Tagged - D-Day

Following D-Day example, University professor tries to bag the huzz

Rattled by Pope Francis’ death, 89-year-old University professor Ben Dover decided the only way to find peace was to watch this year’s D-Day performer, Ferg. He later recounted to the CT that this was a great decision, as he quickly got over his grief when he “saw the huzz.”  “In my old age, I just […]

Community, carnivals, and campus culture: UR traditions

The University of Rochester hosts a wealth of playful school traditions that have shaped the undergraduate experience since its establishment in 1850. Read More

D-Day has improved significantly since last year, students say

"Editors note: These articles were originally published on Tuesday April 26, 2022 in the last print edition of the spring 2022. Due to a technological issue these were not published online at the time." UR’s Springfest tradition, Dandelion Day, or better known by students as D-Day, has improved since last year, according to students.   Sophomore […]

Dandelion Day sucked, students say 

"D-Day is cursed, but at least I made a friend while freezing to death,” sophomore Jerome Daniels said.  Read More

D-Day balloons hijacked by pirate ghost

According to historical records found in a deep, nearly forgotten corner of Rush Rhees Library, Captain Sykes was ridiculed by his piratical peers for choosing to ply fresh waters. Read More

D-Day: 2019’s Fyre Festival?

Bright and early at 8 a.m. on Dandelion Day, UR’s Student Programming Board posted a list of expectations for students on their Facebook page — keep your ID on you, no visible intoxication. If only we could have known what to expect from them — a rollercoaster ride of changing event times and an inability […]

Choose Your Own Adventure: D-Day!

Your buddy Xander slides you a scrap of tin foil. Inside is either a tiny blotter of LSD or the corner of a Forever stamp of Mr. Incredible. What do you do? Read More

Tinashe and Princess Nokia radiate strength

"Dandelion Day" and "empowering" are two phrases you might not normally use in the same sentence, but with Tinashe’s and Princess Nokia’s D-Day performances, things changed. Although different in musical style and content, Tinashe and Nokia offered performances steeped in a shared feminine power. As her lone drummer boomed along with the speakers’ bass and […]

UR used to serve beer on campus. What happened?

Before 1984, Yellowjacket Day — as Yellowjacket Weekendwas then only a one-day event — served alcohol, a Campus Times story from that year reported. The University gave away free beer. Read More

D-Day outdoes D-Day

"It was quiet until 8:00 a.m., when a distant rumble suddenly became an overwhelming earthquake and a barrage of students seized the area.” Sound like 1945? It was actually last Friday. Read More