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Merci Pour Le Chocolat' full of quiet, complex melodrama
With an immensely vast canon of films stretching back to the late 1950s, French director Claude Chabrol has established himself as one of the most industrious and idiosyncratic auteurs in the world of cinema. Along with idolized celluloid royalty such as Godard and Truffaut, Chabrol shares the honorable distinction of assisting in the launch of […]
Art vending machines?
For most of us here at UR, our interaction with the downtown area is limited to stops along Bus 72's route and a few college bars on Alexander Street. Most of us hardly notice the city skyline that stands as the backdrop to the buildings in which we live. Most of us are missing out.One […]
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The Boar's Head Dinner is UR's oldest non-Greek tradition. The dinner, which began in 1934, is based on a tale of a student at Oxford. As legend has it, the student, while walking and reading in a forest, was attacked by a wild boar. He saved his life by thrusting his book down the pig's […]
Criticism a dying art in America
This week, with the return of "American Idol," we Americans can again take pleasure in the enthralling spectacles that are the broken notes and dreams of America's youth. But, buried somewhere among the wreckage of shattered adolescent aspirations, we can find a compelling lesson, a gospel on how our world should be. It isn't in […]
Making the most of education
Given the current state of the education system and the obvious need for reform in crucial areas, one thing remains the same -- it is up to individuals to have complete control over their education. That is, individuals need to strive to be the best that they can be and to learn as much as […]
Industry restraints threaten digital rights
When the next version of Windows comes out, every computer loaded with it will be infringing on your rights -- you shouldn't stand for it.Along with every tape, compact disc or LP is the right to make an archival copy of it. This is called fair use, the general idea behind which is that you […]
Think twice before speaking
What's up, dude? In the world of the college student, slang pervades everyday use of language. We converse with each other using terms that we have invented or words that have taken on new meanings. The word "phat" is likely an acronym for "pretty hot and tempting" that has come to be used like the […]
Ryan takes civilized first step
Years from now, hopefully we will look back at the cleansing of Illinois's death row by outgoing Gov. George Ryan as a turning point in our nation's horrible history of state-sponsored death.The governor, who opened a new national discussion of the death penalty in 1999 when he declared a moratorium on executions, commuted the death […]
Letters to the Editor
Clemm's claims flawedThanks to Rob Clemm for reviving my favorite false dichotomy of President Bush, the "with us or against us" logic that shows all the deep thinking of a seven-year-old. While I personally do not agree with the actions of either the Canadian protesters or Saddam Hussein, I also do not agree with the […]
Empty pub a waste of funding, resources
Imagine a Saturday evening at the pub. There are students eating pizza and popcorn, buying soda, talking about common interests and having an overall good time. UR students are meeting and socializing with friends and students from fellow colleges Monroe Community College and Rochester Institute of Technology, two of the goals for bringing the pub […]