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Revenge is sweet against rival RIT
On Tuesday, the women's soccer team, in its first night game at Fauver Stadium, defeated Rochester Institute of Technology (3-4-1), 4-0.Sophomore forward Bridgette Varin scored the game's first and final goals, while junior midfielder Mae Butler and sophomore midfielder Kirsten Ross chipped in with single goals of their own.Only 11 minutes and 30 seconds into […]
Football falls short against foe in Courage Bowl showdown
In what is sure to be deemed the most exciting Courage Bowl yet, UR's football team shocked the St. John Fisher College Cardinals with a near-victory on Saturday night. Though the 11th-ranked Cardinals prevailed in the end, 24-17, the 'Jackets led the 4,124 fans in the stands to believe that there was a come-back kid […]
Letters to the Editor
Signing the Amethyst initiative is weighed with life experiencesI agree with your recent editorial that there should be an honest and candid conversation on campus about alcohol use.I disagree that I need to sign the Amethyst Initiative for such a conversation to occur.There is a good deal more complexity in this issue than so far […]
Lessons learned in ?08 can influence for a lifetime
Greetings, everyone. Hopefully you all have had a blessed, fun-filled summer and are having a productive, yet fun, new semester. As 2008 is nearing its conclusion and 2009 is waiting in the wings, it is sometimes hard to believe that another year that seems to have just dawned is now nearing its end.This summer in […]
Sub-prime credit contributes to a failing economy
On Monday, Sept. 15, Financial Math Professor Shannon Starr mentioned Merrill Lynch at least five times during his 50-minute lecture in the brightly lighted Bausch and Lomb Hall Room 109. A rush of hushed, dark laughter followed each mention of the storied financial firm. After class, I ran into an unsettled sophomore who said, 'Merrill […]
How the brain detects deception
Deception. It's something everyone remembers when it happens to him or her: a cheating boyfriend, a misleading 'I love you" or a fake smile.Deception is a pervasive and important part of the human condition. Julian Keenan from the Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at Montclair State University wrote in a scholarly article […]
Disconcerted days
Sometimes I hate hearing about the good ol' days from my dad. 'You could see the Grateful Dead for under $20, make it through a show without some guy in a fake "security' T-shirt mowing you over while pushing his way to the front and the beer was incredibly cheap!" 'You mean you could buy […]
Charlie Daniels band rocks Roc
Last week, Charlie Daniels and his crew of country co-patriots brought their blend of country to the Armory in Rochester.Opening for the famous country power group was a 'Special Guest" that was so special they decided never to tell the audience what their name was. A local group that only ever said the members' names […]
Earthy World Music Series redefines musical culture
Culture can be defined as the understanding of particular social norms among a group of individuals. As people apply the word to different spheres of everyday life, more definitive separations are made between 'us" and 'the other."Today, we live in a world where a simple tap on a mouse pad can connect two individuals from […]
Hunting for the top coffee shop
Let's face it, Rochester isn't the biggest party city, hot spot for entertainment or hub of politics... but that doesn't mean it's a complete waste of time.I take great pride in the fact that one of Rochester's greatest claims-to-fame are none other than its cafs: Boulder Coffee Co., Java's and Spot Coffee. Rochester has an […]