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Politics: Campus style, Committee for Political Engagement
Many things separate Sarah Krulik and Jenny Hansler. For starters, Krulik is a sophomore, while Hansler is getting ready to graduate this spring; the former is majoring in public health and political science, the latter in English and Spanish. But there is an underlying force uniting the two (besides sharing a particular taste for the […]
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Habitat for Humanity gives families new homes and hopes
Most students use their time during Spring Break to catch up on sleep, spend time with friends and family, or simply go to the beach to relax and work on their tan. But a group of students on campus opt instead to travel to a different state and work on building houses for those in […]
Sex and the CT
Jodi Says: Oxytocin, love potion number nine
Oxytocin is a chemical affectionately referred to as “the love hormone.” However, that title is a bit misleading: it’s not a love potion, of course. After all, if love were as simple as neurochemistry, we at UR would be all paired up and atwitter with love. It’s called “the love hormone” because its naturally occurring […]
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UR Tech: That ‘one weird trick’ behind flashy headlines
This week’s column was supposed to be on technological telepathy. A few weeks back there was a story in the news about a neural link that had been established between a study group split between India and France, where the words “hola” and “ciao” had been transmitted digitally from one subject’s brain to another. Headlines […]
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Men Opposed to Violence Everywhere: A new initiative for gender equality
On a cloudy Sunday afternoon, the Sigma Phi Epsilon house is almost empty. On the porch sits a gaggle of guys on hard chairs and an old black couch, dressed in Sunday casual. A slight breeze blows, drizzling a few raindrops into their faces. Three have their eyes glued to their computers, frantically creating an […]
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At People’s Climate March, Rochester students rally for a sustainable future
Walking side-by-side down Central Park West, UR students joined nearly 400,000 others from across the globe in New York City on Sunday, Sept. 21 as a part of the People’s Climate March. The march, scheduled just two days before the U.N. Climate Summit at U.N. headquarters in Manhattan, is now being called “history’s largest march […]
Sex and the CT
Jodi Says: The Five-Year Plan
I am an adult, but only barely. I’m old enough to have sex and make responsible decisions, but let’s be real: I can’t be trusted to take a pill every day at the same time. I can’t even be trusted to be awake at a set time every day. As one could imagine, that became […]
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UR Tech: Why tech secrets aren’t really secrets
Last week’s Apple press conference seemed like a guarded trove of secrets. Sessions for the conference were given teasing names like “We Have To Keep This Quiet Still” and “Bet You Can’t Wait To Know,” while normally regular press releases were kept on lockdown. The Hype Machine was primed, whipping Apple’s user base and shareholders […]
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Checklist for a semester abroad
Last semester, I studied Italian language and culture in the beautiful, bustling city of Rome, Italy with the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad). While my adventure abroad officially began in February, my preparation for life in the Eternal City began more than a year before. It is no surprise that a […]
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Voices from inside the “hotel dorm”
For the past several weeks, the ongoing construction at Brooks Crossing has forced its residents into Staybridge Suites and the Radisson Hotel Rochester downtown, giving them a rougher-than-usual start to the school year. Senior Clint Cantwell, a Brooks Crossing resident currently living at the Radisson, initially expected to spend only five or six days living […]
