Features

Fashion matters, it surrounds us everywhere

Fashion guru Kelsey Burritt tells you why the fashion industry is not so tangible and oh so relevant. Read More

Stranger in a strange land: Hyderabad style

We entered the 1,000 Pillar Temple in Warangal and were blessed. The monk applied the red mark — the Kumkum ­— to our grimy, dirty, ignorant, American foreheads in this holy place. Read More

Satire in the CT: Missing freshman found after week in W.C.

Timothy “Little Timmy” Garvey was found last Thursday after accidentally spending his entire freshman orientation lost in Wilson Commons. “I was just looking for Panda Express, and the next thing I knew, I was crossing all of these weird, confusing bridges,” Garvey said in an interview after his discovery. “It was so cold…” Garvey, a […]

The tale of the cougar and the cub: a media myth

Gabrielle Solis, (Eva Longoria) Parker, from “Desperate Housewives” made John Rowland’s (Jeff Metcalfe) being a handyman gardener look like the best vocation ever. All a young guy had to do was lounge luxriously in the sun, gently snip off rose thorns, and pass lemonade cups with his burly, sun-licked forearms. Seems like an easy way […]

Drop UR attire for some fresh “fummer” fashion

Living in style has become a joke. The punch line is greatest on college campuses like our dear UR’s, where the school uniform appears to be a heather grey sweatshirt with leggings and Uggs. One of my friends once told me that Rochester is not New York City. Ignoring the statement’s surface blatancy, I think […]

Dining employee lives her American Dream

A hard-working Rochesterian and former UR Dining employee is only four days away from fulfilling one of her dreams. On Monday Sept. 13, Erlande Exeart, 39, will finally be able to open her long imagined Caribbean bar and grill on 104 Platt Street at High Falls.  From catering in the Meliora, Eastman School of Music, […]

Budgeting your way to a stress free life

While many people say the best things in life are free, sometimes it doesn’t feel that way when you’re a college student. With increasing tuition, book fees and expensive nights out, college expenses can be overwhelming. Money management and financial planning are great ways to ensure you get the best bang for your buck throughout […]

Stimulated mind: How do you watch porn?

Playboy came out in 1953, with its glamorous display of kitten-tongue pink areolas and girls straddling soft fur rugs. And Playgirl debuted 20 years later, with its hunky nude models and majestic waterfall scenery. “Girls Gone Wild” came out in 1998, with its inexhaustible supply of beads, boobs and lawsuits. This is all fairly routine […]

Left Behind: a tale of an unsettled Take Five Scholar

Professor Udo Fehn walked into his class every Tuesday and Thursday, clad in suit and tie and carrying a brown, boxy briefcase. He would set down the case and stroll over to the projector controls, turn it on, pull out his laptop and promptly start the lesson. His jokes were in rhythm you came to […]

From Clinton to chipmunks, 2010 sees it all

A lot has happened in the last four years, and a proper retrospective is in order. So much has happened, in fact, that many very consequential things have faded into the background. At an institution as large and prestigious as UR, it seems that every week some department gets a multi-million dollar grant, a professor […]