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Author speaks about like of 'beautiful mind' John Nash
It was fitting that Sylvia Nasar's talk on Nobel Prize Laureate John Nash Jr. took place in Rush Rhees Library Tuesday afternoon. After his promising career was cut short after a debilitating bout with schizophrenia that lasted 30 years, Nash found his only refuge within the walls of a library."The library is one of societies' […]
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Debate team cleans up over the weekend
UR's debate team met with success at the East Region Championships at Marist University in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., this weekend.The team is still ranked first in the American Debate Association rankings, but has fallen a few points behind Northwestern in the National Debate Tournament rankings. "It will be a close race to the finish," senior and […]
Campus Briefs
Applications numbers are slightly downWith both part 1 and part 2 of undergraduate admissions due by Jan. 20, the tentative number of applications to the Class of 2006 is approximately 8,700, down from 9,500 at this time last year. This year's numbers were dramatically lower than 2000's record number of applications, 10,080. Director of Undergraduate […]
UR men ready to dance
When the men's basketball team lost to Washington University on Sunday, Feb. 3, the Yellowjackets knew they had to win the rest of their games to have a chance of making the NCAA Division III Tournament.UR fulfilled its end of the bargain with a 51-44 victory over Carnegie Mellon University last Saturday. The selection committee […]
How do we get our News?
Dear Alissa Miller, I realize this story is over 300 words (719 to be accurate), but i feel it should be printed as all of it is relevant. I've asked friends, parents, and teachers questions about what I've found in my research and they had no clue about any of it. I think the campus […]
Candlelight Vigils
This school's various has taken the idea of the candlelight vigil and completely bastardized it. Since when did dead animals receive candlelight vigils? The same goes for issues (in this case homosexuality). The whole idea of the candlelight vigil is remembrance, hope, and prayer for PEOPLE. A dead cat, although a tragedy, sure doesn't need […]
(2/21) Men hope for NCAA bid
The men's basketball team took a step closer to the NCAA Tournament by winning two road games last weekend.UR defeated Case Western Reserve University 76-43 Friday and then posted a 96-59 victory over Emory University on Sunday.The two wins move the Yellowjackets to 11-2 in the University Athletic Association and 20-4 overall. UR is ranked […]
"A Beautiful Mind"
Writer and journalist Sylvia Nasar will offer insights about mathematical genius John Nash and the devastating mental illness he endured and ultimately overcame. She will also describe how a news story in the New York Times became a full-length book and then a major movie directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe.Multiple disciplines"I think […]
I got my pride – no one can take it away
Pride is something that takes a long time to discover, whether it be of race, sex, religion, physical disability or sexual orientation. For many gays and lesbians, college is one of the most common places where they are able to find out who they are and where they belong. Indeed, it is not gay people […]