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Mens Rowing Team: Life on the water
While most college students are asleep in their beds at five in the morning, the crew team is getting up and heading to practice. This isn’t just a once-in-a-while thing either. The team has morning practices from six until eight, Monday through Saturday, nine months out of the year. Even so, this didn’t deter the […]
Sex and the CT
Ask Jodi: Beat the flu, masturbate instead
I read an article the other day suggesting ejaculation as a treatment for nasal congestion in adult men. Other than being a hilarious quirk of the human body, this seems like useful information should the hypothesis be proven true. The idea behind this is that, after ejaculation, the body’s sympathetic nervous system kicks in to […]
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Laverne Cox breaks down barriers for transgender discussion
Just a year after Time magazine named Laverne Cox the fourth most influential character on television, the brilliantly talented star of Netflix’s television series “Orange is the New Black” sat down with the magazine to discuss the Transgender Movement. “We live in an uncertain world and we want to believe that what a man is […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: Artificial Intelligence, smarter than you think
It’s a standard Terminator rip-off. A swarm of tiny glittering spiders, explained early in the film by a naive scientist as a means of deconstructing sewer clogs, have gone rogue. Like a swarm of ants, the tiny robots move in eerie concert to achieve tasks impossible for the individual: opening doors, flooding through vents, and […]
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National Society of Collegiate Scholars offers scholarship and leadership opportunities
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is a non-profit academic honor society that recruits academically high-achieving university students. It is designed to help develop leadership skills by encouraging participation in community service activities. It boasts to be “not your average honors organization.” Founded in 1994 at George Washington University, NSCS has now reached over […]
Foreign Focus
Foreign Focus: Dublin, Ireland
Nestled in the northwest corner of Europe, Ireland is known for its beauty, rich history, and breathtaking landscapes. Millions of tourists flock to the island each year to experience its unique and vibrant culture. A popular destination is Dublin, Ireland’s capital. Know as the “City of Living Culture,” Dublin is home to over one thousand […]
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Food Truck Rodeo brings culinary variety to Rochester community
The Food Truck Rodeo, a series of events lasting from April to October at the Rochester Public Market, brings all of the food trucks in the city together for one cuisine extravaganza. It features over 25 vendors weekly, including Le Petit Poutine, Cheesed & Confused, The Sammich Guy, Effortlessly Healthy, Bento Box, Lettuce B. Frank, […]
Sex and the CT
Jodi Says: Drunk in Love
On Monday, Sept. 29, California governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill stating a clear definition of what constitutes sexual consent. Essentially, this “yes means yes” law clarifies that a lack of protest before sexual activity cannot be equated to affirmative consent. By the law’s definition, consent can only be given with a sober, […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: The securities and insecurities of government surveillance
In many ways, last year’s NSA leak was a tipping point in the public perception of conflict between personal privacy and national security. Sentiments against government overwatch programs had persisted for years, of course, spurred on by the Patriot Act and whispers of government wiretaps on U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism. But it wasn’t until […]
Sex and the CT
UR Kinks matches up students with all interests
Among the recent surge of new “UR Fill-in-the-Blank” Facebook pages, one page succeeded in raising quite a few eyebrows, particularly when compared to the relatively tame “UofR Crushes & Compliments” or the rabble-rousing “Overheard at Rochester.” Late this last spring, “UR Kinks” was born and, this semester, began matching up students who have similar sexual […]
