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Sex and the CT
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
