Uncategorized
?Wii Music? lets you mix and make your own music
Everybody has heard of 'Guitar Hero" and 'Rock Band," but this fall, Nintendo has decided to take its own swing at the music-making genre of games. If you are one of those people who sit and hum tunes to yourself while working or wonder what it would be like to make a banjo and accordion […]
Athlete of the week: Kevin Howard
Swimming is a sport of personal challenges, and, this weekend, sophomore Kevin Howard proved to be the master of those challenges.The sophomore swam with class and perseverance this weekend in two tough matchups against University Athletic Association rivals New York University and Case Western Reserve University.A biomedical engineering major from South Hamilton, Mass., Howard won […]
Yellowjackets edged in close games against conference foes
UR women's soccer played two close games last weekend against University Athletic Association rivals Washington University in St. Louis and University of Chicago and came away with two close, 1-2 losses. With the defeats, UR fell to 10-5-2 this season.Junior defender Stephanie Diebold described the 'Jackets as evenly matched against their competitors.'Wash U and Chicago […]
Errors plague struggling ?Jackets
The UR football team suffered a tough loss this past weekend at the hands of the Alfred University Saxons. The Saxons, clad in purple uniforms, played a passionate game on Saturday afternoon against the 'Jackets.They scored with ease on their first drive of the game, putting up a touchdown very early in the first quarter, […]
Yellowjackets head to UAAs with fourth-place finish at Vassar
The UR women's volleyball team spent this past weekend competing in four matches at the Vassar College Volleyball Invitational. The other teams participating in the invitational at the school in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. included Stevens Institute of Technology, SUNY Fredonia and SUNY New Paltz.UR ended up fourth out of the five competing teams, but played well […]
From the pressbox: Remember the band
Four years ago, I ran out of the tunnel in Fauver Stadium and onto the field to play in my first-ever college football game. As a freshman, I spent a majority of the time on the sidelines, not really getting much of an opportunity to play. It gave me time to look around in the […]
View from a Starr: November 6
The first 10 weeks of the NCAA football season have been nothing less than spectacular. Every week we are treated to yet another marquee matchup between top-ranked teams, and every week the results shed doubt that the previous week's rankings were right.During the 2008 season, a top tier of football teams has emerged from the […]
Robbery incites security
On Oct. 31, at about 12:45 a.m., a male undergraduate student was the victim of a strong-arm robbery. The student, who was walking alone at the time, was coming from Dandelion Square and heading to his room on the Residential Quad.As he was walking up the stairs between Crosby Hall and Burton Hall, two unidentified […]
Memorial service for student this Friday
On Friday, Oct. 31, a student was found dead in Mt. Hope Cemetery by UR Security. UR President Joel Seligman informed the University community of the tragedy the following morning. After nearly five days of investigation, Dean of the College Richard Feldman notified the UR student body that the man was identified as sophomore Kurt […]
Sustainability hire coordinates campus environmental efforts
UR's new Recycling Coordinator Amy Kadrie said one of her main goals is to involve students in the process of increasing the amount of recycling done at this school.'Getting information out there is really important," she said. 'Once people realize what they can and can't recycle, I think a lot more people will do it."Kadrie […]