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Meliora begins at UR

Beginning today, alumni, parents and students will gather throughout the River Campus community to celebrate the first annual Meliora Weekend.At press time, 6,319 people had registered for the weekend. Many events are already sold out, including the Bill Cosby shows, the Bill Bradley lecture, and the breakfast with the President and Deans.The theme of this […]

Win over Emory marks Gurnett's 300th

Sports contests do not get much more emotional than the women?s soccer game against Emory University Saturday, Sept. 29. Senior stopper Jen Seferiadis scored with one minute left to play to give head coach Terry Gurnett his 300th career win and move the Yellowjackets to 2-0 in the University Athletic Association. Playing in front of […]

Refreshing change out of boyhitscar

In a world full of madness and pain, a world of fear and sadness, everybody needs loud music. On top of all the crap we have to worry about in our personal lives, we have to deal with being at war. I say turn up the stereo.In the music section of the CT, we get […]

Women's tennis rally to UCAA title

Coming off of phenomenal Intercollegiate Tennis Association play, the women?s tennis team continued their winning streak by capturing the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association championship with a 5-3 win over Vassar College Sunday. Rochester began in the first round with a blowout of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 5-0 in singles play. Combined, the Yellowjackets slammed their way […]

From the Pressbox

His voice still rings in my ears. ?Good girl,? he would say to me whenever I performed well. And even when I seemed to have reached a new low, he knew how to comfort me, with just a simple pat on my shoulder and a look ? a look to me that said he believed […]

Two shutouts kick women into first

The women?s soccer team went on the road for two important University Athletic Association matches and came home in sole possession of first place. The Yellowjackets got their weekend off to a good start with a 4-0 victory over Case Western Reserve University on Friday. Senior striker Christine Sipala scored 34 seconds into the second […]

Ichiro and Pujols stand out MLB's best rookies

Every baseball season, there are some rookies who catch our attention with spectacular games, months or seasons, and this year is no different. Actually, this year is different because there have been so many outstanding rookie achievements. The most amazing of those achievements are the Rookie of the Year seasons in each league. Not only […]

Weekend features Hall of Fame induction and exhibit

If you are a baseball fan, you won?t want to miss the Cooperstown Exhibit to premiere at the Goergen Athletic Center during Meliora weekend. From Friday through Sunday, nearly 100 years worth of Major League Baseball history are to be displayed in forms of artifacts, equipment and uniforms. The exhibit highlights uniforms of chosen players […]

Soccer falters to CMU, breaks undefeated streak

The men?s soccer team suffered its first defeat of the year this past Sunday as they fell 2-1 in an overtime heartbreaker to University Athletic Association nemesis, Carnegie Mellon University. After going down 1-0 in the first half, UR battled back in the second period to equalize the score 1-1. Junior forward Jacques Appleby scored […]

B-team puts up a solid run at SUNY Geneseo

Both men and women?s cross country teams took advantage of nice weather and a smooth course at the SUNY Geneseo Invitational Sept. 29. In fact, UR took this low-key meet opportunity to relieve their top 12 runners from racing. This allowed their teammates to assume a roll on the varsity squad. As a result, the […]