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Sex and the CT
Jodi Says: Getting the A-OK for the A-S-S
Everybody’s talking about Kim Kardashian’s butt, as usual, because big butts are a big deal nowadays. With the rise of the butt has come the rise of anal sex, which honestly is pretty cool. It’s cool because butts are universal; all people have butts – boys, girls, and everyone in between! Everyone can do butt […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: Globalizaing internet
Getting internet to a country that barely has running water can be a tough problem. Cell phones have proven to be less of one – even in the most underdeveloped nations, cell ownership is rapidly expanding for communications and basic networking tasks. A similar expansion of internet access to poor regions has been targeted by […]
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Tiernan Project, living and serving together
When Tiernan Project was founded in 1974, it began as a student group composed entirely of residents living in Tiernan Hall. According to Tiernan Project alumnus and director of the Rochester Center for Community Leadership Glenn Cerosaletti, everybody who lived in Tiernan Hall at that time joined the Tiernan Project and was dedicated to community […]
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Fraternity member leads fight against rape culture
In the past year and a half, the controversy surrounding Robin Thicke and his song, “Blurred Lines,” has infiltrated social media and discussions of feminism across the country. Many protested the song for trivializing sexual consent and being utterly misogynistic. The song was used as “Exhibit A” in showing the prevalence of rape culture in […]
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Thanksgiving, how times have changed
Most Americans are familiar with the story of a fall day in 1621, the day of the first ever Thanksgiving, when the colonists celebrated their first harvest with the Wampanoag Native American tribe. But, according to the History Channel, it wasn’t until 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving an official holiday to be held […]
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Off the field, athletes reach out to community
Since 2004, UR student-athletes have been working to improve the world through involvement in the St. Sebastian Society, a student organization sponsored by the Catholic Newman Community. Composed of student athletes from across all majors, the St. Sebastian Society aims to provide “leadership, spirituality, and community service” beyond the athletic field through involvement in various […]
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The best of College Town Express
What’s purple, rectangular, and can take you to a place that has everything you’ll ever want? The College Town Express! The newest addition to the University’s transit system, the College Town Express, was established to provide students with easier access to College Town and Mount Hope Avenue. The College Town Express has seven stops: Rush […]
Sex and the CT
Jodi Says: Coming close…
I’m just going to cut right to the chase: orgasming can be hard. Regardless of your gender, it’s likely that at some point, for some reason you’ll have trouble achieving orgasm. This is a hugely popular problem among women biologically. Partially, this is because it is easier for males to orgasm, but mostly because the […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: Hacking, easy as pi
I find trying to explain my work at family reunions to be a weird affair. Some relative or other will inevitably ask about my hobbies, and then the conversation usually goes something like this: “Oh, I do a lot of work with the Raspberry Pi.” They look at me quizically. “The raspberry…. pie.” “Yeah, that. […]
Foreign Focus
Foreign Focus: New Delhi, India
The world’s seventh largest country by geographic area, India is one of the fastest growing developing countries. It has remarkable religious diversity, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, and historically has been influenced by Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam, which were brought to the country several hundred years ago. As a double major in history […]
