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America's moral problems
Apple came out with a Jesus phone last June, the latest innovation threatening to breach the separation between past and future that sci-fi movies set for us during the 20th century.The Jesus phone, better known as the iPhone, is symbolic of the technological breakthroughs occurring every day worldwide and is specifically a testament to the […]
Squash four finish well
This past weekend, the United States Naval Academy hosted the College Squash Association Individual National Championships. The 'Jackets sent four players: freshmen Hameed Ahmed, Will Newnham, Fred Reid and sophomore Jim Bristow. Ahmed, Bristow and Newnham participated in the Potter Cup, which is made up of the top 32 players nationally, while Reid played in […]
Men enter NCAAs on three-game streak
The UR men's basketball team ended regular season play on a high note with an exciting 74-67 win at Carnegie Mellon University this past Saturday. After one of the most exhilarating seasons in school history, the team is poised and ready for a run in the NCAA tournament.Saturday's game against the Tartans of CMU set […]
CAB drops D-Day
In an advertisement printed in today's Campus Times, the Executive Board of Campus Activities Board announced that it has decided not to sponsor Dandelion Day this year. Though the student body has come to associate the annual spring celebration, commonly known as D-Day, with CAB's concert and festivities, the board maintains that the tradition has […]
Coach's Corner: Heath's professional career translates into coaching success
Eleven years on a professional tour, six consecutive years ranked in the world's top-10 squash players and a place in the encyclopedia files of Wikipedia render UR squash head coach Martin Heath a little bit different from the rest of UR's athletic faculty. Before coming to UR in 2005, Heath obtained a substantial amount of […]
From the Pressbox
In the past few years, boxing has seen a significant decline in its American fan base. Judging solely by the state of the heavyweight division, boxing is dead in the U.S. Obviously, Americans are only interested in the things they dominate, and since a majority of the current top heavyweights are from Russia, Ukraine, Germany, […]
UR shines at Pentathlon
After a rough meet at Cornell University on Saturday, Feb. 16, the track and field teams came back at full force this weekend, producing impressive performances across the board.While most of the team traveled back to Cornell for the Deneault Invitational, the most notable performance came from junior Jamie Landry, who took the crown in […]
Tennis falls to Colgate
UR men's and women's tennis teams attempted to step up their game against the Division I Colgate University Raiders on Sunday but lost each of their matches, 1-6 and 0-7, respectively, on the road at Colgate's Sanford Fieldhouse. The UR men's loss set their record 3-3 for the season and gave the Colgate men its […]
Life, Love… Sport
Well hello there. Welcome back to Life, Love... Sport (Commitmentphobic Edition). If any of you managed to catch the Memphis-Tennessee tilt over the weekend, it was truly a classic. And not only for the game - the characters involved really spiced up the proceedings for me. For example, the halftime interview with Bruce Pearl and […]
Women drop out of top 25 with loss
After an impressive offensive showing in a 92-71 win against Case Western Reserve University Friday night at the Palestra, the UR women's basketball team suffered a setback on Sunday when they dropped a 59-56 decision to Emory University, snapping an eight-game home winning streak. This weekend's two-game split left the 'Jackets - who currently hold […]
