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Fifty Shades of Shadeism: Judging skin color in more ways than one
The following article contained a number of errors in the print edition that have been corrected for the online version. The article originally omitted Delta Phi Omega and Rutul Amin, and contained a number of misspellings (Updated: Feb. 16, 2015) At 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22, a crowd of students made their way to […]
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As climate threat ensues, UR looks to greener alternatives
UR is particularly well-known for being forward in thinking when it comes to sustainability. Just this year, it ranked 6th on the 2014 list of 75 Best Colleges for Food in America by The Daily Meal. One of the categories used to judge dining centers was “Nutrition and Sustainability,” rating “each college on this list […]
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Previous UR student founds international non-profit
The movement towards social entrepreneurship is attracting more and more followers today. Youths much like ourselves are no longer satisfied with the mere notion of profitability – we seek ventures, causes, and companies that reflect our inherent need to make an impact. Sometimes entrepreneurship may even come from those studying among us. Pedro Espinoza, a […]
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Debate Union tackles contentious topics
UR’s Debate Union is a competitive academic team that competes regionally, nationally, and internationally in frequent tournaments of Policy Debate and British Parliamentary (Worlds) Debate. The team, composed of approximate forty members, requires no previous debate experience. The team practices with four professional debate coaches that teach them to improve their public speaking skills. In […]
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Post graduation, UR students look towards service
As the first semester draws to a close and seniors begin to prepare for graduation, many students look toward the future with plans for medical, law, or business school. But for others, a slightly different post-graduation route calls them to action: service. Despite not being a traditional choice for recent grads, the field of service […]
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Jodi Says: Pain in the ass
So you and your partner have agreed that you want to try anal sex- awesome! (Not there yet? Check out last week’s issue!) Butt – how does it really work? For starters, it’s not like porn. I repeat, anal sex does not work like it does in porn! For entertainment purposes, porn cuts out the […]
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UR Tech: At Pirate Bay, the ship has sunk
It appears the ship has sailed. Or sunk, as it were. On Tuesday morning, the server rooms of the massive peer-to-peer torrent site The Pirate Bay were raided by Swedish police, and the site has been down ever since. Long toted as the “most resilient website on the internet,” the Pirate Bay has a long […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
