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Men start season with 1-1 weekend at home
The UR men's tennis team kicked off its spring season at home with a 6-3 loss to the Ithaca College Bombers on Saturday and an 8-1 victory over the Dolphins of Le Moyne College on Sunday.Against the Bombers, freshman Brian Schmeer was a double winner he defeated his opponent in singles at the No. 4 […]
View from a Starr
In hockey, it's Ovechkin or Crosby; in basketball, LeBron or Kobe; Brady or Manning in football; Nadal or Federer in tennis; Ronaldo or Messi in soccer. Every major sport has the debate about its top two stars. But not in golf.The only debate with Tiger Woods is if he is the best amongst all sports […]
From the Pressbox
As a Cleveland sports fanatic, I know the meaning of heartbreak. Clevelanders have been subject to gut-wrenching, last-second losses as that elusive championship slips through our outstretched fingers. Mention Michael Jordan's 'shot," John Elway's 'drive" or Jose Mesa's blown save and you're sure to cause anguish and distress to anyone on the coast of Lake […]
Home of the free?
I had the privilege of reading John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath" for an English class last semester and was left feeling naively comforted by the idea that the types of exploitation, prejudice and abuse that the novel's displaced Oklahomans endured could not possibly occur in America today. As jaded as I am from eight […]
Athlete of the Week
A political science major from Batavia, N.Y., senior Mike Chmielowiec always seems to bring his best game when it matters the most. Just this past weekend, Chmielowiec lit up Washinton University in St. Louis which is currently ranked No. 2 in the d3hoops.com poll for 32 points, going 10-11 from the free-throw line.But his success […]
Latest Lily Allen CD is more teeny-bop than rock
I find an album to be satisfactory if it makes me want to dance, if it makes me want to belt it in the middle of a boring recitation c'mon, we all have them and if it makes me create playlists based on the songs alone (thank you, Genius!). On Lily Allen's new CD, 'It's […]
Student Performance Groups Celebrate Saving Energy
To celebrate weeks of energy saving, a UR Unplugged Finale show was held this Saturday in the May Room. This show featured various performing groups from around campus.UR Unplugged is an event held by Grassroots that lasts several weeks and focuses on reducing the amount of energy used by dorm buildings. It was first held […]
Disturbed Brings Hard-core metal to Rochester
When I found out that I had the opportunity to go to the sold-out Disturbed concert at the Armory last Saturday, I didn't know what to expect.Despite spending the better part of everyday listening to metal, I had never heard anything by either Disturbed or Skindred, one of the opening bands. However, immediately after arriving […]
Security Update
At around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, the Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity house was subject to a barrage of flying eggs thrown by two students.According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, one student admitted to throwing eggs at the house.He claimed he did so because he had been called an upsetting name by one […]
Landsburg shares unorthodox rationale
Professor of Economics Steven Landsburg used microeconomic principles to argue that more sex is safer sex in a lecture Monday night in front of a packed Dewey lecture hall. Landsburg is a published author who researches micro economic principles and is a staunch supporter of free trade.Although Landsburg is an accomplished economist, he spoke in […]