Archives - Danielle Douglas
Sports
Final Four emerge from Madness
Four schools and four spectacular coaches have made their way to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four this weekend in Indianapolis. All in all, upset-wise, this has been a pretty mild tournament, and there are three one-seeds in the Final Four. However, the sheer amount of talent on the floor this weekend is more than […]
Sports
ROTC student-athletes balance strenuous workload
Before the sun rises, sophomore Katelyn Murphy is already awake and active—lifting kettlebells and ammo cans, running sprints and doing push-ups. Some days, wake-up is even earlier: by 3:15 a.m. she’ll have her backpack ready to hike in the dark. After returning to campus and attending a packed day of classes, Murphy will change back […]
Sports
Leslie named All-American and Division III Rookie of the Year
Although the UR Women’s Basketball season concluded almost a month ago, freshman Alexandra Leslie has still continued to rack up awards. Last week, the Lancaster, PA native was named the Division III Rookie of the Year by d3hoops.com. Out of about 5,000 Division III female basketball players in the country, Leslie was the only individual […]
Athlete of the Week
Michelle Landis – Women’s Club Ultimate Frisbee
1. How did you first get into ultimate frisbee? Ever since I could walk, I’ve always loved to play competitive sports. So, after school volleyball season ended my senior year of high school, I played some casual pick up with some friends and played a bit at summer camp. I knew I wanted to play […]
News
Triathlete addresses diabetes, determination
Ironman triathlete Gretchen O’Dea, who has Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), held an interactive presentation and discussion on life as a diabetic athlete on Saturday afternoon in Sloan Auditorium. The event was hosted by the College Diabetes Network, and it attracted a crowd of about 30 students, teens and adults. O’Dea, a 36-year-old resident of Canandaigua, […]
From the Athlete's Perspective
Alexandra Leslie – Women’s Basketball
1. When did you get into basketball? I started playing organized basketball in fourth grade, but I grew up playing basketball alongside my older sister, Amanda. We used to play in my driveway every day, and, through her, I started to love the game. 2. How do you keep calm during high-pressure situations? The biggest […]
Sports
Climber summits a frozen Niagara Falls
Before last week, Will Gadd had never visited Niagara Falls. Within an hour, he had scaled a 150-foot frozen section of Niagara’s Horseshoe Falls along with co-climber and alpine guide Sarah Hueniken. Such a feat had never before been accomplished in history. With a nearly constant flow of six billion cubic feet of water per […]
Athlete of the Week
Mario Yáñez Tapia – Men’s Squash
The first time I wanted to play squash, I was five years old. I had watched my dad play in a squash tournament in Mexico City. He won the tournament, and since then, I played almost every day for four years until he started coaching me and I started competing. I won my first national […]
Features
Pollsters reach out to wider audiences
“What can I help you with?” These are the words that flash across the screen as Siri, Apple’s digital personal assistant is activated. Emerging technologies seem to be changing the way that this phrase is expressed; as these digital personal assistants become smarter and more capable, they increasingly will be asking us what we can […]
Sex and the CT
Jodi Says: Drunk in Love
On Monday, Sept. 29, California governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill stating a clear definition of what constitutes sexual consent. Essentially, this “yes means yes” law clarifies that a lack of protest before sexual activity cannot be equated to affirmative consent. By the law’s definition, consent can only be given with a sober, […]
