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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 […]

Squash started off their season against a familiar opponent Franklin & Marshall and suffered a familiar result, a 9-0 loss to a much stronger team. But the loss wasn't a set back to the Yellowjackets, as they had no expectations of gaining a win against the higher Division I nationally ranked squad. It was more […]

Both the men's and women's cross country teams struggled against the odds to be successful in last weekend's Atlantic Regional Championships.After the horrid conditions at the Rochester Invitational last month, the rainy, muddy and cold conditions of the championships were a walk ? well, run ? in the park for the women's cross country team. […]

October 16, 2002RE: SONDA (The Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act - S.720/A.1971)Dear Editorial Page Editor: As the election for Governor heats up and your newspaper reports on its developments. New York Democrats would like to bring to your attention an unfulfilled pledge made by incumbent Governor George Pataki to New York State's lesbian and gay community.Specifically, […]

My first warning should've been the mall walkers. I'd never seen them before, believing them to be some sort of urban legend.The old people up at the crack of dawn enjoying a brisk walk around the empty, silent, half-lit shopping malls that cover our nation like pine trees in the south. Yes, they do exist, […]

Tracy Chapman is the anti-star. She avoids unnecessary media spotlight, shys away from the glitter and gold and is an avid charity supporter. Every now and then, between her touring circles, she puts her confessional poems into melodies and another album is born.In 1988, Chapman defied big-hair bands and senseless dance tunes by suddenly skyrocketing […]

This past semester I decided to come down from the high ivory towers of UR and descend into the gritty world of Minnesota politics. Much to my dismay, instead of finding a world where elections were won or lost on the merits of the candidates and their respective opinions on the issues, I found a […]

The Water Street Music Hall, located downtown, is a place where mohawks and checkered pants are always in style. I had my most recent chance to experience the abject fun that is a punk show this past Monday, as Reel Big Fish took the stage with The Starting Line and The Kicks.The Kicks got things […]

While Jon Stewart eats his dinner, the Campus Times asks hard-hitting questions about superpowers, cartoon characters and EZ-Pass. Then we make him feel old.CT: So I heard you drove up.JS: Yes I did.CT: How was your drive?JS: Uh, it was a little soggy, until I cleared, uh, probably Binghamton.CT: Do you have EZ-Pass?JS: What, are […]

I have to admit that I didn't see every speaker over Meliora Weekend, but I'm still pretty sure that there was only one who called Rochester an "enormous shit-hole city" as soon as he got on stage. That guy was Jon Stewart ? and the audience ate it up.The host of Comedy Central's "The Daily […]