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ROTC secures first place at competiton
Last weekend, 35 members of UR's Reserve Officers' Training Corps traveled to Villanova University for the 49th-annual Villanova Invitational Drill Meet and the 17th annual Villanova University Excellence Competition. The ROTC Units practiced for months for this competition, which is one of three regional bouts. Last semester, the team competed at another drill competition at […]
Staff offered incentives
UR part- and full-time faculty and staff are eligible for $9,000 to purchase a new home in the city of Rochester through the University Home Ownership Incentive Program. The University teamed up with the city of Rochester, Advantage Federal Credit Union and Canandaigua National Bank & Trust to offer financial incentives for employees to live […]
UR acknowledges a global world
The first ever Globalization and Society Conference was held on Monday and Tuesday at UR. The interdisciplinary conference featured panelists from Europe, local professors and other academics from around the country. The purpose of the conference was threefold: first, to foster dialogue between different parts of the University; second, to make connections between various fields […]
Debate fuels election
Candidates running for Students' Association president and vice president had a chance to respond to questions and participate in a debate yesterday in the Gowen Room in Wilson Commons. The three pairs of candidates running for president and vice president are sophomores Patrick Chase and Tal Cushmaro, juniors Mustafa Rehmani and Brett Young and juniors […]
Distance runners do well at Curran Invite
Senior Mike Burgstrom has been a force for the UR men's track and field team, earning All-American honors last week and most recently being named the Atlantic Region's Top Field Athlete for the indoor season. This past weekend, however, when the men's and women's track teams traveled to Widener University - located just outside of […]
Women grab victory over Babson
The UR women's tennis team traveled to the greater Boston area this past weekend for two matches against tough competition. On Saturday afternoon, the women fell to the Brandeis University Judges, 1-8. The 'Jackets quickly rebounded to defeat the Babson College Beavers, 6-3, on Sunday morning. At Brandeis's Gosman Athletic Center, the UR women were […]
Men stumble on Boston road trip
The men's tennis team took a road trip to Massachusetts last weekend, hoping to continue the momentum of its upward swing from the end of its spring break trip to Florida. Unfortunately, the Yellowjackets were unable to follow through, and the team was defeated in its matches against both Brandeis University and Babson College.The 'Jackets […]
From the Pressbox
My life finally feels complete. For the first time in months, a void has been filled and, thankfully, I can sleep better at night. The magic of baseball has returned and faded my winter stupor away. As a history teacher in high school once told me, the World Series is one of the saddest things […]
Life, Love… Sport
Hey, everyone. Welcome back to yet another column of Life, Love... Sport (Day of Openings Edition). It's that time of year again, the day when baseball attempts to play every team, and half the games get rained out, the other half get delayed and observers decry the state of the modern game. The LLS is […]
Baseball takes two from St. Lawrence
The UR baseball team swept two games from St. Lawrence University yesterday, 10-0 and 4-3. Its record for the season is now 6-0 in Liberty League and 10-3 overall. St. Lawrence fell to 1-2 in Liberty League and 5-7 overall following the doubleheader.Junior southpaw Blair Veenema started the first game and was dominant. He cruised […]
