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From the Pressbox
If you're looking for what is wrong about UR sports, maybe you should have traveled several hours east on the Thruway last Saturday afternoon. SUNY Cortland hosted Ithaca College in the Cortaca Jug, the biggest Division III College Football game in the nation. Think of it as a D-Day in frigid November with a football […]
Community procures pipe organs
Imagine playing an instrument that had developed over the last millennium, with repertoire from a multitude of countries. Now envision several period instruments from all over the world, allowing this diverse repertoire to be learned on the instruments for which it was written. While at first appearing quite ambitious, this dream is one that was […]
Music of Broadway, Rochester style
Lovers of the stage and musical theater will be enthralled this weekend at Off Broadway On Campus' annual Fall Revue at Strong Auditorium. Entitled "A New World," the show features hit songs from popular shows like "Les Miserables," "Grease!," "42nd Street" and "Godspell" as well as less well-known shows like "Suburb" and "Merrily We Roll […]
Ossia turns to non-Western music
Since the days of the Minimalists and the Beatles, western musicians have been inspired by non-western sources ranging from Ravi Shankar to African drumming. In many cases, however, the reverse is also true ? composers in non-Western countries are frequently influenced by Western art music. Ossia's upcoming concert, this Friday night at 8 p.m. in […]
Men's hoops start Friday
The men's basketball programs at Alfred University, Texas Wesleyan and SUNY Fredonia have circled Nov. 22, 2002 on the calendar ever since their seasons ended last spring. They all have one common goal ? knocking off host Rochester in the Chuck Resler Invitational Tournament. The Yellowjackets enter the 2002-03 season on unchartered ground. With a […]
Pearl Jam keeps evolving
Okay, so who do we have left? Nirvana died with Kurt Cobain. Alice in Chains and Blind Melon have also been ended because of drug-abuse related deaths and Soundgarden has disbanded. Pearl Jam has always been there. Since "Ten" was released in 1991 ? selling a record 8.9 million albums, according to Billboard ? Pearl […]
Furious rally in football finale
In near-storybook fashion, the Yellowjackets rallied from behind to score an emotional win over Carnegie Mellon University, edging the Tartans 39-35 in football Saturday afternoon. "It's a nice way to end the season," said UR head coach Mark Kreydt, whose team completed the 2002 season with an overall record of 2-8. "I was pleased especially […]
Women survive OT to win ECAC
UR's women's soccer team couldn't have asked for a better end to a successful season, claiming the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship the Yellowjackets hosted with victories over SUNY Geneseo and St. Lawrence University.The women swept Geneseo at Fauver Stadium Saturday, recovering from a weaker first half to a dominating second. "In the first half, […]
Men win 3rd straight title
There is an adage in sports that says, "It doesn't matter what happens all year as long as you win your last game." As the UR men's soccer team stood on the frozen tundra of Fauver Stadium Sunday evening, all that mattered was that they were champions. All of the ups and downs, personal conflicts, […]
Swimming splits meet
This weekend the men's and women's swimming and diving teams swam a critical meet against Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association rival, Union College. Both teams entered the meet optimistic, and wound up swimming a very strong meet. Going into the contest the women felt it would be closely contested, but they wound up dominating the meet […]