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Rain leaves golf hungry
The UR golf team has started their season with steady performances in two tournaments. UR, who was ranked #27 nationally in Division III in the pre-season, started competition with a ninth place finish in a field of 22 teams, at the Colgate Fall Invitational on Sept. 7 and 8. To finish ninth in this field […]
Athlete of the Week: Brian Shenker
NAME: Brian Shenkerclass: 2005Sport: TennisMAJOR: Political ScienceWhat Brian wants to do after graduation: Not quite sure yet, possibly business school.athlete brian models himself after: Andre AgassiFavorite athletic memory: Getting our captain Colin Ryanto drink a cup of nasty Genesee water. favorite movie: "Half Baked"Favorite quote: "Hey O'Brien [UR tennis coach] you just crashed the van!" […]
From the Press Box
Tiger Woods gave the media something to write about last week when he said that winning the American Express Championship in Ireland was more important to him than winning a Ryder Cup. After the media pressed him for an explanation he responded with the arrogant wisecrack, "I can think of a million reasons why." Although […]
No wings and no prayer
While the Minnesota Twins head to the playoffs next week the Baltimore Orioles, a franchise just a year removed from having nearly the highest attendance in baseball, are going home to contemplate the future and how next season can't possibly be any worse than this year was. Or can it? Ever since Yankee fan/hero Jeffery […]
Get carded
You paid a lot of money to come here, so now you figure you'd better show up to class most days and get your money's worth. But what if you accidentally oversleep? How are you supposed to get your money's worth for that day?Well, a little known secret about the UR ID card is that […]
Eckstein deserving of MVP consideration
Alex Rodriquez or Miguel Tejada? Is there any other choice? The two American League shortstops appear to be the frontrunners for this season's Most Valuable Player award. A-Rod has put up astronomic numbers this year (.305, 57 HR, 140 RBI), while Tejada has been huge for Oakland all season, especially during the team's 22-game winning […]
Jackets' rackets dominate over the weekend
Hobart College, Ithaca College and Mercyhurst College traveled to UR this past weekend to participate in a four team, four flight tournament. The Yellowjackets came away from the event with valuable match play experience before this weekends ITA Championship at Vassar College.UR divided eight singles players and four doubles teams into six different draws at […]
Cat – Waste of time
The CT's coverage of the "Cat Incident" and the UR Community's response leaves me stupefied. So you have a dead mutilated cat! Investigations have yielded no concrete proof of a crime.It's time to move on? Candle light vigils by Dean Brugget & Co. do not bring a cat back to life, nor does it make […]
Women's winning streak continues
Matching their previous victories, UR women's soccer team secured a 7-0 winning streak by shutting out Rochester Institute of Technology 2-0 on Monday.In the latter half of the contest, junior forward Allison Collins put the Yellowjackets ahead with her goal as a result of a penalty kick.The team, however, had to overcome some challenges to […]
Men's soccer rises to the challenge
The UR men's soccer team had a tough task ahead of them this week and they more than rose to the challenge. They faced two road games in four days against quality opponents, and came home with two huge victories.Last Saturday the Yellowjackets continued their winning ways, defeating the Clarkson University Golden Knights 2-0 in […]