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Entire ?Saw? franchise is nothing more than a dull blade
There is a reason that most movies don't make it to super trilogies. Namely, there isn't much to add. Once a movie has established itself, there is only so much that can happen in a sequel (or a trilogy) that can stay true to the loved parts of the first film and not alienate those […]
Book adaptation captures and masters the emotions of youth
For several years, director Spike Jonze labored to turn a beloved children's book into a movie fit to show. Maurice Sendak's 'Where the Wild Things Are" proved tougher than planned, however. To start with, the book has roughly 10 sentences. And fashioning a message from a story that is left intentionally open to interpretation presents […]
Mayer Hawthorne: A Surprising Soul Man
It seems like every few years, some smooth-voiced new star becomes a temporary next-big-thing in soul, the same way the music press always seems eager to proclaim the next 'saviors" of rock. Often, these newcomers get hyped for their eager-to-please serenading and their obvious echoing of legends (Gaye, Mayfield, Wonder take your pick) and not […]
Trouble in Paradise: "Couples Retreat" Brings the laughs
'Couples Retreat" is the perfect movie to go see if you're in the mood for laughter. While this movie pokes fun at the complexities of relationships, it also provides the viewers with an interesting plot line and good acting. Directed and written by Vince Vaughn, 'Couples" Retreat" is a movie centered on the fate of […]
An overdose of anthropology?
One of the beautiful things about UR is the fact that the curriculum allows me to pursue my personal academic interests. No offense to the philosophers-to-be, but I have no intellectual desire to analyze whether or not the chair I am currently sitting in is indeed real or not. I'm more interested in what the […]
Reform advising
Last fall, the College addressed a significant hole in the academic advising system by implementing a policy that forced sophomores an oft forgotten group likely to be at an academic crossroads to continue to, at the very least, obtain permission from an adviser before registering for classes. And while the sophomore advising program was a […]
Athletics' support
In the interest of keeping up with peer universities, UR needs to stay competitive in a number of areas, including athletics quality game coverage for fans, athletes, prospective students and other schools about the sports in our ever-growing athletic program suffers until the University provides the sports information director with additional staff. Every University Athletic […]
Confessions of a reformed sinner
My family isn't big on the whole green thing. You'd think hailing from Massachusetts, we would have taken hints from the neighboring Vermont and New Hampshire lesbians picketing in their Birkenstocks, but, despite the mating calls of naked hippie colonies and the braying of the co-op farms surrounding our borders, my family refuses to recycle […]
Scholarship program with local ties draws on Warner research
Students from the Rochester City School District who face unfavorable economic conditions, limited academic resources and poor family dynamics can find aid and opportunity in Eric Zeller's new scholarship, EZ Scholarship.Zeller has been pushing to expand his program between 30 to 40 disadvantaged inner-city youth, as opposed to the current one or two students a […]
Programs in the works to prevent thefts
With bike racks overflowing and railings and posts lined with locked bikes, the Students' Association and UR Security are working to solve the problem of lack of parking space and an important consequence, bike thefts. According to Director of Security Walter Mauldin, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of students riding bikes, […]