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Budgeting reformed
Last week, the Students' Association Senate approved its first SA budget since last year's plan to improve the SA group system. Under the plan, SA funded groups are expected to adhere to eight principles of funding and required to document the year's activities for the Students' Association Appropriations Committee.SAAC appropriately allowed SA groups one year […]
The Puzzle Locker' proves bizarre
You know how when you read a beautiful poem and while you're reading, you get the chills? And even though you're not exactly sure what it all means, you find yourself in awe of the words and how they were arranged just so? "The Puzzle Locker," the newest play at Todd Theatre, is very much […]
Editorial Observer
They say that college is the best four years of your life. That's a depressing thought, considering the average life expectancy for Americans leaves me with about 50 years of not the best years of my life to live for. Putting that aside, I didn't even get to enjoy the best four years of my […]
Cheers and Jeers
After a semester of praises, suggestions and criticisms, here is our list of cheers and jeers to offer a thumbs up to what we think is good and thumbs down to what still needs to be improved.CHEERS to the Students' Association Senate for posting an attendance chart to keep track of those senators who do […]
Despite changes, WRUR still has work to be done
One lovely Sunday afternoon, WRUR listeners were patiently waiting for a 4 p.m. Classical music show called "Classical Music with a Twist." When 4 p.m. finally rolled around, there was silence. There wasn't any rock music, any classical music show and certainly nothing in the form of musical sound. What happened? Despite all the so-called […]
Conservative gives his final advice
I never thought this day would come - my last article. My last attempt to ruffle some feathers, to get some hate mail, to ensure Thefacebook gets used. I had to think hard about what I wanted to write and decided to take a cue from the April Fools edition of last year and write […]
Statistics prove the Eastman effect
Similar for many graduating seniors and graduate students this upcoming May, bassist Miles Brown stepped out of the Eastman School of Music on graduation day five years ago and wondered where his music degree might take him. After a semester of teaching and a subsequent masters degree, he has become a successful teacher and performer […]
Bierds revives historic figures
Many poets are concerned with their personal experiences and illuminate important, life-changing or even nonsensical moments through their work. Renowned poet Linda Bierds, recipient of many prestigious awards, strays from the norm by evoking the lives of others in her poetry. She gains inspiration from historic figures, such as Marie Curie, Franz Kafka, Zelda Fitzgerald […]
Fans travel to Clinton to support the Jackets
Over 100 parents, students and fans gathered in Clinton, N.Y. on April 15 to watch the nationally-ranked Continentals of Hamilton College play the Yellowjackets. UR lost 16-9 to the then-No. 11 team. With the win, Hamilton College improved to a 4-1 record in the Liberty League and 8-3 overall record, and UR fell to 4-9 […]
Young team toughs out UAA championships
Approaching the end of the season, the women's tennis team traveled to the University Athletic Association championships at Brandeis University this past weekend, playing against three teams in two days, ending in mixed results. The team fell to the University of Chicago in the quarterfinals, losing 8-1. However, the Yellowjackets capitalized on a seventh-place match […]