights" is frank dance with unashamed flamboyance. There are already three hits on this album. The absolutely fabulous "Put The […]
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For those who believe the days of gender inequality at UR are gone, think again. The dorms are integrated and Todd Union is no longer a men's social club, but a great gender disparity pervades campus - in the bathrooms.Few may know that certain women's bathrooms around the River Campus are far larger than those […]
AFI successful, daring in 'Sing'
The first thing that comes to mind when I review the album "Sing the Sorrow" by AFI is that this is a gutsy release. One of the tracks is over 17 minutes long. Most bands today hammer out barely two minutes and call it a song. So, from the start, this band seems to be […]
Love 'em or hate 'em, cellular phones can be one of the most useful things for a college kid to have.
Whether you use it to keep in contact with your friends from back home or check in on people in this area, these "electronic leashes" are becoming more and more popular.We took three of the leading cell companies students use on campus - Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS and Cingular - and tested their comparative reception […]
Senioritis is plaguing students around UR
Attention students - there is an epidemic surging through colleges and high schools across the country. Even UR students have fallen victim to this disease. It is incredibly contagious and almost impossible to cure.The name of the disease is Senioritis.Senioritis has infected one fourth of the student body here at UR. It is far more […]
Achieving mutual happiness
It has been nine months since my girlfriend and I started dating. I find her to be the most sophisticated, open-minded, compassionate girl that I have ever met in my life, and we literally would never run out of topic for conversation. We are passionately in love. Some few months after our first date, we […]
Horoscope
Aries (March 21-April 19) - You've been awfully busy lately, but you still need to set aside some time to enjoy yourself. Put down your chemistry book and go out with your friends, that is if your friends still remember who you are because they haven't seen you since January.Taurus (April 20-May 20) - You […]
Long distance love
Picture this, the person that you love has decided that they need to spend six months in a foreign country. If that isn't enough to break your heart, the phone bill certainly will.Now in my experience, all countries don't have a telephone network that is as highly evolved as the US telephone system. You can […]
Girl' wants to improve
Little girls love fairytales, and the producers of "What a Girl Wants" are hoping to capitalize on this fact. In this Cinderella-esque tale, a free spirited, teenaged Daphne Reynolds - Amanda Bynes of the preteen Nickelodeon show "All That" - goes to meet her father, Lord Henry Dashwood - Colin Firth of "Bridget Jones's Diary" […]
Wings, Flyers hoping to soar into Finals
Fourteen NHL teams just saw their season end a few weeks sooner than they would have liked. By far the biggest disappointment in the Western Conference, the San Jose Sharks, were expected to compete for a division championship, but after failing to ever get off the ground, they will miss the playoffs for the first […]