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Freshmen claim Hillside is too far away…from Sue B
Recently, a number of freshmen living in Susan B. Anthony Hall have been upset over how far the residence halls within the building from the Hillside POD. A record number of students (four) attended a recent Hall Council meeting (Editor’s Note: we checked, and these meetings apparently do actually exist. Quorum, it turns out is […]
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A eulogy for my GPA
Friends, Yellowjackets, classmates, lend me your ear! I come to bury my GPA, not get it back to a reasonable level. The procrastination that men do lives after them; The motivation is oft left somewhere else. So let it be with my GPA. The noble Seligman Has told you my GPA was salvageable: If it […]
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Renaming Meliora Weekend
Following the ribbon cutting at College Town, President Seligman made an important announcement which few people heard due to the roar of students picketing Barnes and Noble because of its distance from campus. As people rushed into the bookstore Friday for its grand opening, even though it had been open the whole week, Seligman made […]
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Girl has existential crisis at first floor vending machine
This past Thursday, Allison Smith made her usual weekly trip to the laundry room. As she began to head back to her dorm room, she passed two vending machines, conveniently placed adjacent to the laundry room. She paused, looked around for a brief moment, and decided to get something. She initially wanted Grandma’s Cookies, which […]
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Girl goes to the library, gets nothing done
A freshman girl had been studying for a few hours in her room when she decided that she needed some fresh air and human interaction. She decided to go to Gleason Library to continue working and maybe socialize a little. After gathering her books together and plugging her headphones in, the student didn’t feel weird […]
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Tic tacs are good for when you’re hungry and want two hundred of something
This article has nothing to do with tic tacs (a variation of a Mitch Hedberg joke). Well, the first sentence does, so technically, at the very least this article has something to do with tic tacs. Instead, I’m going to write about my first year-and-a-month here at UR. When I first applied here, I thought […]
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Apples
My older sister just started dating a doctor. I don’t really like him, so I’ve been sending my sister apples for the past couple of weeks. Unfortunately, an apple a day isn’t keeping him away. Apples are an amazing thing. Believe it or not, apple was actually my first word. I guess this was a […]
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Poking fun at the news
1. A man was struck by a car while trying to cross the street in Delaware. Either way, his final destination was going to be a funeral home. 2. A New York court is set to hear a case that argues that chimps have rights. Let’s not forget, chimps have lefts, too. 3. A Silicon […]
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Campus wi-fi upkeep cost hits record levels because of ‘that one girl who is always refreshing Buzzfeed in Psych 101’
UR’s senior information technology officer (who remains as anonymous as his job title) revealed early this week that the University’s wi-fi costs have hit record levels this semester. He reported tracing huge spikes in bandwidth usage in Hoyt Auditorium from 3:25 to 4:40pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the fall semester. The time period is […]
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Gifted athlete intentionally avoids being socially prasied
The first thing I noticed about Cedric Dipanda, the newest member of the Rochester Yellowjackets basketball team, were his hands. They’ve been measured 11.75 inches, from the base of his palm to the tip of his middle finger. When he debuts in the NBA, as he’s expected to after his freshman season at UR, those […]