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Love for rock fuels up-and-coming bands
Sick Puppies, Saving Abel and HURT are three bands that have started to make it big on the rock circuit, and each band carries a unique sound and story. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Sick Puppies made a huge hit with its "free hugs" video that used its song "All the Same" and aired nationwide. "It […]
Korea Night brings own version of MTV to campus
What do you get when you allow one girl to date five different guys? Some may think of a fantasy, but others may think of the Korean-American Students' Association's (KASA) Korea Night 2008. The theme for the event was based on the MTV dating show "Next," in which one person is invited to date five […]
Girl Talk strips, struts and spins mixed tunes in Douglass
Hundreds of wrists, hugged by lime green plastic bands, waved in unison toward Gregg Gillis, the music producer and mash-up DJ who performed to a sold-out crowd in Douglass Dining Center on Saturday, March 22, with special guest Emilio Rojas. Girl Talk's premiere at UR proved to be an overwhelming success as the show resulted […]
Award winner discusses energy
Solar power will dominate energy production by 2050 if Daniel Nocera has anything to do with it.That was the message Nocera, professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gave following his acceptance of the Harrison Howe Award, which recognizes "outstanding contributions to research in chemistry defined in its broadest sense," according to the […]
Community remembers student
In an e-mail sent to the University community yesterday, UR President Joel Seligman announced the death of senior Travis Acker. Acker, a student in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, was found in his residence on Highland Ave. in Brighton on Tuesday."My heartfelt condolences go out to Travis's parents, sister and friends, and to […]
Greek life reviewed
Several fraternity and sorority chapters failed to achieve accreditation in this year's Expectations for Excellence annual review, which is a University initiative focused on creating a college-centered, interactive Greek life at UR. While many fraternities and sororities received accreditation, four fraternities and one sorority, Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Psi Upsilon Fraternity, […]
AlertUR notifies students via calls
All full- and part-time undergraduates at the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering and the Eastman School of Music will participate in the pilot program of the new AlertUR emergency notification system. AlertUR directly informs students of a crisis by sending text messages, voice messages and e-mails to their personal electronic devices. In addition to […]
Reserve funds support D-Day
On Tuesday, the Students' Association Appropriations Committee allotted $10,000 to the office of the SA President. The money will go toward a student-led initiative to provide security and programming on Dandelion Day. On Feb. 29, SAAC voted to close its Supplemental Account, a fund that is used to finance student groups. The $6,104 remaining in […]
Capoeira Mandinga
To the uninformed bystander, the dance itself may appear like well-executed contortionist karate or some unique form of Tae Bo, but to those who love the innovative new activity, Capoeira Mandinga means a lot more than just a few snazzy moves on the dance floor. Elements of dance, martial arts and cultural influence all entwine […]
Learning the line between love and lust
A lot of people are looking for true love. In college, it might be a little soon to be searching for a life mate, but a lot of us are trying to find that special person anyway. We live through the drama of long-term relationships, breakups and the terrors of hall-cest because we want to […]
