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UR rugby takes on Div. II competition
Leave it to us Yanks to rename football "soccer" so that we can call a modified version of British rugby "football." Let me add in the same breath that we also, for a time, called sauerkraut "liberty cabbage," and more recently denied fries their "french" and gave them some "freedom" instead. Go figure.Analogies aside, rugby […]
Celebrity drinks
When Samantha designs Carrie's book launch party, in all hot pink,there are hundreds of martini glasses all over the bar filled with "cosmopolitans." Thank God for Carrie, otherwise this fabulous drink would not be as known as it is today. This drink has a sweet citrus flavor.3 ounces Absolut Citron vodka ounce triple secsplash of […]
Horoscope
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) - Make sure you do all your reading early in the week. Your little clip-on book light is going to run out of batteries sometime on Wednesday and this will leave you in a very awkward position when you have to scramble across the room naked to get a new AAA […]
Women's soccer ascends to No. 23 rank
Soccer took its talent on the road and returned home with two more W's, which gives them a record of 6-1-3 on the season. The wins this week bolstered the Yellowjackets into No. 23 in the Division III Top 25 poll. The first victory took place at SUNY Geneseo against the Knights, who this season […]
Women's tennis gets sixth
Although the Yellowjackets finished sixth in play this past weekend at the Liberty League Championships, the young team's general consensus is that the more experience it gains with match play, the better the team will become.Eight schools competed in the championships, which were played at UR at the Peter Lyman Tennis Center and the indoor […]
Nathan Gibbons among nation's most feared returners
Junior wide receiver Nate Gibbons can do a little bit of everything on the football field. He can grab the great catch, run past defenders or get a fundamental block. This season it is his kick returning that has made football teams, not only in the Liberty League, but around the country, take notice.His backfield […]
Dormitory life is for the birds
Has anybody noticed that living on a college campus creates an odd equilibrium with nature? The college has become some weird science experiment where man and animal live in harmony together. Squirrels, birds, rabbits and those weird fat hedgehog-like things all run around like they own the campus. Gone are the days when we could […]
Periodical Reading Room is a world of its own
The great novelist Shelby Foote once said, "A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library." I believe his statement can be verified if you look at many of the finest universities across the country. For example, there is Vassar College's Thompson Library, which has been compared architecturally to the great cathedrals […]
Barely covered is less than acceptable
My roommate doesn't seem to know the definition of modesty, or rather her boyfriend doesn't. I don't mind at all that he stays over, since we live in a suite, but it is a little disgusting when he walks to the bathroom with nothing on. I am tired of waking up to coffee and an […]
Dinner notes end of Ramadan
The third annual Ramadan dinner was held in Douglass Dining Hall on Nov. 6 at 4:30 p.m. The event, which was co-sponsored by the Muslim Students' Association and the Association for the Development of Interest in The Indian Sub-continent, was sold out."The turn out was the best Ramadan Dinner has got since it has started […]