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Ryan and Williford slam ITA title
One week after the women came back victorious, UR?s men?s tennis team didn?t disappoint at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association?s Northeast Regional Championship Sept. 29 and 30. Doubles partners and sophomores Colin Ryan and Dan Williford brought home the gold for UR. However, it wasn?t an easy ride in a tournament filled with the region?s best. […]
Volleyball spikes to rouch losses in UAAs
In the past two weeks, the already struggling women?s volleyball team took on the toughest part of its schedule. The first round of the University Athletic Association round robin tournament was held at Washington University in St. Louis. In the first set of matches, UR team took on a tough team from Emory University. The […]
Horscopes
Libra (Sept. 23?Oct. 22) ? Take advantage of this month, because it will be one of the only times that the spotlight will shine on you deservedly.Scorpio (Oct. 23?Nov. 21) ? Let?s say you are a street and your love interest is another street and it is rush hour. The intersection of your lifestyles would […]
Coming on out
National Coming Out Day was founded on Oct. 11, 1988 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Coming Out Parade in Washington, D.C. It has been celebrated on Oct. 11 ever since.NCOD is an important day to celebrate freedom of expression for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. Many use the day to reveal, […]
Travails with ResNet
Whenever you think of ResNet, do you think of timely service, reliability and friendly customer service? These should be the first things in the mind of any business. However, ResNet isn?t a business and it shows.To stop the spread of the Nimda virus that struck campus, ports were shut off that gave infected computers Internet […]
Dance Cubed
It?s time to watch a great dance performance to help out a cause. D-motions, the Radiance Dance Theatre and the Ballet Performance Group will be putting on a show this Saturday afternoon. All proceeds and donated canned food items will be going to benefit Foodlink, an ongoing project to help impoverished people. These three UR […]
How Karl Marx ruined my breakfast
Why did the Soviet Union fall? I don't know for certain, but I think that it might have been due to substandard pancakes. From personal experience, I know that when I wake up and go to breakfast here on campus, the roller coaster ride that is my daily life slows to a grinding halt if […]
Garbage reemerges
Garbage is an unusual band. They are basically three top-notch producers, one of whom produced Nirvana?s memorable ?Nevermind.? They play with the melodies backing a spunky rock ?n? roll chic damsel named Shirley Manson. The idea might sound peculiar at first. However, it has been successful.Shirley Manson is one unstoppable chick. Her pizzazz gives the […]
They Might Be Giants continue their quirkiness
They Might Be Giants is composed of two friends, John Flansburgh and John Linnell. They are currently accompanied on recordings and tour by the Band of Dans, a band composed of three guys all named Dan. Beginning with their first show in January 1983, TMBG has grown into something of a geek phenomenon. Gaining their […]
Stomp' mesmerizes Rochesterians
It has no plot or story. Even the dialogue between the characters is minimal. Still, the Broadway show ?Stomp? has artists who manage to entertain through their mastery of sound and beat along with their ongoing interactions with one another. Conceptually, ?Stomp? is a masterpiece. Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas by literally stomping […]