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Here is my chance to give you my thoughts on the greatest baseball player of my time. And it has come at a convenient time, too. On Tuesday, Bonds won his record-setting sixth Most Valuable Player award - although most would argue that it should have been his eighth. But I am not going to […]
Union submerges men in close meet, now 2-1
The men's swimming and diving team fell to Union College, 132.5-97.5 in Schenectady on Saturday.Freshman Craig Matt and sophomore Ted Elton won two events a piece for the Yellowjackets, who fell to 2-1. Matt took home the 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard butterfly and Elton placed first in the one- and three-meter dives.In the 200-yard fly, […]
Men's X-C places 11th, women take 12th
Heading into the Atlantic Regional Championships on Saturday, the men's cross country team made it their goal to finish in single digits. They came up just short of their intended mark, finishing 11th out of 33 competing teams. "It was a disappointing day," Head Coach John Izzo said.Most disappointing was not the team's effort or […]
April' enjoyable any time of year
Peter Hedges, the screenwriter of "About a Boy" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" makes his directorial debut with the film "Pieces of April," for which he also penned the script. The film centers on April Burns - a twentysomething bohemian who has decided to have the family she has cut herself off from, including her […]
Football ends season 5-5
The Yellowjackets easily outmatched visiting Carnegie Mellon University, steamrolling the Tartans 21-9 in their final game of the season on a crisp autumn afternoon at Edwin Fauver Stadium. UR finished the season second in the UAA with a record of 3-1 and an overall record of 5-5.UR established a dominating air early in the contest, […]
Women's swimming stays perfect on season, now at 3-0
The women's swimming and diving team had an opportunity to showcase their depth as the Yellowjackets improved to 3-0 with a 160-83 victory over Union College. "We killed them," freshman Michele Gruen said. "Our team had a lot more depth than the opponents, they would have one swimmer in each race and we would have […]
Women fall in ECAC finals
The women's soccer team's season came to a close this past Sunday when they fell to William Smith College in the finals of the East Coast Athletic Conference Northeast Regional Championships.The last game of the season resembled many of the Yellowjackets' prior contests in the fact that UR started a little flat and by the […]
Men's soccer wins ECAC title
It was a fitting end for the best senior class in the history of UR men's soccer.Freshman Tyler Green headed home across from senior Brandon Laws in sudden death overtime to give UR a 2-1 victory over SUNY Geneseo Sunday at Hobart College in the finals of the ECAC Northeast Regional Champion. The Yellowjackets seniors […]
Virtue and Vice' to have multi-level fun
The Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house is throwing a party called "Virtue and Vice" this Friday at 10 p.m. The event will feature "heaven and hell," with the upstairs decorated as heaven and the basement decorated as hell.The party is sponsored by the Chinese Students' Association, the Korean American Students' Association and the Vietnamese Students' […]
Get your Boar's Head tickets now
Get your tickets, starting tonight, for admission to the Boar's Head Dinner, one of UR's oldest traditions. Although the event is not scheduled until Dec. 4, the dinner is among the most popular events of the year.This year marks the 69th annual Boar's Head dinner - the medieval-themed event celebrates the beginning of the holiday […]