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Scary times spark bravery
I was back home in Ithaca for summer, "babysitting" my brother by watching television alone upstairs, when disaster arrived in the form of a rainbow TV screen with dire words sprinting across the bottom. My eyes jumped from word to word. Ithaca had been issued a tornado warning. The tornado would arrive in Ithaca at […]
Unzipping the Barfly experience
As I am now a senior, I have been attempting to get the most out of my last year of school. So far, the best idea I have come up with is to go to bars in the middle of the week.Last Tuesday, I visited the ever popular Barfly, and had a rather unique experience. […]
Horoscope
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) - Try wearing your clothes backwards. If Kris Kross could do it, you can too. I bet you'll top Ashlee Simpson on "Total Request Live" by the end of November with your new hit single "Regularity is for Regulurz." I don't want this royalty check.Aries (March 21-April 19) - Always put […]
Dramatic changes implemented this fall
Over a relatively short period of time, there have been dramatic changes in the fraternity system here at UR. We enter this semester with the loss of two chapter houses on the Fraternity Quad, reducing the number of houses occupied by fraternities on the quad to just five out of the total nine. This is […]
Freshman class sure to impress
I know what you're thinking. We should just start a "freshman" section in the CT for all the articles that have been written about them. We're obsessed. Upperclassmen feel like they have a thing or two they could teach freshmen about college life. While that very well may be true, perhaps we upperclassmen should listen […]
Barak encourages political awareness
On Sept. 29, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and top members of Israel's Labor party announced to an Israeli youth group that he intends to re-enter politics in the next two months, and is considered to be a front-runner for Labor's candidate for prime minister once again. Three days earlier, Barak was here in […]
Social Security Payments
In just 3 years & 2 months, the first wave of 77 million baby boomers begin siphoning Social Security revenue.I can't wait to be among the first in line to begin receiving the monthly checks. Keep working younger Americans...my tab will be on you.J. McGillDallas, TX
College life
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Bacteria research receives $5 million
The National Science Foundation last week awarded Professor Jack Werren of the UR biology department $5 million to study wolbachia, a bacteria present in insects. Professor Werren will be leading the team over the next five years as they try to determine how wolbachia alters insects' biology and how the bacteria moves among species of […]
Swimmers make waves vs Brockport
After a loss in their first meet of the season against Rensselaer, UR's men's swimming and diving team was eager to prove themselves against rival SUNY Brockport. UR subdued their opponent 132-98. The team jumped to a very fast start by winning the 400-yard medley relay. The relay, made up of sophomore Craig Matt, senior […]