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Michael Moore speaks
Michael Moore acknowledged his standing ovation Wednesday night by passing his recently won Oscar around the front row of Strong Auditorium. "This is the people's Oscar," Moore declared, speaking for the first time since his controversial acceptance speech on Sunday night. Moore, the well-known writer, director and political activist, spoke on the Bush administration, the […]
ACJC upholds ruling
Students' Association Senator and sophomore Ilana Kaplan-Shain filed an appeal last Tuesday, contesting the All-Campus Judicial Council's decision to nullify the recent elections. This latest attempt to overturn ACJC's ruling was unsuccessful."I'm disappointed that they chose not to overturn their ruling, but I feel that the ACJC is a fair body," Kaplan-Shain said. "They chose […]
D-Day to experience changes
UR's Dandelion Day is being watched carefully this year, as concerns about drinking have led the Dean of Students' Office to question the nature of the event, particularly the drinking that goes on across campus. D-Day has been under some degree of scrutiny for several years. The event has been left off of the academic […]
Abortion discussion held
A panel discussion was held Monday night in the Welles-Brown Room to discuss the differing opinions and issues concerning abortion.Jennifer Smith, the co-president of Amnesty International, organized the discussion and presented each of the speakers to the audience. "I was glad to see this issue being openly discussed in a way that let people hear […]
Responsible rhetoric
We live in fictitious times. We live in a time with fictitious election results that elect fictitious presidents. We live in a time when we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. We are against this war Mr. Bush. Shame on you."Michael Moore's acceptance speech last Sunday at the Oscars was inappropriate. […]
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UR women settle for fourth in nation
The most successful season in the history of UR women's basketball came to a close this weekend with two tough losses in the NCAA Div. III Tournament. In their first trip to the Final Four, UR suffered losses to eventual champion Trinity University of Texas in the semi-finals and the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire in […]
Fulfilled NCAA dreams worth more than a pro deal
As members of the Class of '99 at prep powerhouse DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md., Keith Bogans and Joseph Forte appeared to be on the fast track to basketball paradise. Under the tutelage of high school coaching legend Morgan Wooten, the talented teenagers had the basketball world spinning on their fingertips. After posting sensational […]
Tennis off to a hot start
The UR men's tennis team is looking forward to their upcoming matchups against Kenyon College and Northeast Regional foes Bowdoin College and Bates College after making easy work of Rochester area opponents that the squad faced last Saturday.The Yellowjackets had no problem handling Nazareth College, Hobart College and Rochester Institute of Technology on Wednesday and […]
Baseball ends losing skid
After dropping the first three games of its weekend road trip, the baseball team managed a win over Case Western Reserve University in the nightcap of a Sunday doubleheader at Thomas More College.Before its afternoon matchup with UAA foes the Spartans, UR had already fallen earlier in the day to Division II Thomas More by […]