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SONDA
October 16, 2002RE: SONDA (The Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act - S.720/A.1971)Dear Editorial Page Editor: As the election for Governor heats up and your newspaper reports on its developments. New York Democrats would like to bring to your attention an unfulfilled pledge made by incumbent Governor George Pataki to New York State's lesbian and gay community.Specifically, […]
Discovering and escaping retail hell
My first warning should've been the mall walkers. I'd never seen them before, believing them to be some sort of urban legend.The old people up at the crack of dawn enjoying a brisk walk around the empty, silent, half-lit shopping malls that cover our nation like pine trees in the south. Yes, they do exist, […]
Chapman returns
Tracy Chapman is the anti-star. She avoids unnecessary media spotlight, shys away from the glitter and gold and is an avid charity supporter. Every now and then, between her touring circles, she puts her confessional poems into melodies and another album is born.In 1988, Chapman defied big-hair bands and senseless dance tunes by suddenly skyrocketing […]
Sex and politics
This past semester I decided to come down from the high ivory towers of UR and descend into the gritty world of Minnesota politics. Much to my dismay, instead of finding a world where elections were won or lost on the merits of the candidates and their respective opinions on the issues, I found a […]
Reel Big Fish in Rochester
The Water Street Music Hall, located downtown, is a place where mohawks and checkered pants are always in style. I had my most recent chance to experience the abject fun that is a punk show this past Monday, as Reel Big Fish took the stage with The Starting Line and The Kicks.The Kicks got things […]
"I'm your father!" the exclusive Jon Stewart interview
While Jon Stewart eats his dinner, the Campus Times asks hard-hitting questions about superpowers, cartoon characters and EZ-Pass. Then we make him feel old.CT: So I heard you drove up.JS: Yes I did.CT: How was your drive?JS: Uh, it was a little soggy, until I cleared, uh, probably Binghamton.CT: Do you have EZ-Pass?JS: What, are […]
Jon Stewart's Meliora shows entertain
I have to admit that I didn't see every speaker over Meliora Weekend, but I'm still pretty sure that there was only one who called Rochester an "enormous shit-hole city" as soon as he got on stage. That guy was Jon Stewart ? and the audience ate it up.The host of Comedy Central's "The Daily […]
Ask us: is the Interfaith Chapel on university property?
In the last "Ask us," we debunked the theory that Wilson Commons is shaped like a pinball machine and concluded that student tour guides probably started that rumor.This week, there's another tour guide rumor to discount.Many people in the UR community, including some who are intimately involved with the Interfaith Chapel, seem to believe that […]
Reviving old legends
Remember trying to beat Bowser for the first time? Break a sweat trying to defeat Gannon? Get blisters from spending too much time as white mage?If you're like me, your Nintendo doesn't work anymore, even when you blow on the cartridges, and modern computer games just don't do it for you.Fear not, for there is […]
Horoscope
Libra (Sept. 23?Oct. 22) ? It is in your best interest to fly to Los Angeles ? Burbank, really ? and be on The Price is Right. You've been practicing by reading up on the price of household appliances, all you need to do is work on your wheel spin and you're set to win […]