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Conspiracies and bloody action combine in Owen flick
You know those suspense thrillers that have such complex plots that you have no idea what's going on in the movie, but you don't care because you just want the good guys to kill the bad guys? That's exactly what you can expect from'The International."The only way to completely understand the plot of this movie […]
?Dominion? entry brings deep thinking to RTS fans
How many times have we seen games promising to revolutionize strategy only to fall flat on their faces? Are you getting bored with 'strategy" games that really don't require much thinking? Do you want to try a deeply engaging strategy game, one so complex that you have never seen the likes before? How would you […]
Energy costs cut
University Facilities' recent decrease of temperatures in academic and residence halls will save UR an estimated $65,000 per degree Fahrenheit per year on the River Campus alone. Combined with similar measures implemented at UR Medical Center, the University is aiming to save an additional $100,000 per degree one part of a concerted effort to slim […]
Squash scratches out Penn at home
There's no better time to come into your own than in the final match of the regular season.Such was the case for the UR squash team this past weekend, as it pulled out a tough 9-0 victory over the University of Pennsylvania Quakers on Saturday afternoon.The Quakers came into the matchup ranked seventh according to […]
8-1 win sets tone for spring season
The UR women's tennis team kicked off its spring season last weekend with a win over the Le Moyne College Dolphins on Sunday.The Yellowjackets came off of a 3-1 fall season during which they beat Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Brockport and Nazareth College, but fell to SUNY Geneseo in the last meet of the […]
Swimming achieves multiple personal bests at UAA meet
The swimming and diving teams faced strong competition this past weekend in the 'Jackets' most successful meet in recent history.Both teams traveled to the University of Chicago for the University Athletic Association Championships, where Yellowjacket athletes broke 18 school records, posted 12 NCAA provisional qualifying times and had 233 lifetime bests. The results proved that […]
Horoscopes
Aries (March 21&-April 19) What's the biggest party this weekend? Saddle up in Gleason Studio C, you party animal!Taurus (April 20&-May 20) Stick to the five major food groups this weekend: Easy Mac, Geny Lite, Starbucks, Pop Tarts and drunken calls to Domino's at 3 a.m.Gemini (May 21&-June 21) This week, all your wildest dreams […]
UR experiences power outage
UR experienced a temporary blackout Wednesday afternoon, which affected all buildings on the River Campus and UR Medical Center, as well as some surrounding properties.A Rochester Gas ' Electric transformer malfunctioned at approximately 4:10 p.m. at a substation near the central utilities plant; it was the primary electric connection to the University.Electricity at the Med […]
Native American mascots a concern
University Facilities' recent decrease of temperatures in academic and residence halls will save UR an estimated $65,000 per degree Fahrenheit per year on the River Campus alone. Combined with similar measures implemented at UR Medical Center, the University is aiming to save an additional $100,000 per degree one part of a concerted effort to slim […]
Study finds new gene leading to speciation
A UR professor and a graduate student have been working on a study involving evolutionary genetics and fruit flies, concluding that a rapidly evolving gene in a fruit fly has caused the creation of a new species.UR Professor of Biology Daven Presgraves, Grass Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, along […]