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Out into an interesting future
As graduating members of the class of 2010 grab their diplomas, toss their caps and finally take a prideful stroll underneath the clock tower in front of the Goergen Athletic Center, they should be prepared to answer the most recurring question for any undergraduate: What's next? After four years of eating Danforth Dining Center delicacies […]
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We?ve changed: What about the rest of the world?
As my classmates and I prepare to leave college, I find myself repeatedly entering into the same conversation with my peers. The discussion revolves around how we have changed since we arrived at UR as nave freshman with only the experiences of high school to guide our opinions. Now, the conversation continues: We are exiting […]
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Five years on Facebook: a seminal UR experience
It's time to publicly declare an addiction that many of us suffer from: "My name is Liz, and I have been on Facebook for five years.'This may seem like a strange way to commemorate the college experience, and yet it is actually very fitting for our 'wired" generation. So let's take a trip back into […]
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Hallway etiquette: It is never too late to learn
You're on your way to class and you're a little late, so you pick up the pace and start to speed walk through the tunnels. You might actually make it before the professor begins lecture, but without fail, you hit that roadblock that we all have to endure. I speak, of course, about the group […]
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The State of Zimbabwean refugees
One thousand five hundred people now live in canvas tents on a football field-sized patch of dirt. On another field a few hours away, 200 people sleep each night with no blankets and no roof.These are the situations at two refugee camps outside of Cape Town, South Africa. The first camp is De Doorns. The […]
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At Dorado's the kitchen doesn't work, it performs
It was a Friday night and a party of 10 entered Dorado's, a Mexican restaurant on Park Avenue. The patrons were greeted by a sky with lush clouds painted overhead, posters of a matador and a couple tangoing and festive, spicy, salsa music playing through the speakers.The warm, tropical atmosphere served as a welcomed respite […]
From the Archives
From the Archives: May 2- 9, 1958
There is only one time of the year when UR transforms from the typical mundane campus filled with scholars into a jungle gym full of rock stars and cotton candy. This Saturday, students will be taking a break from their $50,000 worth of papers and exams to engage in a 61-years-old UR tradition: Dandelion Day.In […]
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Frolf this way: more than a game
Good ideas are often spontaneous creations. Just ask Phil Stratigis '09 and graduate student Ryan Perry. Their brainchild, a precarious charity Frisbee golf tournament coined 'Frolf this Way," currently in its third year, was conceived while they were in a state of insobriety.'We got hammered and thought it would be a good idea," Stratigis said, […]
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D-Day drinking derby directory
Ah, D-Day. Heralding in a wonderful time of year where the birds sing, the grass grows, the sun shines and it's perfectly appropriate to take a rum and coke in a travel mug into the shower at 8:30 a.m. Not that I'd know. D-Day, or Dandelion Day, has been a UR tradition for many, many […]
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Dan's Papers sets the tone for the Hampton's community
The summer after junior year is when many UR students hope they will find a great internship. Others take an alternative route, preferring to head back to the old painting and babysitting jobs. Juniors may want to follow the lead of UR alum Dan Rattiner '61, who, well, started a newspaper before his senior year. […]
