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Musica Nova performs a concert of diverse music
Eastman Musica Nova performed its last concert of the season in Kilbourn Hall on April 14. The ensemble featured five very different pieces written between 1954 and 2004. The concert opened with Harrison Birtwistle's "Silkhouse Antiphonies" for two trumpets and a snare drummer. This piece required an unusual performance staging. It had four sets of […]
Offense leads baseball in sweep of doubleheaders
The Yellowjackets' impressive showing this weekend, featuring two doubleheader sweeps of Hilbert College, Vassar College and Hartwick College, was due to baseball basics, according to Head Coach Joe Reina."The pitching staff did well, defense made some good plays and the offense swung bats, that's what made the difference," Reina said of his team performance. In […]
Soloists shine in a mediocre concert
An abnormally filled house at the Eastman Theatre awaited the presentation of one of Beethoven's final, as well as most complex, works, "Missa Solemnis" last Friday. The sheer amount of musicians needed to perform this work is immense. Onstage there was a 70-piece orchestra and an 180-person chorus, not including the four vocal soloists and […]
Panel analyzes role of women
Too often when one discusses the role of women in western religions, common misconceptions, based upon the activities of extremists, take the place of more thoughtful discussion of a broad range of opinions. The Muslim Students' Association will be hosting a panel discussion to try and dispel many of the myths. It will be in […]
Take a hand in pleasing your woman
I feel like a loser. No matter how hard I try, I can't give my girlfriend an orgasm. We have tried all sorts of positions, even her on top. Nothing works, she just lies there bored. What can I do?~Mourning in MorganDear Mourning,It could be worse. You could be unable to have sex. Just kidding! […]
Bill' sequel exceeds all expectations
It is difficult to measure how high my expectations were for this film. I mean, if I had been asked, I would have said that it was going to be the greatest film ever made. But that doesn't quite capture what my hopes were.After seeing "Kill Bill Volume 1," the expectations rose to even greater […]
More Cowbell' cures fever
By now I am sure that most people on campus have at least heard of More Cowbell and I will make the perfunctory joke about how it's not the Christopher Walken "Saturday Night Live" skit. There. Anyway, More Cowbell is supposedly the best new band at Rochester, but there isn't much to base that on […]
Ask Us: Who is the voice behind 4-CAST?
For years now, a select DJ from WRUR's vast array of students has been bestowed with the honor of competing with the 4-TEMP chick for the honor of informing UR campus with a semi-daily weather report. The current master of meteorological disaster is senior Josh Veazey and you can find him at 4-CAST. He has […]
The History of D-Day
UR is the only college in the United States to adopt a weed as its official emblem. Due to the abundance of the dandelion flower, the university officially established "dandelion yellow" as the school color in 1893. For years, the dandelion has adorned UR souvenirs, been designed into the architecture of buildings on campus and […]
From the pressbox
I've hit a plateau. All forward progress - writing aspirations, job hunting, showering and other basic hygiene - has ceased. I have completely stalled. My roommate has started dusting. Hell, if it weren't for e-mail, you wouldn't be reading this column. Admittedly, I didn't expect the obsession to reach this level. But am I upset […]