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Guest athletes play during halftime at women’s basketball game
This past Spirit Week, UR came out on top with electrifying victories against NYU from both the Men and Women’s Basketball teams. Their victories were inspired by their supporters, covered in face paint and spirit merchandise. During halftime of the Women’s game, free t-shirts were flung into the crowd while a group of girls came […]
Sports
International rugby tournament kicks off
With the Rugby World Cup looming, this year’s Six Nations Tournament leaves each team with something to prove. It’s all about momentum, mentality, moving forward and creating that perfect platform from which to conquer. Leading up to the highest peak in international rugby this October, the unpredictable beast of a tournament that is the Six […]
Sports
Climber summits a frozen Niagara Falls
Before last week, Will Gadd had never visited Niagara Falls. Within an hour, he had scaled a 150-foot frozen section of Niagara’s Horseshoe Falls along with co-climber and alpine guide Sarah Hueniken. Such a feat had never before been accomplished in history. With a nearly constant flow of six billion cubic feet of water per […]
Sports
Djokovic, Williams thrive Down Under
The Australian Open came to a close on Sunday when top-ranked Novak Djokovic captured his fifth title in the land Down Under, beating Andy Murray in four sets in the men’s singles final. Also victorious was world number-one Serena Williams, who beat Maria Sharapova for the sixteenth straight time to claim her 19th grand slam […]
A new year, A new(s)paper
Newspapers have been in a tough spot for a while. Layoffs occur en masse. The so-called “old media”-–made up of newspapers and other forms of predominately print journalism––is terrified of the Internet, which seems to be more saturated with click- bait every day. Finally, many journalists are forced to ask themselves why they come to […]
Culture
“Foxcatcher:” A visualization of internal terror
Most movies follow a conventional three act structure. They start with introductions to characters and exposition, build to a climax and resolve this climax as the movie comes to a close. In Foxcatcher, Bennet Miller’s fantastic new film about Olympic wrestlers, all we really get is build. The film follows Mark and Dave Schultz, two […]
Culture
An interview with Bill Hader
Bill Hader, most commonly known for the versatile roles he played on “Saturday Night Live,” has garnered increasing notoriety over the past few years. Hader plays many eccentric roles on Saturday night Live, including the flamboyant New York socialite Stefon and CNN commentator James Carville. Hader is also known for his roles in notable comedies […]
Sports
The Athlete’s Perspective: The Ugliest face in rugby
At the turn of the New Year, the University of Rochester club rugby team, better known as the Uglies, are sitting pretty as NSCRO New York State Champions of 2014. The club, of which I am a member, is coming off a triumphant season marked by a third place finish in the North East Regionals […]
Features
Previous UR student founds international non-profit
The movement towards social entrepreneurship is attracting more and more followers today. Youths much like ourselves are no longer satisfied with the mere notion of profitability – we seek ventures, causes, and companies that reflect our inherent need to make an impact. Sometimes entrepreneurship may even come from those studying among us. Pedro Espinoza, a […]
UR Tech
UR Tech: Hacking, easy as pi
I find trying to explain my work at family reunions to be a weird affair. Some relative or other will inevitably ask about my hobbies, and then the conversation usually goes something like this: “Oh, I do a lot of work with the Raspberry Pi.” They look at me quizically. “The raspberry…. pie.” “Yeah, that. […]
