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OBOC's Fall Revue well-received
The weekend before Thanksgiving saw a spectacular display of musical talent at the Off-Broadway On-Campus Fall Revue. Held on Saturday, Nov. 23 in Upper Strong Auditorium for the first time, the revue brought a dazzling array of Broadway and off-Broadway hits to an enthralled UR audience, leaving lasting impressions on many. Titled "A New World," […]
Paul McCartney has more fun
Paul McCartney is one of those artists who could put out any old crap and people would still buy it. So it's satisfying to see that he's still having fun.McCartney's new live double CD, "Back in the U.S., Live 2002," radiates relaxed energy and playfulness. That's not an unfamiliar vibe for McCartney, so I don't […]
Boar's Head sells out rapidly
Tickets for this year's 68th annual Boar's Head Dinner sold out in less than 80 minutes, organizers report. The 630 tickets were sold first to seniors and then to the rest of the University community. The number of tickets is limited by seating capacity in Douglass Dining Center where the event is held."The speed of […]
Music floor at UR
The Music Interest Floor on the ninth floor of Wilder Tower has the goal of promoting music on the River Campus. Along the way, however, it has been able to build a strong sense of community among its 30 on-floor members.MIF has tried to challenge the notion that the River Campus has no musical component. […]
Bonfires forbidden on athletic fields
The athletic department decided to forbid bonfires on fields used by athletic teams due to recent problems clearing nails from bonfire sites.This is a change from previous years when bonfires were traditionally held for special events such as Meliora Weekend. While there has not been a new rule passed regarding this issue, the athletic department […]
Professor discusses life of Proust
Diana Fuss, Assistant Professor of English at Princeton University, led a filled Gowen Room into the world of Marcel Proust in a lecture given Nov. 22. Her speech, entitled "In Bed with Proust", described the intimate details of Proust's living quarters and how the elements of the room symbolized what made up the eccentric traits […]
Senate to oversee SA groups
On Nov. 18, the SA Senate convened to discuss their new initiative to bring the senate closer to the groups it funds. The new program is called the Group Advocacy System. It gives a major new role to the senate."The goal of the Group Advocacy System is to guarantee that every group funded by the […]
Professor named Finance Minister
It is rare that a professor opts not to teach just two months before the start of classes, but rather assumes a high-profile government post in a foreign country. This however, is exactly what happened last July when visiting professor for the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies Grzegorz Kolodko notified UR from […]
Bandwidth disconnections rise
ResNet warned 160 students and disconnected 40 of them for not complying with the newly enforced bandwidth policy. The warnings and disconnections happened in three waves beginning on Oct. 31.The policy, designed to put caps on the amount of bandwidth used by students, limited students to 12 gigabtyes of uploads a week. "Our student use […]
Women's hoops are perfect at 4-0
The women's basketball team have jumpstarted their season with an impressive 4-0 record after a streak of victories over a host of teams over the past few weeks.The Yellowjackets first dominated SUNY Cortland with a massive 74-46 victory in the first round of the Chuck Resler Invitational. The team controlled the game by outshooting and […]
