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CT Recommends: Lemuria
Scholars once proposed that a long-lost sunken continent in the Indian Ocean known as Lemuria was responsible for unexplainable fossil distribution patterns in India and Madagascar. In the era of modern plate tectonics, the theory has been long debunked, and the other Lemuria, the Buffalo, NY punk trio, remain similarly undiscovered. Lemuria seem perfectly comfortable […]
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KOPPS bring primal futurism to Bug Jar
Tempo: 130 bpm Key: A minor Harmony: i VI VII i Synth: Sawtooth (Insert pentatonic phrase that accents offbeats against a quarter note TR-808 bass drum) Quantize: 1/16 note Meet the 21st century erotic musical molecule. Born out of pop music’s shift from organic to synthetic, this two-bar motif […]
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The Vagina Monologues speaks the truth
“Please stand if you are or know someone who is a victim of sexual assault or domestic violence. Please stand if you are going to do something to foster positive change in our community." These requests, asked at the end of the show by co-director Lisle Coleman, refocus the audience's attention to the real reason […]
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NJR proves it’s hardcore with School of Rock concert
On Friday, Feb. 28, the student-run rock music ensemble “No Jackets Required” held its “School of Rock” themed concert at Wilson Commons. NJR plays an important function here at UR. If it weren’t for the group, the school’s musical landscape would be one of extremes – sure, you can learn to rip through every function […]
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CT Recommends: Intouchables
Often, people aren’t enthused with the idea of subtitles. When you’re watching a film, who wants to be reading all the while? Movies are supposed to give your mind a break from work and hard concerntration. But Intouchables, the 2011 French film featuring Omar Sy and François Cluzet, is sure to change your mind. After […]
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My Goodness: Rock’s up and coming heavy hitters
In the 2000s, drum-and-guitar duos like The Black Keys and White Stripes found their niche as the 21st Century messengers of cold, hard, sacred rock n’ roll. To a lost generation of kids sporting Led Zeppelin “Zosa” shirts and Epiphone SG guitars, the modern-but-anti-modern rock band offered solace that rock was still alive in the […]
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Chamber Boys bring antics and charity to Wilson Commons
Not even an hour after UR’s “Chamber Boys” kicked off their Alpha Male Competition, an event in which UR students registered to go on a staged, three-minute date with a woman from off campus in the name of charity, their house band received a noise complaint from Wilson Commons staff. Good – the gentle chaos […]
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AcaLympics highlights UR talent and comradery
On Friday, Feb. 21, Students Helping Honduras hosted the “AcaLypmics”, a fundraising event featuring a capella performances broken up by relay races, raffle giveaways, and a fashion show in which contestants wore the newspaper you’re holding in your hand. While the convergence of a capella and Olympic games was executed as clumsily as the event’s […]
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The “Lego” movie: everything was awesome
Hear this: An “average-Joe”, Emmet Brickowski (Chris Pratt), is suddenly heralded by the wizard Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) as the chosen one to save the Lego dimension from Lord Business (Will Ferrell). It sounds overdone, ridiculous, and dumb – but you could never be more wrong. “The Lego Movie” has everything working for it: stupendous animation, […]
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inspireDANCE brings dancing community together
February might signify the dread of frigid temperatures and slushy walkways, but it also marks Rochester’s delightfully eclectic inspireDANCE Festival. The festival, launched in 2011 by then-senior Arielle Friedlander, for her Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year (KEY) project, brings the multifaceted Rochester dance community together. Friedlander’s intention for the festival was to foster an environment where Rochester’s […]