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Aries (March 21-April 19) - Be wary of dating any girl whose favorite board game is Hungry, Hungry, Hippos.Taurus (April 20-May 20) - After a brief flirtation with sunshine and warmth, it's good to see Rochester has returned to its old spouse of snow and cold.Gemini (May 21-June 21) - Don't forget to vote in […]

Life, Love… Sport

Welcome back one and all to another week of Life, Love... Sport (Balls-Out Edition). This week was packed with all sorts of exciting news in the world of sports, including (but not limited to) Dice-K kicking ass and taking names, A-Rod not getting booed at home, Pacman Jones not being allowed to play next year, […]

From the Pressbox

You didn't have to be a Yankee fan to notice the abuse third basemen Alex Rodriguez endured last summer. For months, it was a national story - one baseball fans couldn't get enough of, and the media couldn't cover enough. A-Rod was polarizing. Fans either defended his every step or condemned his every misstep. He […]

Tennis heads to UAAs after getting blanked

It was a rough week for the UR tennis teams, as both the men's and the women's teams lost all their matches. They now head toward University Athletic Association Championship play. Overall, the men's team ended their regular spring season with a record of a disappointing 0-8, having to break in a host of new […]

Baseball captures three from Union

Even though the game against local rival St. John Fisher College was cancelled earlier in the week due to inclement weather, the UR baseball team still had a successful week. Over the past four years, the Yellowjackets have only lost two games to league opponent Union College. This past weekend, UR took three of four […]

Goodridge takes the Mid-Atlantic Invite

This week, the Yellowjacket golf team found themselves in the sand again. This time it was the Mid-Atlantic Regional Invitational in Hershey, Pa. on the Hershey Country Club East Course. The course par was 71, which was a number few of the players were able to get near in the two rounds played. Junior Stephen […]

Arctic lacrosse trip results in 2-2 Liberty record

The women's lacrosse team braved the cold this weekend, even playing in the snow and, as a result, they came away with a continued even record in the Liberty League. The team traveled to Skidmore College on Friday to take on the Thoroughbreds in the snow and gain the victory, 10-3. The 'Jackets then took […]

"King Lear" adapts to modern audiences

Stepping into Todd Theatre to watch William Shakespeare's "King Lear," one expects to be faced with intricate dialect and antiquated themes that the modern day student could hardly relate too. However, that is not the case of this modern adaptation of an age-old tragedy. The set opens to a happy family picnic with King Lear, […]

MELA performance presented with vibrance and color

Once again, one of Rochester's many multi-cultural groups has successfully pulled off a smashing show. The Association for the Development of Interest in The Indian subcontinent (ADITI) featured MELA 2007, a three hour collaboration of music and dance from various cultures of South Asian countries on Saturday, April 7. The massive effort put forth an […]

Film noir heist thriller proves long and unexciting

"The Aura" is a Spanish film, subtitled in English, that centers around an enigmatic taxidermist who is played by Ricardo Darin. Darin, whose heavily lined face is reminiscent of the aging Bob Dylan, delivers a staid and pensive performance. The movie follows Darin, whose character is unnamed (he appears in the credits as The Taxidermist), […]