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Maybe George W. Bush was not so bad after all
With Barack Obama now officially the President of the United States, all eyes are free to focus on the history that was made, the history, of course, of the completed presidency of George W. Bush. Though many popular media sources, including Rolling Stone, contemplate whether Bush will be considered the worst president in U.S. history, […]
Live, Love… Sport
Salutations comrades! Welcome to yet another Life, Love... Sport (Special Edition). Historically, this week in sports has typically been a slow one due to a lack of football (unless you count the Senior Bowl and, seriously, who does?), the lack of quality basketball (damn Wake Forest) and the utter lack of baseball. So we shall […]
From the Pressbox
It's been over a decade since my hometown team, the lowly Baltimore Orioles, has had a winning season. During this time, the sport has progressed tremendously into new frontiers of analyzing talent. Youthful technocrats have begun to replace experienced former players in a new wave of general managers in the MLB. Objective statistics, dubbed sabermetrics, […]
Athlete of the Week
Junior sprinter Shanthi Chodagiri decided to try track on a whim. Lucky for her coaches, she liked it.The biochemistry major from Brighton, N.Y. recently led her team to a third place finish out of 11 teams at the Saints Indoor Invitational hosted by St. Lawrence University. Chodagiri was a double winner, taking the top spot […]
UR rebounds after tough loss at home
Despite some injuries to key players, the UR men's basketball team is 12-4 (3-2 in University Athletic Association play) and still in the hunt for a bid to the National Tournament.The 'Jackets split games this past weekend, losing 73-42 to the Washington University in St. Louis Bears on Friday night but bouncing back to beat […]
Women falter for first time this season
What a difference two days make. After posting a convincing 65-62 win at home over University Athletic Association rival Washington University in St. Louis on Friday, the UR women's basketball team was tripped up by the visiting University of Chicago Maroons this past Sunday, losing its first match of the season, 51-71.'The difference in the […]
Strong individual performances aren?t enough in loss to Ithaca
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams are getting deep into the final weeks of the season the University Athletic Association Championship meet is less than three weeks away.Before the 'Jackets could focus their efforts on the UAA meet, though, they faced off against Ithaca College on Saturday.The Bombers got the upper hand in […]
Oscar nominees: Some dead-on, some not so worthy
When the nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards were announced last Thursday, I was not surprised that 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was in the lead with 13 nominations. However, I was shocked with some of the nominees for the acting categories.One surprise was when Richard Jenkins was nominated for Actor in a […]
NBC comedy is more than just a "Mom" joke
When it comes to watching TV, I'm a pretty discriminate viewer. I don't usually fall for the drivel that MTV and VH1 pass off as intelligent programming.In addition, I rarely catch any of the shows on HBO or Showtime because, as a broke college student lacking a magical money tree, I can't afford to shell […]
Squash falls in tightly contested matchup to fourth-ranked Cornell
A mere 12 days after coming up just short in a matchup against Yale University who is ranked No. 3 according to the most recent Collegiate Squash Association poll the UR squash team fell just shy of victory again in a 4-5 loss against New York State rival, Cornell University.Four of the nine matches came […]