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After Hours looking 'sexy' this Spring
Single-sex musical groups --such as the Boy's Choir of Harlem tend to dominate the a capella scene. After Hours --UR's most popular co-ed a capella group is an anomaly in that it is composed by male and female members. The theme of their upcoming concert, "No Sex Here," not only pokes fun at After Hour's […]
Driving over a four-leaf clover
Father Brian Cool and members of the Sigma Chi fraternity paint shamrocks on Fraternity Road in honor of St. Patrick's Day on March 17. The group also painted a nearby crosswalk green while Celtic punk music blared from the Sigma Chi house. Earlier in the day, Father Cool gathered with the fraternity brothers for a […]
We Shall Overcome'
A group of students and faculty gather on the steps of Wilson Commons, Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil. The vigil was in protest of the impending war against Iraq, which began Wednesday night when the U.S. military launched cruise missiles at various sites in Iraq.
Making Scenes' a powerful first novel for Eisen
As I started reading Adrienne Eisen's premiere novel "Making Scenes," I had only gotten to about page eight when I thought it was too far-fetched and packed with traumatic events to be a real work of literature. The desire to know what could possibly happen next was what kept me reading the book.What I didn't […]
Horoscope
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- If spring break was not enough for you, take another one. Go somewhere awesome this weekend, like Canada.Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Find an excuse to throw a party. Like maybe your birthday. Then you'll get presents!Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Don't watch the news this week. If you have […]
Car chases and intrigue
Have you ever had a secret fantasy that involves being an undercover agent -- trying to figure out who the bad guys are, using secret tactics to get information out of people, getting into car chases and trailing people in a clandestine fashion?You might be interested in "The Recruit," in which a hapless Massachusetts Institute […]
Emoticon amour — IM romancing from a distance
So I've reached some lows in my day -- hell, we all have. You take them as they come. Some you laugh with your friends about, such as the countless hours I've spent dressed as a woman for one reason or another. Others you cry in solitude about, such as the countless hours I've spent […]
The shadow of September 11
President Bush is capitalizing on America's lingering anger and fear over the September 11 terrorist attacks to help solidify public support for beginning a war with Iraq. One of the crucial tactics used by Bush had been to subtly tie the terrorists behind September 11 to Saddam Hussein.This tie is unfounded. Intelligence sources say there […]
Letters to the editor
Misquoted"'They're not in a position to criticize a private institution, and they don't have the right to tell us not to spend money on porn,'" junior and Students' Association Appropriations Committee Treasurer Carolyn Kaminski said." Since this quote was used so successfully to draw readers into articles that appeared in the last two issues of […]
Yellow fever
For the first time in the history of UR women's basketball, the Yellowjackets have made it to the Division III Final Four. The women will vie for a chance at the national title this Friday. Last year when the men's team made the tournament, transportation was last-minute and there was little opportunity for students to […]