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Super Bowl Recipes
Here's a couple of recipe ideas -- perfect to accompany the traditional fare of beer and wings -- that are sure to help make a great evening, even if the thought of watching Tampa Bay play in the Super Bowl doesn't leave you crazy with anticipation for Sunday evening.Hot Artichoke and Spinach Dip8 oz. package […]
UR swimming splits at Brandeis
The women's swim team benefited from a solid showing, winning its meet againstBrandeis University last Saturday by a score of 172-125.The win has moved the Yellowjackets to 6-0 in official dual meets. The win against Brandeis was huge for the women. Over the winter break the team trained extremely hard, swimming twice the yardage that […]
Men shocked by Nazareth
The Nazareth College Golden Flyers snapped UR's 13-game winning streak, humbling the Yellowjackets 70-59 in the finals of the JP Morgan Chase Scholarship Tournament at Roberts Wesleyan College last Saturday. The decisive defeat, and the Yellowjackets' first of the season, comes on the heels of a five-game win streak to start the new year that […]
Women's basketball captures first Chase tourney title
January 18 marked the day that the women's basketball team won its first J.P. Morgan Chase Tournament championship with a 61-51 victory over Roberts-Wesleyan College. The win improved the Yellowjackets record to 2-0 for the season and extended their winning streak to 14 games.The annual tournament is a showcase of eight Rochester-area teams, including Roberts […]
The mystery of the Eastman SA
Due to various inquiries and allegations recently brought to my attention regarding the Eastman Student Association, I felt it my duty, as president, to use this space to inform students about how the SA works. For reasons of relaying direct information and for your reading enjoyment, I have decided to compose this in a question […]
From the Pressbox
In a game of word association played not too long ago, if someone mentioned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the first thing that came to mind was an awful record that was completely reinforced by their extremely ugly uniforms.Now there is a new era in Tampa Bay, the Gruden era. The Bucs traded away four top […]
Students attend peace rally in Washington
During the weekend of Jan.18 over 500 Rochesterians traveled to Washington, D.C. to join thousands of other activists for what some are calling the largest anti-war demonstration since the Vietnam War era.Protesters gathered near the Capitol where the British band Chumbawamba kicked off the rally with a new anti-war song. Reverends Al Sharpton and Jessie […]
Sign marks location of ancient Algonkin village on UR campus
Before Hutchinson Hall, before the Athletic fields and Danforth Dining Center and long before the Oak Hill Golf Course that occupied what is now the River Campus, researchers think the land was home to an Algonkin Village.The state erected a marker commemorating the location in 1926 at the corner of Trustee Road and Wilson Blvd. […]
Online registration on its way to UR
UR, like many other colleges, will soon offer online registration. Online registration for college classes is a completely automated process that allows students to register for classes simply by filling out a form on a Web page without dealing with long lines during registration week. Registrar and Assistant Dean for Institutional Research Nancy Speck said […]
UR honors MLK legacy
UR suspended classes and sponsored several programs on Monday throughout the day to celebrate the life, teachings and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. for the first time in UR's history.Special lectures and interfaith services were offered for students and community members to learn about the civil rights movement and how it was affected by […]