Freshmen overload UR

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
Car-sharing
program begins
Deaths
stun
student
body
UR partners with Zipcar Corporation to
bring affordable car-sharing to campus
BY BONNIE JARRETT
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
On Tuesday, UR became one
of 33 colleges and universities
nationwide to provide a carsharing service known as Zipcar. The program makes four
cars available for all UR community members to borrow.
The cars are available for all
students 19 years old and older.
UR’s program is unique in that
it is one of four universities in
the country with programs that
allow students under 21 years
old access to cars.
“We started with Wellesley
College in 2004 with an 18
and over program,” Business
Development Manager of
Zipcar Christine Laurence
said. “Over the past few
weeks we launched programs
at Smith and Amherst Colleges, which are 18-plus and
here which is 19-plus. The
remainder of the universities
are 21-plus.”
Zipcar is the leading carsharing corporation in the
United States.
“The car-sharing concept
is not something that is new,”
Laurence said. “It has been in
Europe for years, but essentially our founders took the
concept and added this really
great technology to it.”
The technology that Zipcar
developed was a card that
makes borrowing the cars
completely self-serviced.
Similar to using a UR ID to
gain access to a University
building, the Zipcard unlocks
the car, enables the engine
and records what time use
of the car began.
Students who are interested in signing up for a
Zipcard must sign up at the
Zipcar Web site. In order to
be eligible, students must
be over 19, have three full
years of driving experience
and have an acceptable driving record. Once students
pass the online registration, a Zipcard gets mailed
to them and they can begin reserving cars online.
SEE ZIPCAR, PAGE 4
JEFF LEVY • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Interim Dean of The College Richard Feldman presents
a Georgan Award to Professor Susan Gustafson.
Freshman Annalise Kjolhede sits in her quadruple room in Susan B. Anthony.
Freshmen overload UR
Housing problems are one result of the large freshman class
BY ANDREW BRUML
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Over a quarter of this year’s
freshman class had to get to
know more than one roommate as they moved in to their
new dorm room this year.
UR’s largest freshman
class to date has forced
Residential Life to house
dozens of first year students
in triples and 20 students in
quadruples.
“We always formalize the
class size a couple weeks into
the semester once we have
sorted out who is here and
who is not here,” Dean of
Freshmen and Senior Associate Director of the Center
for Academic Support Marcy
Kraus said. “But I think
what we are anticipating is
that we will have a freshmen
class size of about 1,100,
which is about 100 more stu-
dents than we had targeted
for this year.”
While the consequences of
an unusually large freshman
class extend to many areas
of University life, the most
notable impact is on housing. This year, 27 percent of
freshmen are in “crowded
housing.” Many rooms in
Gilbert Hall and Hoeing
Hall that normally house two
students now house three
and half of the lounges in
Susan B. Anthony Residence
Halls have been converted to
quadruples.
Freshmen housed in quadruples are adapting well
to living with three other
people in the same room.
“It’s a huge space,” freshman and Sue B. quadruple
resident Ameesh Dara said.
“Just getting up in the morning is hard because everyone
has different schedules but
you get used to it and we get a
good discount on the price, so
I think it’s a good deal.”
While upperclassmen may
find it difficult to imagine living with more than one other
roommate, new students
adapt easily to their college
housing arrangements.
“Freshmen come very
open minded about what the
college experience is going to
be like so they don’t know
what to expect,” Kraus said.
“I am not aware of any problems that would be different
from what we experience at
the start of any year.”
Students in overcrowded
rooms will not receive an
extra housing point like
in years past, but they do
receive a 20 percent discount off their room charge.
SEE 2010, PAGE 5
Faculty members
honored in ceremony
BY ARLO BERLETIC
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Students and faculty gathered en masse last Friday
for the University’s College
Convocation ceremony in
Dandelion Square. Since 1997,
the central piece of Convocation has been the Georgen
awards.
Named after the benefactor
of the athletic center and the
new Biomedical Engineering
and Optics building, Robert
Goergen, the awards serve
to celebrate UR professors
— our “proudest possession,”
according to UR President Joel
Seligman.
“The awards recognize
those who have the passion
not only to learn but to convey
the most exciting part of their
respective subjects,” Seligman
said. “The Goergen awards are
a way to appreciate the singular significance of teaching.”
Interim Dean of The College Richard Feldman led the
awards ceremony.
Feldman began the ceremony by informing the audience
of this day’s relevant place
in history, in which Susan
B. Anthony pledged the cash
value of her life toward the
allowance of women in the
University.
Following this, Feldman
gave praise to the gifts and
character of the first of three
recipients for the Goergen
Award for Distinguished
Academic Achievement in
Undergraduate Teaching,
Fuchs Professor of German
Studies Susan Gustafson.
SEE AWARDS, PAGE 5
JASON FREIDMAN • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
AN ACTIVE CROWD
Students fill Dandelion Square during the annual Activities Fair last week. Representatives were available from most campus groups to recruit new members.
BY EMILY PARET
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
“Few tragedies are quite
as saddening for a university
community as the death of
one student. The loss of four
only compounds our terrible
sense of grief,” President
Joel Seligman wrote to the
University community on
Aug. 9 after hearing news
of the recent deaths of two
UR alumni, Krystle Dixon
’05 and Steven J. Harrison,
Jr. ’00, one UR student,
Ali Shah Afzal ’07 and one
Eastman alumnus, Aaron
Brock ’03.
“Four students dying in
four unrelated incidents in
such a short period of time, it
is hard to explain the feeling
of aching sadness that we are
left with,” Seligman said.
Dixon graduated from UR
with a Bachelor’s degree in
English, as a member of the
SA Senate and Sigma Delta
Tau Sorority; she was studying biology at Montclair
State University with plans
to attend medical school.
She was killed when the car
she was driving veered off of
Route 22 in Hillside, N.J. and
struck a pole on Aug. 6, police
told The Star Ledger.
“I was stunned when I
found out,” senior Seth
Bohler said. “I left work
early and couldn’t really
talk to anyone for the rest of
the day. She was a big sister
to me; she was an awesome
girl who always had a smile
on her face, and seeing that
always brought a smile to
mine.” A scholarship fund
has been established in
her honor, and a memorial
service is being planned in
coordination with her sorority, friends and family.
Harrison’s memorial service will be held Friday,
Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. in the
Interfaith Chapel. He graduated from UR with a degree
in English and African
American Studies, and went
on to graduate a year later
from the Margaret Warner
Graduate School as a Fifth
Year in Teaching Scholar.
He was still highly involved in UR, in planning
Meliora Weekend, and was
taking leadership classes at
the Warner School, pursuing
a second master’s degree
and certification as a school
administrator when he was
killed in a car accident. The
car he was driving swerved to
avoid hitting a fallen tree on
the New York State Thruway
in the New Paltz area. The
car lost control and traveled
SEE MEMORIAM, PAGE 5
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Campus Briefs
UR named
one of 25
“New Ivies”
UR was recently named to Newsweek
Magazine’s list of the top 25 “new Ivies,” placing it among other schools that the magazine
deemed top-tier.
“The demand for an excellent education has
created an ever-expanding supply of big and
small campuses that provide great academics
and first-rate faculties,” Newsweek writers
Barbara Kantrowitz and Karen Springen
said.
In compiling the list, Newsweek concluded
that the traditional list of elite schools is no
longer all-inclusive.
In the past few decades, the number of
college-bound students has skyrocketed, and
so has the number of world-class schools,”
Newsweek said.
One of the main reasons for Rochester’s
inclusion on the list was the unique Rochester
Curriculum. Also cited were the high percentage of students studying abroad and the
school’s strength in many areas of study.
Reaction to the study on campus has been
favorable.
“Everyone who is here and is part of the
community benefits from this type of recognition. I think the whole town benefits,”
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jonathan
Burdick said.
Some attribute this recognition to the focus
brought by President Joel Seligman on the
profile of the University outside its walls.
Since his hiring, Seligman has worked to
bring UR’s reputation to the level at which
it should be.
This is not the first time UR has been
recognized nationally. This year, UR ranked
34th on US News and World Report’s annual
“Top National Universities” list.
Students on campus reacted to the ranking
with satisfaction.
THE WORLD IS SPINNING
Yellowjacket Weekend featured carnival rides and the band the Spin
Doctors playing outside of Wilson Commons. Here, a student is seen
on the scrambler while wearing a Yellowjacket Weekend tee shirt.
“The more name recognition we can get, the
better,” freshman Andrea Pomaranski said.
“It gives you a sense of pride to be a student
at the University of Rochester.”
Christopher Porco convicted
of second degree murder
Former UR student Christopher Porco,
of Bethlehem, N.Y., was found guilty on
Aug. 10 of charges that he killed his father,
Peter Porco and severely injured his mother,
Joan Porco, with the same axe on Nov. 15,
2004.
Porco was indicted on Nov. 4, 2005, and
prosecutors began gathering evidence to
dispute Porco’s claim that he was sleeping
on a couch in his dorm at UR during the
time of the attack.
“It’s tragic no matter how you look at it,”
senior Josh Matthias said. “It’s just a terrible
thing that happened.”
The trial took place in Goshen, Orange
Security Update
County, N.Y. and lasted for seven weeks.
It was originally supposed to take place in
Bethlehem, but the stigma and the publicity
attached to the trial warranted a change of
location.
More than 80 people took the stand, including Porco’s mother and his older brother. His
mother testified that she has no recollection
of the attack, but maintains that her son is
innocent.
Recent Rochester graduate Marshall Crumiller also testified at the trial, adding to the
investigation.
One prosecution witness testified that
he saw Porco’s yellow Jeep Wrangler in the
family’s driveway around the same time as
the attack.
The jury deliberated for six hours before
declaring Porco guilty of second degree murder, according to Capital News Channel 9.
Reporting by Matt Majarian
and Emily Paret.
Knife-wielding man arrested near deKiewiet
BY MATT MAJARIAN
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
A Rochester man was taken into
custody by Rochester police near
deKiewiet Tower on Tuesday, according to UR Security Investigator
Dan Lafferty.
Willie Clark, 42, was first observed acting strangely near a bike
rack and UR Security was notified,
prompting officers to stop the man
for questioning.
After being stopped by security,
Clark was discovered to be riding a
stolen bicycle. At that point, Clark
resisted the officers and injured two
of them while being handcuffed
for safety.
Clark was found to be carrying a
large kitchen knife concealed in his
clothing. The knife was confiscated
along with a pair of pliers upon
the arrival of the Rochester Police
Department.
The man was placed under arrest
for harassment and petit larceny,
according to Lafferty.
TVs tossed from frat
house windows
Two 50-inch televisions were
thrown from fraternity house windows in two separate incidents last
week, according to Lafferty.
Brothers from the Psi Upsilon
and Delta Kappa Epsilon houses
reported that the TVs, which were
already broken, were thrown from
upper-story windows by alumni.
No one was injured in the incidents, according to Lafferty. The
pieces of the TVs were picked up
by brothers from both houses.
Students sling soda
from Phase bridge
An anonymous caller reported a
group of people throwing soda cans
off of the Phase pedestrian bridge
on Sunday morning at 3:30 a.m.,
according to Lafferty.
After checking closed-circuit
TV, UR Security responded to the
scene. Four students were identified, and one was observed throwing cans at the cars below.
All members of the group were
identified as being undergraduate
students.
The student who was observed
throwing the cans informed UR
Security officers that he was trying to hit a friend’s car, according
to Lafferty.
No damage was found on any
of the cars in the area, and the
students were warned against
such activity.
Visiting partygoer
assaulted
A person visiting the ΔΚΕ house
on Saturday reported that he was
physically assaulted without provocation, according to Lafferty.
The victim stated that he was
approached by a group of males
while he was in the house who
began to push him and tell him to
leave the building.
One of the members of the
group then punched the victim in
the face.
The victim was able to leave the
house and sought medical treatment for what was later described
as facial fractures and a possible
broken jaw.
A police report was filed and
additional investigative follow-up
is being conducted, according to
Lafferty.
Information provided
by UR Security.
Majarian can be reached at
[email protected].
NEWS
Page 3
WRUR signs partnership contract Two Rush Rhees
BY MATT MAJARIAN
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Campus radio station WRUR announced the signing of a five-year
contract with local NPR affiliate
WXXI to expand a partnership between the stations that is designed
to attract more listeners and expand
the programming on both.
“This is a rare opportunity for
UR,” Vice President of Communications Bill Murphy said. “To have
a student-run organization operating in a professional environment
is excellent.”
Integral to the plan for the future
of WRUR is a change in the location
and power of the radio transmitter.
Currently, WRUR broadcasts from
the Hyatt Hotel in Rochester, a
location that limits the range of the
signal. WRUR plans to move their
transmission antenna to WXXI’s
Pinnacle Hill facility, enabling the
station to reach up to 120,000 new
listeners in the greater Rochester
area.
This move is not without price.
Simply moving and increasing
transmission power to the antenna
is expected to cost $130,000.
Because of this cost, WXXI felt
that it was necessary to form a more
formal bond with UR.
“It takes a lot of time to build an
audience,” WXXI Executive Vice
President Susan Rogers said. “To
justify the investment we needed
to know that WRUR would be
stable.”
Part of this stability will be
gained via WXXI’s plan to send
staff members to assist in operations at WRUR.
As a term of the contract, WXXI
agreed to provide one experienced
staff member to serve both as
adviser to the radio station and to
work on a course to be offered in
broadcasting.
“This person will serve as an
ongoing supportive liaison to the
students,” Rogers said. “They will
be a consistent face to link WRUR
and WXXI.”
This adviser will also form
departments merge
WRUR Chief Engineer Roger Smith fixes the station’s CD player.
part of the restructured WRUR
Student Governing Board, which
will be reformed to include senior
members of the student staff and
WXXI employees, in addition to the
station’s faculty adviser. Students
will also be able to take advantage
of opportunities for new paid positions within WXXI.
“These new positions will give
students who are interested in
broadcasting the ability to more
fully explore those interests at
UR,” Dean of Students Jody Asbury said.
Students participating in WRUR
will benefit from the partnership
when producing radio content,
due in large part to access to more
modern and advanced equipment.
Last weekend, WRUR transmitted
a radio show from the Memorial
Art Gallery using WXXI mobile
production equipment.
“It’s a huge opportunity for
us to learn from and use WXXI’s
equipment,” junior and WRUR
General Manager C. Mike Lindsey said.
One of the more useful new
facilities available to WRUR is a
studio that allows students to prerecord and automate broadcasts
over the air. Previously, when a
student was not able to make their
scheduled broadcast time, the radio
transmitter was shut down, caus-
ing audiences to lose interest in
the station and endangering the
station’s standing with the Federal
Communications Commission.
Now, it will be possible for students to pre-record entire shows for
later broadcast, assuring that the
station will never go silent.
“It’s hard to get students to DJ
during the day,” Lindsey said. “This
will help keep us on the air during
class time.”
Central to WRUR’s partnership
with WXXI will be greater controls
on the quality of shows broadcast.
WXXI will assist in monitoring all
broadcasts for FCC violations and
will assist in rectifying any situations that arise.
With the expansion of WRUR’s
ability to transmit will come a
larger audience encompassing
a greater part of the Rochester
area. WRUR plans to move from
simply a college radio station to
a greater influence in the area.
Through expanded programming
and transmission areas, WRUR
will be able to reach many other
campuses in the area.
“UR is lucky to have this sort
of partnership,” Asbury said. “We
intend to become the voice for
college students in the Rochester
area.”
Majarian can be reached at
[email protected].
BY BEN WROBEL
The Management and Government Documents departments of
Rush Rhees Library have merged
and are now located in a room off
of the Martin Messenger Reading
Room on the second floor.
The old Management Library
is being converted into a staff
room as part of a renovation made
possible by donations from the
Gleason Foundation.
This merger is part of an ongoing
series of changes in Rush Rhees.
The Management Library was
previously located on the third
floor. However, that space is now
going to house the library staff
who were previously located on
the first floor above ITS.
“The first floor space is being
converted into a collaborative
learning space for students to
work on projects alone or with
others,” Associate Dean of River
Campus Libraries Stanley Wilder
said. “Currently, there is no space
on campus for students to do that
kind of work.”
Management students have
always made heavy use of government documents and vice versa.
“There really was a natural
synergy between government
documents and the management
department,” Wilder said.
The two disciplines, while not
directly related, require students
to use resources from both departments.
“It is a great idea to bring people
who are interested in management in contact with government
students,” librarian Ann Marshall
said.
Dean of the River Campus
Libraries Ronald Dow was responsible for finding funding for
the renovation, raising 5 million
dollars to perform major renovations on Rush Rhees Library.
The donations came from the
Gleason Foundation, the charitable arm of the Gleason Factory
located in Rochester. The Gleason
Factory has a history of supporting
the library — they funded the renovation of the Great Hall. They have
also made significant donations to
the Simon School and have been
supportive of other UR initiatives,
according to Wilder.
The library is not finished
changing and improving. There
are plans to renovate the first
floor in the coming years and more
money is expected from the Gleason Foundation. Philip Olmsted,
a library assistant at the Business
and Government Information Library, has been working at Rush
Rhees for ten years and has seen
many changes.
“I am looking forward to where
the library is heading in the future,” Olmstead said. “I think this
is really a good change because it
will create better study space for
undergraduate students. In the
long term, I think it is very good for
the library and the University.”
The new renovations will include
carpeting and painted walls.
“We’ve had the equipment and
the books before, but they were in
spaces that they had been in for a
long time,” Olmstead said. “This
is a new public service space for
students.”
This change is not immediately
obvious to many students who
do not use the government or
management departments. Still,
many will find the renovations to
be useful.
“The library has been very supportive of our needs,” Political
Science department chair Gerald
Gamm said. “If they think it’s a
good idea, then I’m fine with it.”
Wrobel can be reached at
[email protected].
The Management Library sits empty after its merger and move.
NEWS
Page 4
Housing crunch also
felt by upperclassmen
BY MARTIN FERNANDEZ
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Residential Life experienced a
severe shortage of housing units
while attempting to place upperclassmen in on-campus housing
for the fall semester. The shortage was caused by an unusually
large sophomore class and a high
percentage of seniors returning to
reside on campus.
“The University has done a
good job in advertising [itself] as
a residential campus,” Director
of Residential Life Laurel Contomanolis stated. “Currently we are
oversubscribed.”
At standard occupancy, there
are 3,204 housing units available
on the River Campus for both
freshmen and upperclassmen. The
university is currently operating
at 104 percent capacity. To accommodate the growth, the study
lounges in the Susan B. Anthony
Residence Halls were converted
into quadruples for freshmen and
some rooms in the residential quad
were made triples.
The students most affected by the
shortage were those who received
high numbers during last spring’s
housing lottery. Many groups of
rising sophomores wishing to get
a suite in Phase or Towers were
turned down and were forced to
change their living arrangements
at the last minute.
Anyone who did not have an assigned room at the conclusion of
the housing lottery was told to rank
the Residential Quad, Towers, Hill
Court and Southside Living Center
from most appealing to least. They
were then placed in any vacancies
that became available during the
summer.
“I was so worried, it made me
miserable,” sophomore Rachel
Shapiro said. After having missed
placement in a suite during the first
round of the lottery, Shapiro feared
that she would be assigned a room
in the Southside Living Center (formerly the Graduate Living Center).
“To me, Southside is not campus.”
Shapiro was finally assigned her top
choice but did not find out until the
second week of July.
On June 5, ResLife sent an e-mail
to all rising sophomores, juniors
and seniors who were interested
in withdrawing from their hous-
ing contracts in order to live off
campus. The proposal created 50
new vacancies from students who
wished to cancel their contracts.
“We always go into the summer
without having everyone assigned
to a room. Moving around to create
spaces doesn’t always go as quickly
as we wish,” Contomanolis said.
“This year we got all unassigned
students assigned; most of them got
their first or second choice.”
In past years, the University
has seen an average of 60 percent
of the senior class reside in campus
housing. This year however, that
number grew near 70 percent,
according to Contomanolis. While
the percentage of sophomores
decreased to 90 percent from 94
percent last year, the significantly
larger number of students in the
class made placement challenging.
“It’s actually working out
nicely,” sophomore David Meyer
said, regarding his living arrangements. Meyer and his roommate
Garret Starr were assigned a
room in the Drama House after
initially declining an offer to live
in the Southside Living Center.
“ResLife was pretty helpful, but
there’s only so much they could
do when there were no rooms
available.”
However, not everyone was
satisfied with his or her final arrangements.
Sophomore Ori Goldman applied
to live in a double on the Residential
Quad but instead was assigned a
loft in Hill Court. After several
unsuccessful attempts to get in
contact with the ResLife office during the summer regarding a room
change, Goldman began contacting
deans and eventually called President Joel Seligman.
“Now that this has escalated to
the point where I need to talk to the
president, I’m strongly considering
legal action against the University,”
Goldman said.
“We have to look at our existing
housing and see how we can meet
our short-term and long-term
goals,” Contomanolis said. “For
now, we want to offer the off-campus experience to more mature
students.”
Fernandez can be reached at
[email protected]
This Mazda3 sedan is one of the Zipcars available to UR students through the new sharing program.
Zipcar: Car-sharing program comes to UR
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The initial yearly fee to become a
Zipcar member is $30. After that,
students borrow cars for $7 an hour,
or $60 a day, a fee which includes
the cost of gas.
UR became involved with Zipcar
at the end of last semester.
“We first learned about the
Zipcar through an article in the
Chronicle of Higher Education,”
Wilson Commons Information
Center Coordinator Bryan Rotach
said. “It reported that campuses
were looking for unique solutions
to their parking and transportation
obstacles and Zipcar seemed to be
a successful tactic for many.”
But bringing Zipcar to UR took
collaborative work over the course
of the entire summer.
“Student Activities, Facilities
and Auxiliary Operations saw this
opportunity to work with Zipcar,
became aware that it existed, and
talked about if it was something that
would be of value here,” Director of
Campus Dining Services and Auxiliary Operations Cam Schauf said.
“All departments agreed that it was
something of interest. Since then it
has really been a collaborative effort
to figure out how are we as a campus
going to bring it here, and how many
cars should we have. We spent a good
part of the summer going through
all of the steps and working with
Zipcar to get them here.”
The result of this work is four
cars that will be parked on Library
road. The cars are a Mazda 3, a
Honda Element, a Toyota Prius
Hybrid and a Toyota Matrix. The
first of the four cars coming to
the River Campus is already here
and parked on Library Road. The
remaining four cars are expected
to arrive by Friday and be fully
functional and ready to use by
Tuesday.
While it would seem that such
a program would come with a
great financial risk and liability,
according to Schauf, UR expects
to break even.
“In order to get the Zipcar
program started there is a very
minimal financial liability,” Schauf
said. “It’s a contract that if it’s not
working for the school we can both
agree to part ways, so the school is
not making a huge financial commitment no matter what happens.
We are making a small financial
commitment to get the program
off the ground with the full belief
it will be self-sustainable.”
Thus far, students are really excited about the Zipcar program.
“My parents wouldn’t let me
bring a car to campus this year,
and initially I was really upset,”
sophomore Lauren Foster said.
“It’s nice to have the freedom
to go grocery shopping or make
quick mall trips without having
to pay high prices for cabs or wait
for busses.”
Some students are a little more
skeptical about whether the program will affect the campus in the
long run.
“I think the Zipcar program
is great because it offers kids
without cars the ability to go
on extended trips into the city,”
junior Brad Goldberg said. “However, I don’t think it will deter the
kids from bringing their cars to
campus or alleviate any parking
problems.”
Schauf is more hopeful that Zipcar will change the way students
view their cars.
“The one thing we are sure
enough of to get this started is that
there are people with a need to find
alternative ways to get into the
community and do different things
and we thought this was a good
alternative,” Schauf said. “We
hope that over the long haul that it
starts to change people’s thinking.
So, it may not effect a junior this
year that is thinking about getting
a car as a senior, but we hope that
a freshman that sees this program
as something that is here may be
thinking maybe I don’t need to be
looking forward to when I can get
a car on campus, maybe this is a
better alternative.”
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[email protected]
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across the road, into the median
and hit a tree, according to the
Democrat & Chronicle.
“I knew Steven from the time
he was a freshman; I knew him
through good times and bad,” Vice
President Paul Burgett said. “I was
able to watch Steven’s leadership
skills develop, I was able to observe
his commitment expressed as a
leader and I felt that as a result
I really knew him. So hopping on
a plane and going to New York
to pay my respects had both a
personal and professional dimension.” Burgett attended Harrison’s
wake, the day before the funeral,
at Gethsemane Baptist Church in
the Bronx. He said, in addition to
the many UR students and alumni
in attendance, there were the
students he taught at East High
School in Rochester.
“He was the an amazing teacher,” freshman Lashona Brenson.
“I had him first period, and he
was the reason why people came
to school. We could relate to him,
and talk to him about anything. He
was so involved in our lives beyond
academics.” Brenson admits that
she would not have even applied
to UR if it weren’t for Harrison’s
motivation. “He impacted all of
our lives,” she continued. “I never
met someone who disliked him. He
helped me believe in myself even
when I didn’t.”
Harrison is survived by his
brother, senior Marquis Harrison,
who is grateful to the University
community who he says really
out-did themselves in funding the
transportation for members of
the UR community to attend the
funeral and wake. “UR was his life;
he would bleed blue and gold if he
could,” Harrison said. “Rochester
wasn’t his home, but you would
never know. He always had such
positive things to say about it.”
Shah Afzal transferred from
Colgate University in the Spring;
he had plans to graduate this year
with a major in political science and
continue on to study law. He grew
up in Whitesboro, N.Y. and was an
avid basketball player throughout
high school. Whitesboro High
School has worked with his family
to create a scholarship fund that
will reward high school seniors
who play basketball and continue
to excel academically.
Brock was a leading classical
guitarist who was described by the
Eastman School of Music Assistant
Dean of Academic Affairs Alex
Nguyen as an unassuming, laid
back, genuine person who lived life
to the fullest and without regret.
“He was intelligent and talented,” she continued. “He never
lost his temper; he loved his family
and had a great sense of balance
in his life.” Even while working
toward his Doctorate of Musical
Arts and Performer’s Certificate
at Eastman, Nguyen never recalls him being stressed out and
remembers him always working
hard. He won countless classical
guitar competitions and had just
released his first CD, “Toccata.”
Brock passed away on Aug. 3 at
his home in Toronto, where he
was teaching at the Glenn Gould
Conservatory. He is survived by
his parents, two brothers and
wife, Josephine Chan, to whom he
proposed to outside of the Eastman
library, where they met. A memorial concert is being planned in his
honor that will feature repertoire
that he played and was close to
him.
“The strength of the memory of
these four amazing people will keep
them alive; it is through memory
that people live forever,” Seligman
said. “I know I speak for all in the
University community in extending our heartfelt condolences to the
family, classmates, and friends of
Steven, Krystle, Ali and Aaron.”
Paret can be reached at
[email protected].
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“My mom made it seem like it was
going to be 20 percent worse to get
20 percent off, but it’s not too bad,”
freshman and Sue B. quadruple
resident Amanda Wright said.
“You have to be more respectful
of everyone’s space because there
are so many people, so we avoid
conflicts,” freshman Annalise
Kjolhede said. Kjolhede lives with
Wright.
Upperclassmen are less optimistic about how freshmen will handle
living with extra people in close
quarters as the year progresses.
“I think that right now everyone
is pretty positive, but later in the
year everyone gets stressed and
tensions will be higher,” junior
Molly Leitch said.
In an effort to avoid such problems, planning for overcrowding
has included steps like extra
training in conflict resolution for
Resident Advisers.
“If there is a conflict it’s more
difficult to find a solution that involves moving a student to another
room because we really don’t have
as much flexibility as we’ve had in
previous years,” Kraus said.
Administrators credit UR’s
improving reputation as the reason behind such an usually large
number of students accepting their
offers of admission.
“This appears to be related to
growing enthusiasm for our Roch-
ester curriculum,” UR President
Joel Seligman said in a written
statement.
“The higher yield is a result of
more students saying ‘this is my
first choice, this is where I want
to be,’” Kraus added.
Academic departments are also
adjusting to the larger class size.
“I think the impact of the larger
class is certainly going to be felt in
those courses that are most common for freshmen — introductory
Biology, introductory Chemistry,
Calculus and CAS 105 — so we
managed to accommodate as many
students who want to be in Biology
and Chemistry and there is actually still space in those classes,”
Kraus said.
While part of Seligman’s strategic plan will likely call for an
eventual expansion of the undergraduate student population, this
year’s spike was not intentional.
“I am regularly briefed on admissions and I do know that a class of
this size was larger than planned
and was the result of an unexpected
increase in the percentage of students who accepted admission to
our College,” Seligman said. “I
have been deeply impressed by how
determined The College has been
to fairly address the housing and
other challenges created by this
larger than anticipated class.”
Bruml can be reached at
[email protected].
Interest Meeting
Thursday, 7pm
CT Office
Awards: Professors honored
Feldman introduced Gustafson, citing the glowing admiration for her
from students and faculty alike. In
accepting, Gustafson thanked the
Goergens, her students, the faculty
and her family.
“It is important to impart a love
of learning and an appreciation for
the puzzle of interpretation,” Gustafson said. “I hope that students
will think, write and obsess about
even a single image — about one
word.”
The thread of intellectual passion continued in each subsequent
recipient. Following Gustafson was
Professor of Linguistics and Brain
and Cognitive Science Jeffrey T.
Runner.
Runner has taught undergraduate and graduate students at UR
since 1994 and has developed
courses in syntax, linguistic analysis, semantics and grammatical
systems. The recipient of National
Science Foundation fellowships for
his research, he is also the author of
the book ‘Noun Phrase Licensing,’
among other achievements.
Introduced by Feldman as a
leading light in his field and a
teacher who changes minds, Runner thanked his family, faculty and
students.
“I really like the material I teach
and I can sense my students appreciate this ; students get enthused if I’m
enthusiastic,” Runner said.
The third recipient was Professor
of Physics and Astronomy Dan M.
Watson. In his introduction, Feldman quoted a student’s evaluation,
saying “Dan knows everything
about everything.”
Watson, a five-time winner of his
department’s undergraduate teaching award, has even contributed to
the development of electronic course
resources and Web sites.
“Professors from other Universities even lift — or, legitimately use
— his outstanding notes,” Feldman
said.
“This University is disproportionately blessed,” Watson said. “It’s a
tremendous honor to be in the same
category as the masters that have
won the award in the past. Despite
being in a field full of formulas and
equations, good teaching cannot be
reduced to a formula. I am thankful
to be able to work at a university
where teaching is valued.”
Closing up the awards was the
recipient for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Learning
in the College, Beth A. Olivares, accepting the award for the Ronald E.
McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program. The program gets
its name from Ronald McNair, an
African American man who, despite
growing up in underprivileged circumstances, became an aeronautical engineer, eventually working on
the Challenger spacecraft.
“A renaissance man in every
sense — boasting accomplishments
in music and a third degree black
belt — McNair is the perfect embodiment of the program’s goals,”
Olivares said.
The program has had an extraordinary success rate, with a 75
percent rate of graduate attendance,
compared to a 15 percent average
across the country. Accepting the
award, Olivares thanked everyone
in the program.
Berletic can be reached at
[email protected].
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EDITORIAL BOARD
ANDREW BRUML • EMILY PARET • ROSS BRENNEMAN
BONNIE JARRETT • AUDREY RICKETTS
A friend Enid
This summer, Rochester was named to Newsweek’s list of “25
New Ivies.” This honor brought an excitement to the student body
because UR, an institution we know to be great, is finally getting
the credit it has long deserved. Rochester is well known in certain
circles — in the fields of science and research especially — but
beneath the major accomplishments of these departments, and all
the great departments and professors here, are the students.
That is the attitude the Office of Communications took when
they hired Enid Arbelo, the first student life advocate at UR.
The position is designed to draw more attention to the accomplishments and everyday lives of interesting UR students by
spotlighting their achievements in the local and national media.
This is the perfect supplement to the University’s innovative
push to improve the school’s national reputation.
Since her arrival, Arbelo has informed local television channels
and newspapers of student accomplishments as well as written
for UR’s internal publications — @Rochester and Rochester
Review. According to Arbelo, there are great students on campus who are doing great things, and her goal is to make sure
that people know about them. She spent the past week touring
various aspects of student life, attending the Activities Fair last
Friday and the Sigma Epsilon luau on Saturday, trying to get a
feel for what UR students are up to.
Although Arbelo is working to have her finger on the pulse of
campus, it is the students’ responsibility as well to take advantage
of her role by letting her know when their club, sports team or
Greek organization has an event that she could help publicize.
In addition, students who have interesting internships, jobs,
research positions or come from interesting backgrounds should
let Arbelo know. It is only when she is made aware of these endeavors that the general public can know about them.
The Office of Communications believes that the accomplishments of individual students can contribute to improving the
reputation of UR as a whole. Arbelo is a great person to achieve
these goals and it is the students’ responsibility to help.
Zip-pitee-do-da
Each year students at UR wrestle with the problem of whether
the hassle involved in owning a car and housing it on campus is
worth the freedoms it brings. Parking spots cost a lot of money,
are generally far from dorms and if you try parking closer you
get a ticket. Not to mention that most cars sit and collect snow
during winter. Parking is by far the largest complaint among students. To make this decision easier, campus administrators seem
to have found a good substitute to car ownership — Zipcars.
This is a great example of the University addressing a fundamental student need. Director of Dining Services and Auxiliary
Operations Cam Schauf spearheaded the program to bring
low-cost rental cars to campus and thus provide a solution to a
major problem on campus.
The benefits of this service are clear. Do you want to go grocery shopping? Instead of paying $20 each way for a cab to the
Pittsford Wegmans or waiting until Saturday for a bus, you can
pay $7 an hour or $60 a day. Do all your errands and work on
your own schedule. Best of all, when you’re done you don’t have
to walk a mile from the parking lot back to your room.
Of course it isn’t as simple as $7 an hour. Each student has to
pay a $30 yearly fee, and if you use the service infrequently that
can prove to be costly. However, you can always split the cost
between friends if you take the car in groups. And, no matter
how you look at it, if you are an infrequent driver in the end
Zipcar is going to be cheaper than car ownership. The car-sharing program takes out the most expensive part of owning your
own car — there is no gas, no maintenance, no parking fees and
no parking tickets.
It’s too early to say whether this program will be as successful
as it can be. Of course, in the short term, as long as students are
taking these cars off campus the program will stay. In the long run,
though, this program has a lot of potential. Students can go off
campus, explore the city, support local businesses, gain a greater
appreciation for the Rochester area and perhaps, many students
can now stop bringing their cars to school altogether.
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EDITORIAL OBSERVER
Impersonated left impression
Lodged subconsciously in the
minds of most people is the knowledge of how to copycat another
person’s voice. It is called the art of
impersonation, and I have always
admired those who could do it
— greats like Phil Hartman, Darrell Hammond and Frank Caliendo.
The knack for impersonation has
eluded me all my life, but there are
three I could always pull off with
reasonable success — Eric Cartman, Mr. Narrator and Steve Irwin
— alias, the Crocodile Hunter.
One of those impressions just
became a lot less fun to do. Mr.
Irwin was a role model, and the
news of his tragic death last week
hurt me deeply.
It might seem silly to be upset
because let’s face it — like the
stripper hired to work a Duke
University party, or members of the
Iraqi police, being “The Crocodile
Hunter” nearly guarantees a painful end. However, the show made a
significantly visible impact on society. Everyone imitated the great
Outback outdoorsman. “Crocodile
Hunter” references appeared
on comedy shows everywhere,
and spawned a slew of imitators.
Everybody seemed to want to be
Steve Irwin.
ROSS
BRENNEMAN
•
OPINIONS
EDITOR
That also gives me cause to
worry; while Irwin used his personality to inspire others to be more
courageous and to be considerate
of nature, the opposite can be done
as well. We are not just subject to
the influence of the good traits of
others’ mindsets — we can just as
easily pick up on others’ prejudices,
fears, and hatreds.
Arriving at college means immersing yourself in other peoples’
ways of life, lives that can be very
foreign and strange. We are presented with the viewpoints and
enlightened by the cultures of such
far away and magical places as
Russia, Thailand and Iowa.
Unfortunately, in our quests to
learn and assimilate into college
society, we are prone to picking up
the traits of those around us and,
for better or for worse, implanting
those ideas in our mind forever.
This is a two-way road; we must be
careful not only to filter out those
ideas that will only cause more
hatred and prejudice to enter our
world, but also be careful not to
send out those ideas as well.
Celebrity is not a prerequisite
for influence — no matter how
unknown we are, we each still influence others. It is a great power
that warrants great responsibility,
because if you spread your own
hatred and discriminations, others
may pick them up to fit in.
Discrimination is contagious.
Prejudice is contagious. Hatred
and anger are contagious. There
is a place for people who want to
spread their racism, sexism and
homophobia unto others, and it
is called the Ku Klux Klan. If you
cannot keep your prejudices to
yourself, and would rather force
them on others, you might as well
pick up your robe now.
We all assert the characteristics
of our personalities. If anyone understood this, I am sure it was Irwin; he was a role model, a professor
of courage and kindness — perhaps
even a bit of reckless endangerment
— and crikey, I’m going to miss the
Crocodile Hunter.
Rest in peace, mate.
Brenneman can be reached at
rbrenneman@campustimes.
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
Joe-mentum death kills Dems
Much like the upperclassmen
who have bagged young, impressionable freshmen with astronomically high BACs these past
few weeks, so are many of the
nation’s liberals taking great pride
in the victory of left-leaning Ned
Lamont, who won the primary over
Joe Lieberman in the even more
left-leaning Connecticut.
Any progressive who thinks that
this resounding victory indicates a
shift in the mentality of the American voter is guilty of self-deception
— Connecticut gave its electoral
votes to John Kerry the moment
he was born.
Lieberman’s defeat only demonstrates the Democrats’ sole
platform as being anti-Bush. Had
they been less myopic, the left
should have respected the leadership of a well-established senator
who provided a pretty solid liberal
vote on most economic and social issues. His divergence from the party
on national security toward the
side of George W. Bush — though
a major issue — should not have
led the grassroots, progressive
types — especially those on the
blogosphere — to heap support on
Ned Lamont.
TONY
SCOTT
•
DEVELOPMENT
EDITOR
Despite liberals’ attacks on Republicans who vote too much on
the president’s side, the episode
in Connecticut demonstrates that
they hypocritically squash dissent
with the fanaticism of even the
most fervent religious zealots.
To more accurately assess political trends, more attention should
be paid to what’s going on south
and west of the Hudson River.
Notwithstanding the fact that a
few big Democrats wax conservative on a couple issues — namely
Senate minority leader Harry Reid
and young, energetic firebrand Tim
Ryan — many Senate races are
competitive because Democrats
are fielding conservative-to-moderate candidates. Examples include
former Reagan cabinet member
James Webb in Virginia and the
pro-life, anti-anti-war Bob Casey
in Pennsylvania.
Party bosses need to realize that
this new breed of democratic congressmen — though critical of the
president — will put precedence
on the conservative to moderate
value system of their constituents,
eschewing the reckless progressivism that has become en vogue for
many Democrats.
Though they may be disaffected
with the Bush administration,
these congressmen will preclude
Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry and their
ilk from being able to enact their
liberal orthodoxy into law. Imagine
Mickey Mouse as the sorcerer’s
apprentice — felling one broom
only results in making two more.
Liberals will find that slaying Lieberman — a supposedly conservative Democrat — will cause many
more to rise in his stead.
Admittedly, Ned Lamont’s victory will induce both Republicans
and Democrats to remove support
for the president. Mindful that the
president has only two years left on
his term, though, emasculating the
president by taking the House with
a cadre of conservative Democrats
will stand as a pyrrhic victory for
America’s left.
Scott can be reached at
[email protected].
ARLO BERLETIC
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
OPINIONS
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“You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.” —Bullet-Tooth Tony, “Snatch”
Special: A note from the SA President Pearlman
BY ALEX PEARLMAN
A lot has changed at University of Rochester since my classmates and I arrived here
three years ago. The most tangible evidence
of this is seen in the increased turnout to this
year’s Yellowjacket Weekend festivities.
Despite the threat of bad weather, I have
never seen Wilson Quad and Fauver Stadium
so full. We must give a round of applause to all
the staff and students who worked tirelessly
to make this community weekend happen, to
our athletes who, win or lose, gave us great
performances and to all the students who
showed up and had a great time!
Yellowjacket Weekend is a great way to
kick off the year. The old-school tradition
of the College Convocation mixed with the
energetic frenzy of the Activities Fair is a true
testament that our University is not only
grounded in a rich educational foundation
but that the school is also alive with sociallife, culture and a diverse array of activities
of interest to most students.
As University of Rochester climbs in national rankings and as we start attracting
the best and the brightest students, we must
also expand our support of the different areas
of student life.
As a Division III school, many people been hard at work since classes ended last
overlook our school’s athletic achievements May to ensure that this year will be the
and attendance at the majority of our sport- best ever.
There are some great changes happening
ing events is lacking, at best. To reverse
this trend, the Students’ Association has within the University, especially with those
teamed up with the Varsity Student Ath- areas that concern student services. Expect
to see improvements with
lete Advisory Council to
Dining Services, Parking
bring you “Varsity Club
and Transportation and
Cards.” For every game
Student Activities.
you attend you will get
New Town Hall
The Students’ Associaone or two hole-punches
meetings will also tion
Government will also
and after ten punches you
double as the
be working hard to ensure
can enter your card for
that students are always
cool raffle prizes ranging
administration’s
represented as changes
from sporting equipment
forum to gather
are made to the College
to team memorabilia to
or to the University as
electronics.
student opinion
a whole.
While many of us have
and input.
To accomplish this
a problem offering incengoal, we will host regular
tives for students to attend
Town Hall Meetings one
student events, I firmly
Wednesday every month
believe this is a necessary
step in creating a campus culture where to discuss the current issues affecting students. These meetings will also double as
sports and the school spirit are important.
I also believe that once we get people in the the administrations forum to gather student
door, our passionate and talented athletes opinion and input. Save the dates: Sept. 27,
will keep them coming back for more.
Oct. 18, Nov. 15 and Dec. 6. All Town Hall
Your student government leaders have Meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the
Gowen Room.
Our September Town Hall Meeting will
be a forum on the changing face of the
University’s image with a presentation by
Bill Murphy, the new Vice President of Communications.
Our October Town Hall Meeting will be a
discussion on the future of dining on-and-off
campus, including the kick-off of our URos
off-campus!
There are some excellent changes underway within the SA, as well. This year,
we are continually working to streamline
the process for creating new groups and to
address the overall funding concerns that
existing groups are experiencing.
This year, the SA President, Vice President
and Senate hope to serve as resources to help
student groups succeed in their individual
missions.
We have started this year on a great note
and believe that we have the potential to
achieve great things! Keep participating in
campus activities and if you need help getting involved we are hear to help.
Meliora!
Pearlman can be reached at
[email protected] or x5-2908.
BY MARC EPSTEIN
Every nation needs a leader during times
of war, but not just any leader — he or she
must have the insight of Winston Churchill,
the decisiveness of President Truman, the
big stick of Teddy Roosevelt and the honesty
of President Carter.
America has found all these traits in the
true leader of our nation, Vice President
Dick Cheney, who has led us fearlessly into
the treacherous Iraqi lands, where there
was once torture and order and now there
is torture and chaos. So fearless is he that
hunters shy away, lawyers cower, and those
who are both get shot in the face.
There are those who criticize President
Bush for his handling of the war, but they
neglect to give our vice president, perhaps
the most powerful vice president in American history, credit for what has gone right.
Instead of an in-and-out campaign as promised, our soldiers have been blessed with
three-and-a-half years of Middle Eastern
sightseeing. Our nation’s resources, when
not handed back to the wealthy, are put
into the war as a means of toughening the
American character. Without money going
into programs such as hurricane relief, we
are left to fend for ourselves, which teaches
us better work ethic and keeps us busy when
otherwise we could be wasting our time,
say, doing community service for
hurricane relief.
On the other hand, we must
ask ourselves where credit is
deserved. With Cheney assuming a Jack Bauer role against
terrorists, the precious time he
once could afford to spend advocating a
tough-guy policy against that-guy-in-chains
Hussein is now devoted to, as he said on
“Meet the Press” on Sunday, “Think about
the unthinkable, to focus what in fact the
terrorists may have in store for us.”
Ah, now I feel safe. The man — no, the
giant — who bravely led us into Iraq is
now our watchdog against terrorism. And
watched he has. I always thought there was
someone listening to my phone conversations without me knowing, but boy am I glad
tember 11, five years ago. We have
caught all potential terrorists using
the National Security Agency’s intelligence. We even caught John Mark Kar,
a close associate to both Jon Benet Ramsey
and Osama bin Laden.
While he was a staunch proponent for the War in Iraq, Iran is
clearly a smaller threat and clearly
unilateral sanctions on Iran do not
work. Iraq may not have had nuclear
capability like Iran, but at least they had
lots of Islamic fundamentalists.
Alas, there is no better man for the job,
for Cheney is a man who truly understands
his people. Horatio Alger himself could have
authored Cheney’s fulfillment of the American Dream, and there is no better man to
represent the people of America than one
who shares a bed with an oil company.
The White House may not have Churchill,
or Teddy, or even a Democrat, but at least
it has Cheney.
Epstein can be reached at
[email protected].
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BERLETIC
that there
are people
watching my
bank accounts,
too.
Cheney’s foresight has not
failed us yet and
I don’t expect it
to any time soon.
As he has often
pointed out, there
has not been one
terrorist attack in
the U.S. since Sep-
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The year-long program about Susan B.
Anthony intrigues me. I’m especially interested in how women frame the issue of
“equal rights.” One of the organizers, Nora
Bredes, in her discussion published in the
Rochester Review, makes nothing of the
fact that women have outnumbered men in
college since at least 1983.
Apparently, the SBA program will not give
any attention to this and other areas where
females have the advantage, such as women’s
better health, exemption from military service, reproductive and automatic parental
rights, lower accountability for crimes they
commit and disproportionately large share
of consumer spending.
Not that I’m surprised. My observation
is that women strive for “equal rights” only
when they stand to benefit and rarely, if at all,
when they stand to lose. This really makes it
difficult to take women as seriously as Susan
B. Anthony hoped. She said in 1872, “For
any state to make sex a qualification that
must ever result in the disfranchisement
of one entire half of the people, is to pass
a bill of attainder, or, an ex post facto law,
and is therefore a violation of the supreme
law of the land.”
An article on the website of the Anthony
Center for Women’s Leadership, “What
Would Susan Say?” is another interesting
example, making an issue of the sex composition in Congress. Only 15 percent female!
Does anyone really think men don’t or can’t
represent women’s interests?
And never mind about the homeless who
are only 10 percent female, the imprisoned
which are only 10 percent female, workplace
deaths that are only 5 percent female and
casualties of war less than 1 percent female.
These statistics, and the 56 percent of voters
who are women, are apparently not impor-
tant in the discussion of “equal rights.”
As for women being “architects of peace,”
they are far from it. Condoleeza Rice is
an architect of war in Iraq, like Margaret
Thatcher, who invaded a tiny helpless island
with nuclear weapons, Indira Gandhi who
spearheaded India’s acquisition of nuclear
capability and Madeleine Albright who facilitated U.S. military action in Bosnia.
Don’t get me wrong. I love women. Many
women I talk to about these issues plainly
see the unfairness feminism has created.
Prominent people though, especially women
like the SBA program organizers, keep the
blinders on. The best I can do is call it selfishness when I see it and plan on taking women
seriously when they take me seriously, too.
Then again, it will probably have to wait
until some Title IX lawsuits.
—MARC ROEMER
BA 1988, MS 1997
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Seni
or R
efle
ctio
ns
One
of the
best feelings all
summer is the overwhelming rush at the thought
of returning back to school. I look
forward to reunions with my best friends,
weekend excursions, new exciting classes and all
the potential adventures. Yet this year, while dwelling
on this excitement, I realized something — this is my last year
to relish these experiences. No longer will I have excitement for
the annual reunion in September. Instead, I will be a productive
member of society. While graduate school may mimic this same
“reunion rush,” it will not be built upon the same relationships
and experiences.
With the approach of senior year, I am overwhelmed with
memories of incidents that would only fit in the undergraduate
era. Three previous years of 3 a.m. Wilder indoor Slip’N’Slide, Chinese food on D-Day, ridiculous Halloween costumes and many other
absurdities linger as notable college occurrences. Likewise, the
relationships formed in the pressure-cooker atmosphere of a small
university are irreplaceable. The friends who instigate Slip’N’Slide
night, who call at 9 a.m. to make sure I’m up and heading to class on
Friday morning after a long Thursday night, and those who bring
chocolate covered pretzels and almonds to the library are the ones
who create an enjoyable and exciting college experience.
While reminiscing, my excitement for senior year increases. However, I cannot help but feel slightly jealous of the freshmen. They are
clueless as to what the next four years holds for them, the potential
adventures and relationships. They have merely stumbled into a grand
odyssey. For both the freshman and senior classes, this year holds the
most significant memories — firsts and lasts — and both are equally
exciting.
ARTICLE BY
AUDREY RICKETTS
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
PHOTO & DESIGN BY
CALVIN LEE
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FEATURES
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Get To Know Me:Alexander Pearlman
BY SARAH PERMUTT
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Alexander Pearlman, a senior from
New York City, is UR’s new SA president. A political science major, Alex
is an advocate of public service and is
motivated to better the greater good of
society.
“I’ve always been interested in the
sociology of why people make the decisions they do,” Pearlman said.
Pearlman continued, “our Political Science Department specializes in
Rational Choice Theory which tries to
explain why political actors do certain
things. My classes have motivated me
to think critically about our political
system, politicians and all the people
who govern our country.”
Alex is also a member of Hillel, the
Political Science Undergraduate Council, the National Society for Collegiate
Scholars, he’s the activities chairperson
of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and
was previously a goalie for the men’s
club soccer team.
In addition to his involvement on
campus, Alex is the recipient of the
Andrew Fried Prize, the NACA East
Coast Undergraduate Scholarship for
student leaders, the Rush Rhees Schol-
arship and was a finalist for the Truman
Scholarship.
BY PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY
What do you plan to do after you
graduate?
Right now, I am in the middle of studying for the Law School Admission Test
(LSAT) and I plan on applying to law
school. I hope to take one or two years off
to either work or to do Teach for America.
After two years, I hope to start law school
and spend four years working toward a
joint J.D. with a Masters in Public Policy.
What is your dream job?
My dream job is to be the Chief of Staff
to the President of the United States. I
have a passion for the internal work necessary to govern.
What’s your guilty pleasure?
A pint of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream,
chocolate chip cookie dough or anything
with peanut butter cups.
What’s the last good book you read?
While driving between home and Rochester this summer I listened to “Team of
Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham
Lincoln” by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It
talks about how Lincoln’s cabinet was an
assemblage of people who competed
against him for the 1860 Republican
nomination and ended up being his
great supporters. It’s a mix of intrigue,
history and political theory. It’s also
the story of men who stepped up to
serve our country at its time of need.
What’s your favorite thing to do in
Rochester?
I love to take friends to Aladdin’s in
Pittsford on the canal. I also like going
to concerts at High Falls.
Permutt can be reached at
[email protected].
Food is worth the wait at Café Cibon
BY JASON BUITRAGO
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
After spending my first summer
in Rochester as an undergraduate
— something I highly recommend all
students do at some point — I found
myself indulging in the plethora of restaurants scattered throughout the city,
pretty much every other day.
Strolling down the renowned Park
Avenue area toward the end of August,
I realized I had spent a significant
amount of time in every restaurant,
café and ice cream parlor in the immediate vicinity — all except Café Cibon.
Seemingly easy to miss because of
its size, Café Cibon is situated right on
Park Avenue and is full of aesthetically
pleasing decorations and furnishings.
Often, when the weather permits, outdoor seating is available, allowing customers the pleasure of socializing while
simultaneously people-watching. This
time around, my guests and I decided
to mosey on up to the large windows on
a U-shaped plush couch with a wooden
table.
The quaint and bohemian feel reminded
me of the authentic European cafés and
bistros I’ve frequented for a number of
years abroad. Honestly, the only thing
that was missing was a
waitress with an accent.
The waitress was
detailed with her daily
specials albeit slow
service. It even took a
while to get a glass of
water and she forgot the
lemon!
After waiting 20 minutes for a panini — a
Santa Maria to be exact
— I was getting antsy
and annoyed.
However, once brought to me, I dug
into the best panini I’ve eaten in Rochester — for only seven dollars! Filled with
roasted chicken, avocado, cheddar cheese,
onion and tomato with chipolte pepper
pesto, the panini with a small side salad
hit the right spot that afternoon. With
the bread grilled to perfection, the simple
looking panini was full of the correct com-
H S
OR COE
O P
binations for a splendid taste.
To further my enjoyment, I opted for
some carrot cake as dessert. Though
generic, the cappuccino that was ordered alongside ended
my meal in simple
balance.
On top of that,
Cibon is a Rochester
Every Day business,
and with my handydandy RED sticker,
I got 10 percent off
the bill.
Looking at their
Web site, the café
claims to be musically
eclectic during the day and describes
itself as an “ultra lounge” during the
night. Having not experienced a night
scene as of yet, I hope to sometime in
the near future, perhaps then the four
stars will turn into five.
For more information go to http://
2taste.com/cafecibon.
Buitrago can be reached at
[email protected]
ur opinion
Aries (March 21–April 19) — Be careful not
to cut off your thumb, because then your
friends will feed it to a bum.
Taurus (April 20–May 20) — Today is your
lucky day; everything will be going your
way.
Gemini (May 21–June 21) — If your subwoofer is really bumpin’, get a fly honey and
start-a-humpin’.
Cancer (June 22–July 22) — Hit on a group
of girls wearing blue and watch how your
hottest fantasy comes true.
Leo (July 23–Aug. 22) — If you think you’ve
got rhymes sicker than mine, come on down
and write horoscopes for the Campus Times.
Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) — Avoid sharp
edges whenever you can, such as a razor
blade, a knife or the tip of your pen.
Libra (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) — Don’t answer
your phone, it could be a stalker. If she tries
to instant message you, make sure that you
block her.
Scorpio (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) — Think before
you speak, in fact, just shut-up for the rest
of the week. Try to be nice because before
the week ends, you might not have anymore
friends.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) — Give a
dog a bone if you see one on the street, you
never know, one day he may find you and
poo on your feet.
Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) — When you
wake up tomorrow morning, drink a glass
of juice. It’s tasty, refreshing and good for
your caboose.
Aquarius (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) — Take candy
from a stranger and you’ll be free of danger.
Pisces (Feb. 19–March 20) — Go outside
while the weather permits, because in a few
weeks it’ll really be the pits.
(IF YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS, THEN YOU BELIEVE THAT
JESSICA SIMPSON IS TOO HARD TO LOVE.)
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interworkings of the
universe?
Could you care less about
the interworkings of the
universe?
Either way, write
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BY JEFF LEVY AND JASON FREIDMAN
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
What do you think of the unusually large freshman class?
Anais Blin ’10
Sylvia Guerra ‘10
Andy Yagnatovski ’10
Kari Plewniak ’08
Allie Urbanski ’08
Jessica Willumson ’09
“Its excessive, but if they
deserve to be here it’s ok
with me.”
“The more the merrier.”
“Over-enrolling by 150 is
fine, but a class of 2000 is
going too far!”
“If they continue to increase the freshman class,
they need to increase the
housing.”
“If it keeps increasing we
need to build more dorms.”
“I know it was a problem
last year so I’m surprised
it’s even bigger. Friends
in GLC worry about where
they’ll live next year.”
FEATURES
Page 11
Fair Trade awareness increases on UR campus
BY AMY WEINTRAUB
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
You wake up in the morning
and think about it. After your
first class of the day, you think
to yourself, “wow, I really need
it again.” You’ve finally made it
through your long and taxing
day, but how will you do your
homework and spend all night
studying without another one?
The mysterious “thing” that I
am talking about is something
that the majority of students
on our campus are addicted to
— coffee.
You’re probably even sipping
a cup right now as you’re reading this paper, but every time
you get a cup of coffee, do you
consider where it came from
and what type of product you so
frequently ingest? My guess is
you don’t, you’re just trying to
figure out the fastest way to get
the caffeine to course through
your body — maybe stick an IV
into your veins — so that you can
get back to your life. Lucky for
us, the students involved in the
Fair Trade Campaign have been
working hard to inform the UR
community about the advantages
of drinking FT coffee.
According to TransFair USA,
the FT CertifiedTM label guarantees that farmers and work-
ers receive a fair price for their
product. The FT price means
that farmers can feed their families and that their children can
go to school instead of working
in the fields. Most FT Certified coffee, tea and chocolate in
the US is certified organic and
shade grown. This means that
the products you buy maintain
biodiversity, provide shelter for
migratory birds and help reduce
global warming.
The UR FT Campaign began
their mission of converting the
campus to 100% FT coffee in the
fall of 2004; they want every single form of coffee served on campus to be FT. By the end of last
year, several different FT blends
were available in some of the
coffee shops on campus. A steady
year of hard work culminated
with the FT week at the end of
last semester, and by working
with Dining Services, different
FT products were brought to
dining locations. Throughout
the week, in addition to coffee,
there were various FT products
available to students including
chocolate, tea, sugar, chocolate
syrup and energy bars. As part
of an advertising campaign, “Do
you FT?” posters were scattered
throughout campus dining facilities. The grand finale of the FT
Week was the Coffee Tasting
Competition where five coffee
vendors — Starbucks, Pura Vida
Coffee, Java City, Women’s Coffee Connection and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters — came to
campus equipped with products
for the UR community to test.
“The data collected in this
survey is the first of its kind that
has been collected in a national
tasting competition,” junior
Dan Mueller, advocate of the FT
Campaign said. “The reports
will eventually be released to the
media and will be an important
document for other FT Campaigns, coffee vendors and dining
services around the country. This
PHOTO COURTESY OF RICHARD BAKER
was a very important and unique
Students sample coffee during Fair Trade Campaign week.
event that occurred on our
100% FT coffee campus. Dancampus.”
When the new BME Optics buildforth and Eastman Dining CenContinuing, Mueller said,
ing opens, the coffee shop in it
ters now offer FT coffee from a
“This was a highly successful
will be run by Pura Vida, a 100%
local coffee roaster, the Women’s
event with over 300 particiFT company.
Coffee Connection. This is a
pants filling out a survey that
This year, one central goal of
non-profit corporation dedicated
expressed their opinions about
the FT Campaign continues to be
to helping people in recovery
the taste and image the company
a full conversion to FT coffee
from drugs and alcohol. In order
presented, including its concern
on campus. Students closely
to fund their program, they sell
with FT. The results showed that
involved in the campaign feel
organic coffee grown by Peruvian that there has not been enough
on campus, students found FT
farmers who have stopped growto be a very important factor in
action taken in this direction
ing the coca plant. Hillside, Com- over the past year. “We feel that
their purchasing choices.”
mon Ground and the Java City
During FT Campaign Week,
they are still too small of steps
cart at ITS are also exclusively
the Students’ Association Senate
compared to what the university
serving Java City Eco-Grounds,
unanimously passed a resolution
community has indicated over
which offers several FT blends.
in support of moving toward a
SEE COFFEE, PAGE 16
Yellowjackets overwhelm freshman
BY BEN WROBEL
When I was seven, a hornet
stung me in the eye. It was an
awful experience and it soured
my taste for any sort of bee.
When I found out I was going to a school that embraced
the yellowjacket as its mascot, I
began to reconsider my Lehigh
application. Don’t get me wrong,
I’ve heard of the universal misunderstanding, of which the bee
is a victim. It’s been given a bad
rap even though it’s one of the
most integral parts of the insect
world, transferring nectar and
pollinating flowers — not to
mention its storied affair with
the bird, damn those tabloids.
But its unfortunate sweet tooth
and indelible desire for all things
yellow make it a menace to everyone except the greatest insect
enthusiasts.
I eventually decided that
high-fiving a sorority girl in a bee
costume would hardly bring up
traumatic childhood memories.
What I found when I arrived on
campus, however, was an interesting dichotomy that can only
occur at a college whose
mascot is an insect and whose
school flower is a weed. The bee
at Rochester is simultaneously
a hero and a villain, a source
of school pride and spirit and a
constant pest that plagues the
student body.
This is most apparent around
the steps of Wilson Commons,
where the bee’s literal Hive nests
adjacent to our own. However,
there is no foosball at the bee’s
hangout, just a garbage can and
a pack of bloodthirsty yellowjackets. On my first day of orientation I made the mistake of eating
on those steps. I soon discovered
a group even more excited about
the prospect of fresh meat than
fraternity boys. My friends and
I were forced inside the building and abandoned any hopes of
fresh air. People all around campus consider the bees a pest and
avoid them at all costs, even if it
means avoiding Wilson Commons
all together.
While this certainly solves the
problem of loitering, it raises
a plethora of other issues. No
one wants to see Wilson Com-
mons become as feared as the
pedestrian bridge. Nor should
hundreds of UR fans recoil in
post-traumatic stress when our
mascot comes out to do cartwheels during football games.
The sight of a bare thorax should
make us feel warm and fuzzy
inside in the same way that a
miniskirt does. After all, it gets
cold up here, and it’s either that
or the jungle juice.
The Yellowjacket is no worse
a mascot than the Volunteer or
the Fighting Irish. However, I
doubt that there is a concern in
Tennessee about a roving pack
of Red Cross members, and any
epidemic of rowdy Irishmen in
Notre Dame probably has more
to do with the prevalence of
cheap Guinness.
These bees are a bane on campus, and thankfully it’s only a
matter of time before Mother
Nature sweeps away the problem
with one of her patented Rochester winters. Hopefully, the only
yellowjackets in the tunnels will
be those that are painted.
Wrobel can be reached at
bwrobel@campustimes.
org.
ARLO BERLETIC • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
FEATURES
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Summer internship takes the cake over jalapeños
BY ANDREW SCHWARTZ
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Deciding how to spend your
summer vacation months is
often a daunting task. For some,
the decision is hardly their own,
but for the vast majority, the
expression “summer plans” can
represent a multitude of possibilities — very few actually
consist of the care-free motif
that the summer months would
seem to convey.
Some want money — well
everyone wants money, so allow
me to rephrase. Some need money, as in money to pay for their
tuition (which has now eclipsed
the price of a new 2007 M-class
Mercedes SUV).
Naturally, everyone has their
own individual motivation for
making money. When I started
working over the summer, my
plan was to make enough money
to throw myself a second Bar
Mitzvah for the purpose of uninviting all of the people I originally invited to my Bar Mitzvah
who didn’t invite me to theirs in
return. My obvious mistake was
sending the invitations through
Facebook where I got 153 e-maybes and only 2 e-yeses. Needless
to say, my parents were the only
ones who showed up. After that
blunder, I resorted to my backup
plan: to buy a lobster that I
could train as a pet. I should
have known that this idea
wasn’t going to fly with my dad,
who misunderstood my intentions of purchasing a live lobster
and reminded me that shellfish
were not kosher.
On the other hand, it is hardly
uncommon for the prospect of
short term prosperity to take
a backseat to the prospect of
greater future prosperity, something epitomized by “the summer internship.”
I had it both ways this summer. I worked as an intern for
the Department of Transfusion
Medicine at the National Institutes of Health by day, and a
waiter at a Mexican restaurant
by night. I’m not quite sure what
compelled me to work almost
as many hours a week as both
of my parents put together, but
nevertheless I feel it is now my
duty to help ease current and future college
students
through the
annual
decision
of how
to spend
one’s
summer.
securing a job as a waiter. Having security from an economic
standpoint meant more than
simply taking down the Red
Stripe poster in my room that
read “Hurray Moderation!” It
meant that I could stop buying
the cheap hamburger meat at
the Asian market, which at the
time was under investigation
for the disappearance of various dogs from its parking lot.
More importantly, it meant that
I’d have money left over to buy
myself something nice
at the end
of the
summer.
As for my internship, with the
price of parking, coffee, lunch
and the occasional afternoon
snack, I would end up losing
money everyday I went to work.
2) Leniency of Work Environment — As a waiter, there
is no such thing. As a summer
intern however, you can always
find some free time to screw
around during work. I’m confident that anyone whose internship required the use of a computer with internet access would
agree with me when I say that
at some point over the summer,
Facebook and MySpace became
really cool. Personally, I’d spend
all day searching through my
friends’ photo
albums on Facebook, desperately
looking
for a picture of
myself
The way I
propose accomplishing this is
by as unscientifically as possible,
comparing my summer job to my summer
internship, using what I
believe to be the four most applicable fields of interest.
ARLO CHAPPLE-BERLETIC • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
1) Economic considerations — This was the
main selling point in my
that
they forgot
to label.
3) Hazards
of the Job — In
my internship, I
often handled the
blood samples of individuals that had been
infected with HIV and, or
Hepatitis C. Then again,
in my Mexican restaurant,
I’d jeopardize my health almost
daily by eating food off of my
customer’s plates.
4) Making Lifelong Connections — At NIH, the people
I worked under treated me incredibly and, in addition to serving as a valuable resource for my
medical school application, even
left open the possibility of my returning sometime in the future.
At my restaurant, I earned the
respect and admiration of three
of my managers by eating two
raw jalapeños in under one minute. My managers promised me
that whenever I came back to
the restaurant as a guest in the
future, my meal would be taken
care of. Not surprisingly two of
those three managers have since
been fired.
The implied moral of my unscientific analysis is that when
in doubt, get an internship. The
paid job will be there forever
but these internships are opportunities that are guaranteed to
enhance your future. But either
way, as long as you’re doing
something productive with your
summer (i.e. something other
than life guarding or landscaping) you’re okay in my book.
And even if you sit on your ass
all summer and decide that your
summer project will be to see
every movie in the drama section
of the local Blockbuster, you can
relish in the fact that someone
else will be even more disappointing than you — and you
have Sarah Silverman to thank
for that.
Schwartz can be reached at
[email protected].
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Here are some of the policies I pledge to
personally support as Student Senator-atlarge: First and foremost, I would ensure
that the student body’s voice is always heard
in decisions regarding student life, campus
activities and academics. I would always
make myself available to talk to my peers
and be open to suggestions. Additionally, I
would collect student input on various campus decisions through surveys and I would
encourage students to attend open Senate
meetings and express their opinions. Student
Life: I would support the development of
weekend getaways for students. To increase
awareness and participation at these events
I would promote a monthly newsletter with
student getaways. I would encourage the
continued development of activities and
clubs on campus(some already in existence,)
including Health Awareness Week, “Midnight Breakfasts,” “Comedy Shows,” UR
Idol, UR Fashion Show, Theater Productions
and Rock Concerts. I would promote activities that celebrate diversity on campus, as I
have been intensely involved in promoting
diversity through a variety of clubs, including “Cultural Nights” and Women’s Center
activities. As I live on campus, I would work
to remedy problems that students living in
residence halls are confronted with (e.g. either installing hand-sanitizer dispensers or
paper towels/hand dryers in the restrooms).
Academics: I would support extended library
hours during finals week and I would support the further development of activities
that facilitate student-faculty interaction.
Thank you for your support!
Jackie Borchardt
Over the past three years, I’ve seen many
positive changes occur within the UR community. Improvements to dining, parking
and other student services were only made
possible with the initiative and help of the
SA Senate. I am running for at-large senator
to continue previous efforts and begin new
projects to better campus life. As a senior, I
can bring an experienced, yet fresh point of
view to student government. I have never
been a senator, but have learned more about
UR while working with class council, the
Campus Times and my sorority. In addition to
attending Senate meetings, I’ve served on the
Dean’s advisory committee, which provided
student feedback on several administrative
decisions. I enjoyed working with members
of student government and administrators,
especially giving input on last year’s security
concerns. Student leaders brought the issue
to administration, worked on possible solutions and put them into effect, an example
of how student government should work
on a daily basis. I would like to see Senate
have a stronger presence in the foreground
of student life, rather than always operating behind the scenes. Increased visibility
would make Senate more approachable,
therefore strengthening the relationship
between senators and their constituents.
Campus safety and residential student
service improvements are two important
issues for me, but if elected, I would work
hard to listen to and address any ideas and
concerns you have.
Brian Clancy
No platform submitted.
David Falconieri
My name is David Falconieri and I want
to be your Senator at-large. During my time
here at Rochester I have been involved in
numerous student groups on campus, such
as Event Support, Cinema Group, MERT,
and several others, and I hope to take the
leadership and interpersonal skills that I
have developed in these groups and integrate them into the running of the Student
Senate. I feel that it is important to foster
a greater sense of community within the
University of Rochester, which I hope to
accomplish by listening to feedback from
the student population. By representing the
student body at-large, I will be representing students of all years and not just one
particular class. Therefore, my goals for the
future of this campus are comprised for the
benefit of all students at the University of
Rochester. One point that I hope to accomplish is to foster a greater sense of safety
within the campus and create an open line
of communication between students and
campus security. I would achieve this by
creating an open forum, where students can
go to voice there concerns and opinions to
those in charge of security. Communication
within the campus is important to me, and
I hope to improve communication, not only
between the students and security, but also
within the student body itself. I would like to
see greater interaction within the different
student groups. I feel that I can accomplish
this by offering discounts to groups that
cosponsor events on campus. I am dedicated
to the University and determined to create a
greater unified student body. I want to work
with you to improve your experience at the
University of Rochester, and you can trust
that I will always have your best interests
at heart as your Senator at-large.
Lauren Jewett
Hi, my name is Lauren Jewett and I am a
sophomore running for an at-large senator
position for the coming school year. Last
year, I served as Secretary of Hoeing and
Crosby Hall Council. Through my involvement with this particular hall council, I had
the unique opportunity to work with both
freshman and upperclassmen when it came
to planning fun events, solving problems,
and addressing concerns. I learned to take
ideas into account that would improve and
benefit multiple classes and I feel that this
is a necessary component for a strong and
successful legislative branch within the Students’ Association this year. We must have
senators who are willing to represent and
listen to all the diverse interests and groups
that makes Rochester the college that it is.
My experience on hall council has provided
me with the ability to do that. I can bring my
past knowledge to the senatorial position to
help better all facets of life on this campus and
make sure that the students’ voices are truly
heard. Above all, I understand what it means
to be on a team and that it is important for
the SA to cooperate both inside and out. The
SA is not only working together, but working
with the student population itself and that
is something I personally value and honor.
So, if you want your voice heard and want
the SA connection to always remain strong
with the students, vote Lauren Jewett for
at-large senator! Thank you!
Errol Johnson
See Nicole Obasi.
Jennifer Kerum
Alvin Lomibao
Hi, I’m ALVIN LOMIBAO and I want you
to elect me as a SENATOR-AT-LARGE. I’m
a sophomore, majoring in BME, minoring
in music. I’m also on the E-board for the
Filipino-American Students’ Association and
an active member of the Catholic Newman
Community. We all know problems exist
around campus, some affect us as soon as
September of freshman year; they range from
inflated corner store prices to exclusion from
the city of Rochester. A year since arriving, I
find other issues deserving of our attention.
We need food around Hutchison/GLC/Southside. We need better parking. We need clarity with “Flex off Campus”. These needs can
be addressed this year. A Senator-at-Large
is defined to represent the student body as
a whole. I feel that this duty requires ameliorating the most prominent facets of the
college experience: dining and student life.
To improve dining, we need more options
and more locations. “Flex off Campus” is
a considerable step in achieving something
I’d like to see: additional food vendors on
campus (Blimpie doesn’t do it for me). Connections made in the “Flex” developments
help towards this goal; one that will allow
students to subscribe to non-Aramark food.
To improve student life, we need greater access off-campus. As a frequenter of Eastman,
I’ve realized some activities the city offers;
we need better knowledge of Rochestarian
happenings and transportation to make
these events accessible. We can reform the
now-defunct Ride-Home program to be a
Ride-Around-Rochester service, allowing
us to explore the world beyond Wilson
Boulevard. Although these are two issues
I am passionate about, such concentrated
effort is just the beginning. We need other
changes on campus, including reformation of
inflated prices and regulations on Facebook
(Security shouldn’t search for and prosecute
misconduct). Strength. Focus. Community.
Elect ALVIN LOMIBAO to represent you!
David Michaelson
Timur Niroomand
Hey! My name is Timur Niroomand, and
I’m a candidate for At-Large SA Senate. First
off, I was born and raised in central New Jersey. Like many of my fine classmates, I am a
Bio/Neuroscience major. In High school, I ran
for and won a position in Student Council.
Through this post, I was able to extract essential skills in fund-raising, student body
activism, and planning of important school
events. I have also gone through a selective
process to become a Peer Group Leader in
my HS. This leadership post has given me the
quintessential understanding of how necessary it is for a communication and flow ideas
between the administration and the student
body, and knowledge of how important the
SA government is for serving as a buffer
between the two groups. WE, STUDENT
BODY, each give $224 dollars of our tuition
money to Student Government to spend on
various clubs and events. I strongly believe
we have a gifted student body, and with some
more action and activism, YOUR MONEY
will go to YOUR CAUSES. My job will be to
get your voice heard, and I will promise to
make your opinions and advice the forefront
of my service on the senate, helping get your
words heard by the administration. With
upcoming changes in the University, such
as the arrival of Starbucks and the Biomedical campus, I plan to keep the student body
informed. Communication being the main
focus, I will make the ongoing renovation
of our campus connection website and the
Student Government sites imperative, to
feed directly to the average student’s needs
of upcoming news, events, ideas, and government updates. So if you want to make your
personal difference on campus, and your
voice heard, vote Timur Niroomand for SA
At-Large Senate 2010.
Nicole Obasi
Hello my name is Nicole Obasi and I am
campaigning with Errol Johnson. We are
both members of the Class of 2009. We
are running a joint campaign for the 2006
Student’s Association fall elections. We are
running for two spots in the senator-at-large
positions. Nicole Obasi is currently majoring
in political science, an active member in the
Black Students Union, Afro-Expressions
dance group as well as an office assistant
in the Office of Admissions. Errol Johnson
is also majoring in political science, was
hall council president of Hoeing hall and
Crosby dorms for the 2005-2006 academic
year, executive board member and active
member for the Black Students Union of
the 2005-2006 academic school year, Indulgence dance member, Afro-Expressions
dance member, office assistant in the Office
of Admissions as well as resident advisor for
this new school year in Burton and Lovejoy.
I would like to take this time to explain why
I would like to be chosen for a seat on the
board; I would like to serve on the student’s
association to make opportunities arise and
to guarantee that the student bodies voice
is heard about their problems and concerns
as well as keeping the student body and the
decision makers on campus connected.
My partner in this campaign would like to
correct the many wrongs on our campus; to be
that voice that stands up for the good of our
campus and voice the students perspectives
on what they think. He feels he has the tools
and the capabilities to positively affect our
senate. Some changes we are both in support
of are: getting the Southside bus schedule
to run more frequently and on time, trying
to get a dining hall to stay open longer on
the weekends, more washers and dryers in
the dorm laundry rooms, and adding more
flex machines on campus that are more
convenient; like the post office and Wilson
Commons. Thank you for your time.
Fahria Omar
Eric Sansky
My name is Eric Sansky, and I’m running
to be one of your Student Senators At-Large.
As a member of both the 2009 Class Council
and the President’s Cabinet last year, I’ve
gained invaluable experience in learning
how the organizations within UR’s student
government work. I’ve become intensely
involved with the movement to improve
the academic, social, and overall quality of
students’ lives. While the Student Senate has
resolved many problems facing the students,
improvement is a never-ending process. Here
are a few of the issues I will tackle:
Transparency of government: The Senate’s purpose is to implement the ideas and
wishes of the student body, and to ensure
that the students have a clear understanding of the actions it takes. I will commit to
further opening the lines of communication
between the student body and its senate,
by having monthly updates in the Campus
Times and on URTV.
UR Textbook Policy: One of the glaring
problems facing students today is the astronomical and unfair price of textbooks. I
propose a policy that will strive to minimize
the cost of class materials to students, by
restricting the use of new textbook editions
to every two years. By working with faculty
and administration, the cost of textbooks
can be significantly lowered, with no effect
on the quality of education in the classroom.
Student Life: I will continue the work started
on addressing both the parking issue on campus and the dining plan options for students.
While several solutions to each problem have
been introduced, I have numerous ideas on
how to better solve these problems. This is
just the beginning of what I have planned
to make Rochester better for every student.
Elect me to the Student Senate, and allow me
to speak as your voice, for your wishes.
Mike Shea
Hey Rochester, My name is Mike Shea
and I am a sophomore running for an At
Large position on the Student Senate. I have
served on the Class Council for the Class
of 2009 for the past two years. If elected to
Senate I will use my knowledge from my
Class Council experiences to serve the U of
R and to continue to make the student life
here at Rochester better and better. I always
welcome your ideas, thoughts, and opinions,
to make sure that your voices are heard.
Thank you for taking the time to read this
platform, and remember to vote Mike Shea
for Senate. Thank You.
Daniela Shofield
I will be a fresh voice working to enhance
the student government while maintaining
the current attributes that make University
of Rochester a productive and enjoyable
institution.
My past leadership experience includes
acting as President and Treasurer of a
service club (Key Club), beginning a high
school debate team and serving as a senator
at Oregon Girls State in 2005.
As a senator I would work actively with
the UR student body and serve as a representative of all undergraduates on campus.
I am always open to hearing ideas from all
people to improve the environment in which
we all study and live.
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Lauren Sussman
Who is Lauren Sussman? I am a freshman here at the University of Rochester
and I would love to be a Senator at large.
Yes, I am a freshman, but my goal for running at large is to provide more freshman
representation in the Senate, and for that
matter, the Student Government.
Being one of the largest classes at UR ever,
it is my opinion that there should be more
voices for the freshman class as there are
more people in the class to speak for.
Though this may only be my first year at
UR, I have made it a point to become familiar
with some of the issues on campus. Due to
the fact that I knew Rochester students before enrolling here, I’ve become acquainted
with issues such as the extension of the
Flex Account into the City of Rochester.
However, even though I know some of the
things the Student Government has been
trying to work on, I am still not familiar
with all the issues.
This means I can be an unbiased ear in
the Senate, and freshman or not, as a Senator, I will make it a point to always listen
to all sides of the issues and then make an
educated decision.
Running for any leadership position also
requires some experience. While I could
rattle off a whole resume, I will keep it
short and sweet. I come out of a high school
having experience as a National Honors
Society officer, a dance captain, an assistant
choreographer, a National Young Leader, as
well as a dedicated person.
Come out and VOTE on September 18th,
19th and 20th for representation that will
represent you. Vote for LAUREN SUSSMAN, Class of 2010. Make sure you are well
represented in the Student Senate.
Josh Woods
My name is Joshua Woods and I am
sophomore running for a position on the
senate because I strongly feel that I could
bring a lot to the table. I know it sounds
very cocky, and it goes without saying that
any one person can bring their knowledge to
the senate. I, however, have been animatedly
involved, or trying to involve myself in the
politics of this school.
I have run for positions of presidency
in hall councils and class councils for this
school, unfortunately loosing. I have, however, served on the presidential cabinet of
Mathew Goldblatt.
While in this service, I was a member of
the elections committee, which oversaw the
election of Alex Pearlman. Through that
experience I was able to see the senate from
a view that wasn’t completely an outsiders
perspective. If elected, I will leave my ears
open to the suggestions of the student body,
for two important reasons.
First of all, a senator is elected to represent the people who elected them. I am
an average student at the U of R; I am not
a member of the elite group of speakers,
arguers, and political minded students who
normally compose political bodies; I am a
normal student, a representative of the
student body.
Secondly, I will not be personally inclined
in my decisions as a senator. Meaning, my
decisions, and suggestions will not come
from my own personal vendetta, they will
come from the suggestions and ideas of the
rest of the student body.
I will make decisions for you, not for
myself. I only ask for the vote if you truly,
strongly believe that the sole power of the
senate lies in the people it represents. Vote
for me and I will put everyone in the seat
of a senator.
2010 SENATE CANDIDATES
Kirstin Barry
Isn’t it frustrating when no one will
listen to what you have to say? Listening is
a skill that all too often, we forget how to do.
As a senator on the Student Association’s
Senate, I will listen to you. I love working
with all different types of people, and as
your senator, I pledge to work for you and
with you. I am very interested in finding
out how our school works and making sure
that you have an important role in this
process. I want to be part of the bridge that
connects the student body to the faculty
and administration. During the past four
years, I was a senator at my high school. My
Senate experience taught me how to take
initiative and tackle some difficult tasks.
There is no doubt that we attend a great
university, but there are some areas that
could use improvement. What is our school
missing? How can we make what we have
even better? We could begin with issues
like parking, dining, printing prices, and
performing venues. I want to know what you
think. We can improve Rochester together.
Everything in life is what you make of it. I
want to make this a great year at the U of R.
As a senator, I will voice your opinions and
represent you to bring those distant goals
to an accomplished future. I want to tackle
the job with persistence and hard work. If
you believe that I can get the job done, vote
Kirstin Barry for the 2006-2007 Senate.
Wan Cha
Hi my name is Wan Cha and I am running
for senate to represent the class of 2010.
In case you and I have never met, here is
a short bio about myself. I am a KoreanAmerican freshman here at Rochester,
coming from a New Jersey town six hours
away. Throughout high school, I took part
in various extracurricular activities, and
ultimately took leadership positions in each
of them. I not only have the experience of
leadership strictly related to representation
(i.e. serving as youth rep in the church government), but also experiences concerning
many different kinds of student activities
(i.e. athletics- swim team captain, musicprincipal trumpet, model united nations
etc.). Having been able to appreciate so many
kinds of student activities, I will gladly give
each student group the strongest consideration before making any decisions. What I
hope to accomplish this year is to empower
the voice of the freshman class. Being the
youngest group attending the school, the
majority of people may find it easy to neglect our class. What I intend to do is to
become an active and forceful voice within
the student government such that the class
of 2010 cannot be ignored or pushed aside
for “more important” matters (i.e. those
concerning upperclassmen). I will give this
class a voice so that no longer will anyone
have to look hopelessly for paper towels in
the bathrooms. Most importantly, of all the
things I have to offer, I pride myself the most
asa great listener while being a bold speaker
when circumstances call for it. Dear fellow
classmates of the Class of 2010, give me the
opportunity and I will take to the senate a
voice that cannot be ignored.
Patrick Chase
Hi, I’m Pat Chase, and I want to talk
to you about what I envision for the class
of 2010. We are one of the largest U of R
classes in recent history , and that presents
some challenges as well as some fantastic
opportunities, Some important questions
that we will face this year are What can we
do about overcrowded housing? ? What do
we have to do to ensure all freshman feel
included in such a large class? What are we
going to do about housingnext year? Will
there be enough space? What input do we
have on acceptance for next years’ freshman? These are very important questions
that deserve thoughtful answers with input
from the entire freshman class. I want to
ensure that every freshman makes sure their
voice is heard on important questions such
as these and much much more. I also want
to make sure that the Student Association
is doing everything it can to make our first
year in college one of the more memorable
of our lives. We already have a great sense
of community building in the first few
weeks of school, and I want to keep that
building all year long. We need constant
progress towards bringing more and more
people together into one larger community,
including more people in the diverse family
we are all a part of. We have the ability to
be one of the most connected, progressive
and memorable classes in U of R history. We
have so much to offer both ourselves and
our fellow classmates, I can’t help but be
excited. I want to help you achieve all that
you can and help us achieve all that we can
in our four years here. So let’s start off on
the right foot. Thank you.
Madeline Corneil
Jon Junig
Hi, my name is Jon Junig. I am a freshman here from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
and I am running for class of 2010 senate.
I am very excited and willing to represent
our class in the senate by speaking up and
making sure we as freshman have our needs
attended to and that we receive the attention we deserve!
Some of my goals for this year are urging
teachers to make more books available so
no student has to scurry to do homework
and I hope to find descent entertainment
for the student body (no more Sarah Silvermans!). I have many leadership experiences including Treasurer of Fond du Lac
High School’s SWAT team (we talked to 4th
graders about drugs) and Vice President of
National Honor Society. I love taking on new
projects and can easily dedicate myself to
an important goal.
I do not merely watch as decisions are
made, I become active and make sure the
decision is in the best interest of who I
represent. I am also a great negotiator but
I do not surrender! I am very excited for
this year and the chance to represent the
greatest school there is! If you want your
voice to be heard and your interests to be
acknowledged go online and vote for Jon
Junig class of 2010 Senate!!!
Abe Kelso
Katie Litts
Hello! My name is Katie Litts. I want to
represent your Class of 2010 in UR Senate.
I have previous leadership experience. I was
Treasurer of my high school class. My job
included managing the funds and organizing class activities along with representing
the class.
I was also the Treasurer and Editor of
my high school yearbook. Other experience
includes attending Empire Girls’ State and
learning government processes. With my
skills, I will make the Freshman’s voice
heard around campus.
I will represent you by listening to your
interests and concerns. Please vote Katie
Litts for 2010 Class Senator! Thank you.
Andrea Pomaranski
My name is Andrea Pomaranski, and I
am running for SA Senate, representing the
Class of 2010. As a high school student at
The Park School of Buffalo, I was an active
member of the elected student government
and concurrently held leadership positions
in several student-run organizations.
I currently intern for the New York State
gubernatorial campaign of John Faso. As a
Senator, I will be accountable to members
of the freshman class.
I hope to combat student apathy, encourage interaction with representatives,
promote attendance of the SA Senate meetings, and make minutes from each meeting
accessible to all students. Students are
welcome to address their concerns to the
Senate in person.
I will endorse this practice, and also
represent the concerns of those who are
unable to attend. The SA Senate is your
policymaking body, and it is imperative that
you elect students who will best represent
the interests of the freshman class.
We are members of an incredibly gifted
and intellectually diverse class, bound to
represent a myriad of interests and, at
times, challenge the status quo. I’ve heard
your concerns, ranging from those in our
dormitories – delays in lofting beds, lack of
necessities in the restrooms – to dining – why
isn’t bottled water an option in our club
meal plans? Senators also have the ability to
lobby the administration regarding matters
that supersede the authority granted to the
Student’s Association, making sure that the
administration is continually responsive to
the needs of the student body.
If elected, I will see that all issues – whether of social, personal, or academic concern
– are wholly addressed by either the Senate
or an administrative body. I have a vision
of a highly effective student government,
and with your support, I hope to become
an advocate for the Class of 2010.
Eva Xie
What’s the difference between the school
senate and Santa Claus? The answer is
simple: the school senate cannot afford
to wait for requests to come piling in. In
other words, a school senator should target
problems before they become complaints. As
a principal’s assistant at my high school, I
successfully urged the school to replace their
slippery ceramic tiles (which are rather
slippery come winter). It was no easy task;
I had to persuade many administrators that
such a change would be for a better school.
Likewise, the school senate is not composed
of solitary members. If there really was a oneand-only Santa Claus, kids would probably
have to wait on him forever. That’s why good
team work and effective communication
among all parts of the senate are essential.
Likewise, creativity and new ideas are also
important for any school senate; receiving
the same services (“gifts”) year after year
would certainly not appeal to the student
body. From my experience as the president
of the Chinese Students News Agency, I’ve
worked with many different people and
resolved many different issues.
After completing my job, I realized that
fantastic works, such as organizing the students from all parts of China, making a cool
magazine for teenagers, and interviewing
some famous people like ‘Harry Potter’-- Daniel Radcliff are all possible with the
right amount of cooperation, creativity,
and communication.I say that it would be
an interesting twist of plot if we gave the
role of Santa Claus to a cool and confident
girl this year. What say you? Eva Xie Class
of 2010 Senator.
2010 Class Council elections will be held at the same time as SA Senate elections.
Platforms for Class Council elections are available online at http://www.sa.rochester.edu/2010.
Vote on the web, using links available at http://www.sa.rochester.edu and http://mail.rochester.edu.
You can also vote in person at the table located in Wilson Commons.
Voting begins on Sept. 18 at 10:00 a.m. and ends on Sept. 20 at 10:00 p.m.
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Student accosted by MCAT
BY TONY SCOTT
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Three long months in the
hellish dungeon formerly known
as GLC. One of the hottest summers on record. Nightly dinners
care of Chef Boyardee. My longest drought from getting with
the opposite sex.
It was under these conditions
that I prepared to compress
twenty and a half years of overachievement into the eight-hour
odyssey known as the Medical
College Admissions Test.
Okay, perhaps that’s a bit over
dramatic — well, except for the
drought part. With family coming up from Buffalo frequently
and some friends up here in
Rochester, there were a few
times when I was able to leave
the parching prefab purgatory of
deKiewiet Tower and not have
to eat out of a can. And, with a
nice job at the nearby med center and a friendly roommate, life
wasn’t so bad.
Having taken care of organic
chemistry — the rite of passage
for the pre-med crowd — my
freshman year, I was able to
complete the required courses
for the MCAT last May. The
last paper and pencil MCAT was
at the end of the summer. Due
to my unnatural propensity for
number two lead and those little
answer bubbles on standardized
exams, I resolved to dance on
August 19.
My job of learning the more
arcane parts of human physiology was even made easier because of my uncle, a doctor who
lives in the nearby suburb of
Pittsford. Like the secretary on
Mission: Impossible, he probably
has disavowed any knowledge of
my existence now that I mention
him publicly.
He was the type of man you
could count on to provide moral
support. He would call me up to
raise my spirits, only to summarily ask me why I am answering
the phone and not studying. You
can always count on family to be
there for you.
And thus I worked for thirteen
weeks, going through review
books and practice MCATs like
I had nothing else to do. Thanks
to my mom, everyone east of the
Mississippi was praying for me,
especially the bishop of Buffalo’s
Roman Catholic diocese.
Exam day was interesting.
After providing a headshot, a
finger print, my social security
number, two forms of identification, the rights to my firstborn
and a DNA sample, I was able
to have my academic abilities
tested. I’m just glad the exam
has come and passed.
I’ve another month to wait for
my score; another month to wait
to see if I need to get the blood
flowing again and ready for
another exam down the road. As
the cliché goes, life doesn’t start
until 40. In Hitchhiker’s Guide
to the Galaxy, the answer to
the Ultimate Question of Life is
42. That nagging pride of mine
— not necessarily my medical
school applications — may need
something higher. Then again, a
wise man said that pride never
helps; it only hurts. My fragile
ego, though — that classic Buffalonian state of mind, which
comes with a chip permanently
etched upon the shoulder — may
need the perfect score, the clean
sheet, the 45 to feel vindicated.
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the last year. Why is the
implementation of FT coffee not
moving as fast as support has
shown?” Mueller said.
Dining Services has shown
their interest and commitment
in the campaign by making public their commitment to environmental responsibility and education and work to increase community involvement. They also
want to expand opportunites for
using Dining Services as a laboratory for studying sustaniability issues and provide educational opportunities for staff and the
campus community. Cam Schauf,
Director of Dining Services and
Auxiliary operations, explains
Dining Services involvment with
the FT campaign. “When you
look at a program like Women’s
Coffee Connection, I think of
them as an organization that
is 100 percent behind social
justice. One-hundred percent of
their products are not FT, so I
wouldn’t want to be in a position
where I say I’m only doing FT so
I can’t deal with you. FT is very
important, but for us it’s not
exclusive. We have to look at all
of the things that all of our customors want, but especially our
undergraduate population.”
The FT Campaign will also be
working toward creating more
awareness about FT and looking
into other FT products to sell at
the Common Market. Mueller
emphasized that the campaign
sees FT as a way to make college
students conscious about larger
trade justice issues, and make
these issues something that students can actually do something
about by simply choosing to buy
FT coffee. One of their major intentions is for students to understand that their everyday actions
can largley affect other people.
Weintraub can be reached at
[email protected].
Coffee: Fair Trade Campaign percolates at UR
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Five reasons why the city
of Rochester doesn’t suck
BY DAN RUDOLPH
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
After spending my summer
in San Francisco, I was a little
worried about coming back to
the city of Rochester. Rochester
doesn’t smell like piss the way
San Francisco does, but along
with the tang of stale urine
comes some obvious advantages
of living in the Bay Area: authentic taquerias, the Golden
Gate Bridge and Market Street
to name a few. Rochester’s answer: garbage plates, the Ford
Street Bridge and Monroe Avenue — no contest.
But, I’m here for another
year, so I might as well make the
most of it. Here are five places
that I’m trying to convince myself make the city of Rochester
worth living in.
Highland Park’s 155 acres
were designed by Frederick Law
Olmsted to mimic nature’s simple flow and texture. The park’s
cascading hills and varied landscaping remind me a lot of San
Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
Both are teeming with wonderful nooks and crannies waiting
to be explored.
One of my favorite places is
the Sunken Garden. You can
find it behind the Warner Castle,
which is off of Mt. Hope Avenue.
The small garden is well-shaded
and shrouded in weathered
stone. The cages fenced off by
iron bars add to the spooky, I’mnot-supposed-to-be-here, feel.
If on the walk back to campus
you get a bit hungry, stop in at
Pellegrino’s on 1120 Mt. Hope
Avenue. The deli slash café is
one of the closest and cheapest
eateries around town. Use the
Rochester Every Day discount
and you can get two foot-long
subs for about five bucks each.
After San Francisco’s steamed
tofu and grease-less pizza, my
first bite into a Pellegrino’s
Buffalo Chicken Sub brought on
a little twinge down in my stomach. The sub’s bleu cheese and
buffalo-sauced chicken fingers
combine to create a uniquely
upstate sandwich.
To wash down the grease, try
LUX lounge on 666 South Avenue. I haven’t been there much,
but the joint seems pretty chill.
LUX has a bunch of comfortable
places to sit, both inside and outside. The bartenders are pretty
mellow, a personality trait they
share with the usual clientele,
while the dim red lighting preserves the laid back atmosphere.
Best of all, their definition of
domestic beer includes the good
parts of Canada, which means
I can get a $2 bottle of Molson
or Labatt any day of the week.
Also, on Mondays you can get a
burger for a buck, as long as you
don’t mind using the grill out
back.
If you wake up the next morning, check out the Rochester
Public Market, which opened
its gates in 1827 and is still the
cheapest place to grocery shop
in Rochester. It’s one of the few
places in Rochester that actually
seems culturally vibrant.
On weekend mornings, the
market bustles with consumers
who desire a greater connection
with the farmers who grow their
food.
When you can handle the
smell, the fish market is awesome. A few months ago I got
some sashimi-grade tuna and
salmon for about eight dollars a
pound. I ate it and it was good
— If that doesn’t speak for the
faith I have in the Public Market, I don’t know what does.
And if you can’t think of any
more conditional transitions, go
to Artisan Works, located at 565
Blossom Road. The place looks
like an insane art dealer’s warehouse. Walking into the space,
you are literally immersed in art.
The pieces envelop the walls,
the ceiling above and sometimes
even the floor below.
There are no white walls at
Artisan Works, so the $7 admission fee seemed worth it, if only
to shatter my preconceptions of
an art gallery. After an entire
summer, I still hadn’t found a
place like Artisan Works in San
Francisco.
So Rochester’s got a few
things over San Francisco. For
example, in Rochester most people understand that a bathroom
doesn’t mean pissing in between
two parked cars. We’ve got some
cool places to eat and drink too,
not to mention a unique gallery,
a beautiful park and a thriving
market. I guess this year won’t
be so bad after all — wait, no,
Rochester sucks.
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Weekend shows early yellow fever
BY TONY SCOTT
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
The Student Activities Office did a great
job with Yellowjacket Weekend this past
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Though
concerns about rain moved some of the
festivities to indoors, turnout was not
hurt in the least — all events were well
attended by the university community.
Festivities began with the College
Convocation and the catered lunch
that followed. Soon thereafter, student
groups assembled in Dandelion Square
for the Activities Fair. Numerous groups
put forth great performances in order
to aid recruitment — namely Yosakoi,
D’Motions, Ballet Performance Group and
others.
The Hartnett Gallery was pleased to announce the first show of its 30th anniversary. In Christine Shank’s exhibit, titled
“She Quietly Considers,” she illustrates
stories, imagining the desperate situations of personal relationships as scenes
of tragic disasters. The Hartnett Gallery
Committee and the Office of the President
sponsored this event.
Comedian Sarah Silverman packed
Strong Auditorium on Friday night for
her highly anticipated stand-up comedy
performance. Over in Wilson Commons,
Amos Rosenstein performed as part of
UR Concerts’ Friday Night Live! Coffeehouse Performance. He performed a great
acoustic guitar set to the packed Common
Ground Café.
To cap the night off, the 2008 Class
Council and the Cinema Group showed
the timeless Frat Pack movie “Old
School” for the Drive-in Movie program.
Arguably the National Lampoon’s “Animal House” of our generation, this seminal film was doubtlessly an appropriate
choice, showing our new freshmen the
essence of college life.
In order to drum up support for the
Courage Bowl later on Saturday night,
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Spin Doctors delivered a memorable concert in Dandelion Square on Saturday which
included a performances of their “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” and “Two Princes.”
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Wilson Commons
Student Activities and Dining Services
came together to put on a tailgate party
and luau. Despite grey skies overhead
and a light drizzle falling, many students
enjoyed rides, midway games and free
snacks. For those early enough, free “Feel
the Sting” t-shirts were distributed.
The luau also included a delicious buffet, offering Hawaiian and barbecue fare
such as pulled pork, mango coleslaw and
pineapple upside down cake — definitely
worth a club meal.
The Spin Doctors, best known for their
agreeable post-grunge music, were the
main draw of the day’s festivities. Lead
singer Chris Barron brought a palpable
energy to the stage, keeping the audience
engaged for the entirety of their hourlong set. They played many of their hits
from their 1991 album Pocket Full of
Kryptonite, namely “Little Miss Can’t Be
Wrong,” before closing with their bestknown single “Two Princes.” The Doctors
balanced the nostalgia evoked by their
early 90s hits with selections from their
most recent album “Nice Talking To Me,”
which was released in October of 2005.
There were two options for students on
Saturday night. Fashionably Late, known
for providing fun opportunities to go off
campus on weekends, sponsored a trip to
a nearby bowling alley. Additionally, Cinema Group screened the movie “Thank
You For Smoking.”
Despite the weather, Yellowjacket Weekend proved to be a successful start to the
semester.
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No sophomore slump for the Format
and intimate voice is still as present as
BY LUKE ROSNICK
ever and, on this album, the mix seems to
The Format was started in 2002 in
be a bit more vocal-heavy, which is absoPeoria, AZ, when two friends, singer Nate
lutely a good thing. Ruess also pushes his
Ruess, and multi-talented instrumentalist
voice harder this time around and brings
Sam Means began writing songs together.
himself higher in his vocal range than
Later that year, they released their first
he previously has. He does this without
EP and, sure enough, they scored thembreaking into a falsetto a-la Coldplay’s
selves a deal for a full-length follow-up to
Chris Martin, which brings a certain inbe released on Elektra Records.
tensity and urgency to the songs.
Their 2003 effort, “Interventions and
The album’s lyrics are reflections on
Lullabies,” is filled with bouncy, light and
Ruess’s recent breakup, which gives sevheartfelt pop-rock tracks that are both
eral songs a very melancholy
easy on the ear and remarkflavor, but it doesn’t stop the
ably catchy. In fact, the track
music from being fun and
“Let’s Make This Moment a
upbeat overall.
Crime” was featured on an
It is abundantly clear that
episode of MTV’s Laguna
the same blend of acoustic
Beach.
and electric guitar riffs,
Despite these 15 minutes
pleasant percussion and honof fame, the Format has reest vocals are still the main
mained out of the musical
ingredients in the Format’s
spotlight and were dropped
songwriting style.
by Elektra records when the
THE FORMAT
A few aspects of the band’s
label didn’t like the direction
“DOG PROBLEMS”
sound have evolved and
the band was taking their
changed on “Dog Problems.”
songwriting. Their newly
The third track, “Time
released sophomore album,
Bomb,” opens up with a
“Dog Problems,” maintains
wall of harmonizing background vocals
their ebullience and sparkling instrumenthat is very reminiscent of the opening of
tation that defined “Interventions” and
Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls.” Throughstill manages to sound very loosely and efout the album there are several other
fortlessly played, yet perfectly tight when
moments of large-sounding orchestration
it needs to.
that were absent from the Format’s previNate Ruess’s overwhelmingly friendly
ous release.
Another theme that emerges on the
first two songs of the album is a kind of
eerie, waltzing style that sounds something like a haunted carnival. The songs
are set in three-four time and the harmonized background vocals sound like
a carousel organ. This gives the music a
strange tinge at first, but when Ruess’s
voice crashes through to begin a chorus,
you remember that you are indeed listening to the same indie-sounding pop-rock
that you were hoping for.
The instrumentation this time around
is a bit more varied and advanced, the
songs are more keyboard-heavy than they
were on “Interventions” and little additions like ringing bells and light synthesizer tracks are excellent touches that are
never overdone.
Fans of the Format should know that
the sound in general hasn’t changed
much. Ruess’s knack for a great vocal
melody and Means’s uncanny ability to
write friendly-sounding music that is
immediately appealing are still the main
forces at work here.
The Format maintains a great sound
that is a bit more intimate and informal
than the Fray, a bit rawer-sounding than
Guster and overall is extremely accessible
to any ear.
Rosnick can be reached at
[email protected].
Eastman celebrates a
musical friendship
BY SAMANTHA LEWIS
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
After over a year of planning,
Eastman celebrates the anniversary
of the birth and the anniversary of the
death of two beloved figures in music
history: Dmitri Shostakovich and Mieczyslaw Weinberg. The festival, which
is titled, “Shostakovich and Weinburg:
An Artistic Dialogue” will honor and
recognize the talent of the two, as well
as draw attention to the close bond that
they shared, which only helped each to
achieve.
The purpose of the event is to provide a unique and intimate look at the
magic of composer Shostakovich while
at the same time providing more insight
into the music his pupil and dear friend
Weinburg.
Shostakovich and Weinburg had a
wonderful teacher-pupil relationship
that, over time, came to be more of a
close friendship and exchange of countless ideas, both musical and artistic.
Shostakovich was one of the most important classical composers of the past century and this festival, which honors the
100th anniversary of his birth, will be
a chance to spotlight the lesser-known
Weinburg as well, as he was so influential in Shostakovich’s career.
Well-known in Russia, Weinburg was
not as renowned here in America as was
his role model Shostakovich.
“People do not know Weinburg as well
over here,” Associate Professor of Chamber Music Tim Ying said. “We see this
festival partly as a way to really spotlight Weinburg and introduce him to this
music community. I think this will be a
really interesting opportunity for people
to compare and contrast their music.”
Two of Eastman’s faculty members,
Mikhail Kopelman and Oleh Krysa were
tied closely with both Shostakovich and
Weinburg.
“I knew Weinburg relatively well,”
Kopelman said. “I never actually met
Shostakovich, but I played all of his
chamber music and made recordings of
all 15 of his string quartets, and I certainly knew some funny stories about
him as well.”
Much of the idea for this concert was
formulated by Kopelman when he and
a friend thought about the strong and
influential Shostakovich-Weinburg relationship.
“They were close for 30 years,” Kopelman continued. “Though Weinburg’s
music is not so well-known, Rochester
will have its first taste of this wonderful music as we celebrate that as well as
the relationship between the two men. I
could not be more pleased that so many
of my colleagues are coming in for the
event and we have all made recognizable
efforts to make this weekend nothing
less than a success.”
A number of important and well-respected musical scholars will be coming
on Saturday from all over the world for
a symposium of papers and panel discussion. The papers come from those of
Russian music scholars.
“This weekend is one that comes from
a lot of ambition from both the performers as well as the Eastman faculty and
students,” Ying said. “We make our best
efforts to play the best and study the
best, and this festival comes straight
from the heart of what we try to do at
Eastman.”
Lewis can be reached at
[email protected].
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Students disappointed with Silverman
Friday
The Break-Up
7:00, 10:30
Saturday
X-Men: The Last Stand
7:00, 9:15, 11:30
All films will be shown
in Hoyt Auditorium.
——————————————
Comedian Sarah Silverman left some fans disappointed on Friday when
she delivered little by way of comedy and a lot from her new DVD.
roles in “School of Rock,” “Aqua
Teen Hunger Force,” “Frasier,”
“School for Scoundrels” and
more. She has made a number
of cameos in many films and
TV shows and is the first in line
to contribute to any of Comedy
Central’s roasts.
What little stand-up the crowd
saw on Friday night was nevertheless an excellent delivery of
her usual humor. She described
to us just how similar old Jewish women are to young African
American men, she gave an appropriate amount of insight into
her sex life with boyfriend Jim-
FRIDAY
my Kimmel, and described showers with her mother at a young
age when her mom would get a
clean rinsing from the shower
head. Instead Silverman simply
got the “second tier” water from
her mother’s “bushy vagina”.
“I gave her kudos for trying
to recover and putting herself
out there and doing the best she
could under such circumstances,” Schmidt said. “We all made
the best of a really awkward situation and I hope people are somewhat satisfied and understand.”
Lewis can be reached at
[email protected].
SATURDAY
U.S. Coast Guard Band
Eastman Artistic Dialogue
DJ Whoo Kid of G-Unit
• Start the semester with a trip
to the Eastman Theatre to see the
U.S. Coast Guard Band, directed by
Lt. Kenneth W. Megan. The concert
starts at 7:30 p.m. and will feature
the music of Sousa, Gershwin,
Tchaikovsky and others. Admission
is free, but tickets are required.
See http://www.esm.rochester.
edu/concerts/calendar.php for more
information.
• This weekend Eastman celebrates the musical talent and
friendship of Dmitri Shostakovich
and Mieczyslaw Weinburg.
•UR Hip Hop and UR Concerts
bring DJ Whoo Kid, G-Unit’s official DJ, to campus from 11pm-2am.
The event will take place in Douglass. Tickets are $3 for students
and $5 for public.
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Glengarry Bhoys
• In preparation for the release
of their new album, “Mill Sessions,” the Glengarry Bhoys will be
playing Water Street Music Hall.
Tickets are $15 and the doors will
open at 7 p.m.
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X-Men: The Last Stand
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•UR Cinema brings you the summer hit in Hoyt at 7, 9:15 and 11:30
p.m. Admission is $2 for UR undergraduates and $3 for public.
Weekly Calendar
SEPTEMBER 14
-SEPTEMBER 20
SUNDAY
MONDAY
DocuWeek Showcase
Faculty Artist Series
New Found Glory
“Artful Aging”
• Catch Day Two of the
International Documentary Association’s
DocuWeek Showcase at
the Little Theatre. These
films are in competition
for an Academy Award
Nomination and will be
screened at 12:45 p.m.
and 3 p.m. Tickets are $5
per show.
•Pianist and Tony
Caramia will perform
at Eastman at 8 p.m. in
Kilbourn Hall as part of
the Faculty Artist Series.
Many of the songs arrangements he is scheduled to perform will be
tributes to past musicians.
• The elder statesmen of
pop-punk are back with
a new album, “Coming
Home,” their follow-up
to 2004’s “Catalyst.”
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showing around 25 minutes of
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
her movie. She explained to the
Last Friday night, the muchcrowd that she was under the
anticipated comedian Sarah
impression that she was to do 15
Silverman came to perform
minutes of stand-up, show her
in Strong Auditorium. The
movie, and answer questions.
buzz around campus was that
Unfortunately, the crowd was
of excitement, as Silverman’s
expecting no such thing.
reputation is side-splittingly
The crowd demanded standhilarious, with her dry sarcasm
up at this point, so Silverman
and uninhibited humor. Sadly
improvised with a question and
for Friday’s attendees, though,
answer period in which she sucthe performance was cut short
ceeded in making the audience
when Silverman exited off stage
laugh a few times, in spite of
and hit play for
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the audience
for her at that
to watch 75
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attended the
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The misunperformance
derstanding
and was quick
tension was
was neither
to comment on
noticeably thick
Silverman’s
the discomfort
fault nor that
of the situain the room.’
of Campus Action. “Even for
— NICK REYNOLDS
tivities Board
a performer of
freshman
— it was mereher caliber, the
ly a miscommutension was
nication with
noticeably thick
Silverman’s
in the room,
booking and talent agencies.
and her distaste with the situ“Sarah was visibly upset about
ation was trumped only by the
the whole thing,” Assistant
annoyance of the students who
Director of Student Activities
all started quickly firing ‘angry
Programs Melissia Schmidt said.
audience’ questions at her for an
“She called her manager in Los
hour,” Reynolds said.
Angeles trying to figure out what
Best known for her work in
to do.”
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Silverman was booed when
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Goodridge takes NCAA title and Ryan Memorial
BY JOHN SERAFINI
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
While UR students were wrapping up their exams, junior Steven
Goodridge was doing something
that no one in the history of UR
athletics had ever done: winning
the NCAA Division III Golf Championship title.
Hosted this year at the Firthorne
Golf Club in Lincoln, Neb. from
May 8-11, the competition consisted of 23 teams along with five
individuals to generate a field of 120
players vying for one of the most
prestigious honors that Division
III golf has to offer.
Goodridge was invited as one of
the five individuals after completing a superb sophomore year and
he has the hardware to prove it.
Over the course of last season,
Goodridge received numerous
accolades for his performance on
Courage:
possessions Fisher was given,
the defense still managed to hold
them to only six points and kept
them out of the endzone going
into halftime.
As the rain continued to fall,
the Fisher offensive attack began
to pour on the Yellowjackets in
the second half. The Cardinals,
ranked No. 23 in the nation last
year, outscored UR by 21 points
and continued to milk the clock
with an effective rushing attack
totaling 203 yards.
A key fumble recovery by junior
defensive back Jim Milks on a Fisher punt return and an impressive
interception by senior defensive
lineman Pat Gallagher kept hope
alive, but it wasn’t enough to stop
the Cardinals from taking home
its second Courage Bowl victory
in a row. Milks finished with seven
tackles for the ’Jackets.
UR will look to get back in the
win column this Saturday against
Gettysburg. The game is at Fauver
Stadium and starts at noon.
Brackney can be reached at
[email protected].
The bees
commmand
you to write
for sports.
Do not make
the bees
angry.
the golf course, most notably the
Jack Nicklaus Award and Arnold
Palmer Award, which are named
after the top professionals in the
history of golf.
Anxiety was not an obstacle at
this tournament for Goodridge.
Having competed in it as a freshman, Goodridge placed 57th, which
was deserving of the Phil Mickelson
Award for the tournament’s top
freshman. This finish came shortly
after he was crowned Division III
Freshman of the Year.
The first round of play was the
toughest for Goodridge. He birdied
three holes, bogied six and triple
bogeyed one to put him at six
over par.
After finishing the first round
with a 77, Goodridge looked to
settle down in the second round.
He did exactly that, shooting an
even-par 71. He birdied two cups
and bogeyed two to keep him at
six strokes over par for the tournament.
Goodridge made his move in the
third round. He nailed six birdies
and got tagged for just three bogies turning in a score of 68 on the
evening to lower his tournament
score to just three over par.
The third round performance
elevated Goodridge to the top of
the herd which left him to grind it
out in the fourth round if he was
going to stay at the top of the leader
board. He kept his cool, plunking
three birdies while giving up five
bogeys. That performance put him
at two strokes over par on the final
round and five over for the tournament, good enough to give him a
two shot victory.
“Steven is very consistent because he is able to concentrate and
compartmentalize his obligations
to both golf and academics,” head
coach Rich Johnson said.
As if winning an NCAA title
wasn’t enough, Goodridge captured the John H. Ryan Memorial
Championship at Mendon Country
Club in July. The tournament is one
of the most prestigious amateur
events in the area.
Goodridge led the tournament
after every round. What makes his
accomplishment even more impressive is that, due to heavy rains on
day one, he had to play 36 holes on
the final day.
He started the tournament
on fire, shooting a six-under par
65 to grab a two stroke lead. He
increased his lead to three with a
second round 70. On the final day,
he opened with a solid 72 in the
morning.
His second round of the day, however, showed just how impressive
his game can be. He left the field
in his wake with a five-under par
66 that gave him an 11-under par
273. The second place golfer was
five shots back with a 278.
Goodridge enters his junior year
with a mile-long resume compiled
from just two years of play on the
golf course. He’s already been
selected to the first team All-American as a sophomore and there’s a
strong chance that he will repeat
that honor. He’s also picked up
practically every piece of hardware
Division III has to offer its competing golfers.
“There’s no reason to think
he can’t win the [NCAA] title
two more times, he’s that good,”
Johnson said.
Serafini can be reached at
jserafi[email protected].
Additional reporting by
Alex Moeller
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Volleyball soars to
victory at Potsdam
T: 16 in
BY ANDREW LEE
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Rejuvenated and energized, the
volleyball team began their season
with a commanding 8-1 record,
second-best among the teams in the
University Athletic Association.
The Yellowjackets continued their
seven-game winning streak last
weekend by winning two back-toback games at the Potsdam State
Invitational.
On Friday, UR swept SUNY
Plattsburgh with a final score 3012, 30-21, 30-11. This came as no
surprise, especially when senior
Susan Johnson killed 21 and dug
19 while senior Sam Carr garnered
37 assists and 19 digs. Juniors Kaitlyn Gorczynski and Ariel Edelson
had 12 kills combined to help the
pack. Freshman Dana Hilfinger
received significant playing time
as a newcomer, contributing five
kills and four blocks.
Up next, Buffalo State College
proved to be a tougher challenge,
but was still no match for the ’Jackets. Johnson continued to dominate
the numbers by killing another 20
and digging 10. Carr added 26 assists and an impressive three aces
while sophomore Jessica Rasmussen defended skillfully with 13 digs.
They defeated Buffalo State with
little problem, ending with a 30-18,
30-13, 30-17 score.
“The passing was great and our
defense picked up a lot of balls,”
Carr said. “We also served extremely aggressively all weekend
to keep the other teams off their
game.”
UR also swept past SUNY Oswego the next day. Senior Andrea
Wagonseller made her presence
felt with eight kills, 10 digs and
two emphatic blocks. Hilfinger
formulated an effective defensive
game with four blocks. Rasmussen
and Gorczynski dug 11 and 13,
respectively, stopping the attacks
by the Lakers. Johnson kept attacking with 18 kills while Carr led the
team with 28 assists.
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nance in the first two games, Oswego stayed tough and tried to rally
from their deficit. UR overcame
Oswego in a 30-15, 30-19, 32-30
final score.
At the end of the round-robin
tournament at Potsdam, the
’Jackets faced Middlebury College
for the crown. To fight this formidable opponent, all players had to
defend and attack aggressively.
Carr unleashed an unstoppable
assault in all parts of the floor. She
collected nine kills, 22 digs and 35
assists. Johnson persisted with her
normal routine, totaling 19 kills
and 17 digs.
Wagonseller also played a great
all-around game by grabbing nine
kills, 21 digs, and three aces. The
’Jackets defeated Middlebury, 3022, 30-23, 30-27.
Due to her impressive performance at the Potsdam tournament,
Carr was awarded Most Valuable
Player. For the weekend, she totaled 113 assists.
In addition, Johnson was named
UAA player of the week after UR’s
first four games of the season at
the SUNY Cortland Red Dragon
Classic. She totaled 85 kills, 74 digs
and five blocks, exercising expertise
both defensively and offensively.
Johnson attributed the early
season success to great teamwork
and depth.
“We were able to win all four
matches because we really played
together as a team,” Johnson said.
“Everyone was able to get involved
and we were able to use all of our
potential.”
The team looks to win at this
weekend’s tournament at Rochester Institute of Technology.
“I think we have put ourselves
in a really good situation going
into the RIT Tournament this
weekend,” Johnson said. “We have
some things to work on in practice
this week, but all in all feel ready
to take on some great competition
again this weekend.”
Lee can be reached at
[email protected].
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’Jackets start 2006
campaign at home
Junior midfielder Kari Plewniak winds up to take a shot on goal against Elmira College on Saturday.
Field hockey full of offense
BY JEFF LEVY
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Field hockey grounded Elmira
College’s Soaring Eagles this past
Saturday with an offensive onslaught, winning 6-3. Junior Kari
Plewniak sent a solo shot into the
net scoring the first goal five minutes into the game. Less than three
minutes later, senior Revay Wilson
scored the second goal unassisted,
making it two goals within the first
eight minutes of the game.
The Yellowjackets continued the
pressure, adding one more goal
in the first half, scored by Krista
Butler and assisted by Mary DiMatteo, both seniors. They maintained
control of the ball in the first half
for a total of 26 shots and stroked
three goals successfully.
Elmira added two goals late in
the first half in an attempt to counter the ‘Jackets offense. Both goals
were scored by Elmira sophomore
Kayla Blank and assisted by freshman Chelsea Jipner.
In the second half, Plewniak
went on to sink her second shot of
the game, with the help of Butler.
Plewniak was the top scorer of
the game with a total of two goals
coming out of three shots.
DiMatteo, assisted by senior
Celinda Fletcher, put the fifth
goal on the board. UR netted their
sixth goal of the game on a shot by
freshman Amanda Case, assisted
by DiMatteo. Elmira’s Kayla Blank
added one more goal in the second
half. UR junior goalie Rachel Cahan
redirected four shot attempts and
allowed three goals.
With everyone getting in on the
action, the Yellowjackets scored
a season-high six goals. The last
time the field hockey team scored
at this scale was at home against
Wells College in 2003.
Senior co-captain Heidi Davies
commented on Saturday’s victory.
“Saturday’s win was definitely
a key win not only for our record,
but for our morale,” she said. “We
worked really hard in the practices
leading up to the game and we
were really focused. I think it is
a tone which we will carry with
us throughout the rest of the
season.”
“We finally put it all together
this weekend. The intensity started
right from the whistle and that’s
something we have to bring to every
game. We need to play with that
kind of hunger in the circle all the
time,” Plewniak said.
After playing three games, UR
field hockey now has a record of
1-2. They played a tight 1-0 loss
against SUNY Cortland in their
second game of the season. Cahan
played sparkling defense in the goal
deflecting 20 shots and allowing
only one goal.
The ’Jackets played their first
game of the season at Misericordia
College against Kean University on
Sept. 1, losing 2-1. Senior Kristy
Johnson scored the only goal for
Rochester.
Head coach Michelle Andre was
optimistic about they way the team
played on Saturday after the two
early losses.
“Losing two heartbreakers back
to back was very emotional for
this team but we were able to put
it behind us and move on,” Andre
said. “That’s a sign of a great team
— the ability to adjust and keep
each game in focus.”
The Yellowjackets start off the
season with many talented new
players, adding more strength to
a team that made it to the Liberty
League playoffs last season for the
first time in Rochester history.
Providing experience and anchoring the team are a solid
group of nine seniors. This group
includes team captains Davies and
DiMatteo.
Nine freshman join the team this
season – Case, Elizabeth Fletcher,
Tara Gelb, Kyra Pinsky, Lara Bucarey, Lindsay Bronnenkant, Ashley Huddleston, Christi Bottcher
and Danielle Pearson.
“Our freshmen are very good
skillful players,” Andre said. “They
make us better and stronger and
give us a ton of depth. They are
going to be a very good group.”
The team’s next home game is
against Utica College this Sunday
at 1 p.m.
Levy can be reached at
[email protected].
BY ERIN PHILBRICK
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
The men’s cross country team
had a bumpy start to their season,
but they are still looking forward
to a promising fall.
The dreary weather of the morning seemed to foreshadow their
performance, as the Yellowjackets
finished third of three teams at
Saturday’s meet in Genesee Valley Park.
The men were slightly disadvantaged, however, because they
had only six participants in the
race. This was due to “the rest of
the team [being] suspended for
one contest due to a violation of
institutional rules,” head coach
John Izzo said. All the suspended
runners will be returning for the
next meet.
Junior Mark Stevens did a great
job leading the team, coming in
as the individual champion of the
race. He finished the 8-kilometer
course in 26:10, 13 seconds ahead
of the runner-up.
“Mark looked very smooth and
relaxed and should have another
fine season,” Izzo said.
“Judging from the team workouts, Stevens should have an even
stronger year than last year,”
sophomore Dana Kaplan said.
Senior Brian MacIlvain was 12th
overall in the race, clocking in at
28:33 and junior Sean Czaja came
in at 30:26. Fourth for the team
was Kaplan in 30:46, while senior
Andrew Whitbeck was the fifth
place finisher for the team with a
time of 31:11. UR’s final runner was
junior Jon DeRight, who finished
in 34:21.
RIT won the meet with their
runners placing in second through
seventh place, collecting 20 points.
SUNY Fredonia was second with
55 points, while the ’Jackets
scored 67.
“I felt that, given the circumstances, the team’s effort was
first rate,” Izzo said. “We race in
two weeks and should know better where we stand then. We will,
however, still not have our complete
team at that meet either because
of Rosh Hashanah. All in all I am
impressed with how hard the team
is working and look forward to a
good season.”
The ’Jackets have this coming
weekend off and will resume competition on Sept. 22 at pre-nationals
in Ohio.
Philbrick can be reached at
[email protected].
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Men’s soccer off to promising start with two wins
Senior Tyler Green controls the ball against Platteville on Sunday,
Sept. 3. Green has started strong with five goals in four games.
BY ALEX MOELLER
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
After losing their top two scorers
from last year’s 16-1 squad, there
were a lot of questions surrounding
the UR men’s soccer team on the
offensive side of the ball. Thanks
in part to senior Tyler Green, it
looks as if those questions have
been answered with authority.
Green racked up five goals in four
games to start the season, helping
the team to a 2-1-1 record.
The men started their season
by hosting the Flower City Soccer
Tournament at Fauver Stadium on
Sept. 1 and 3. They took on SUNY
Oswego in the first round and it
didn’t take long for the ’Jackets to
get on the board. Just 3:20 into the
game, senior Brian Tuohy rifled a
free kick into the penalty area and
Green redirected the ball just inside
the top left corner of the goal to
give UR the early lead.
In the 28th minute, the Rochester offense struck again. Freshman
Robin Hargadon took a pass from
junior Nick Mikolenko and snuck
a low shot into the back of the net,
giving UR a 2-0 lead.
Oswego answered less than three
minutes later with a goal to make
the score 2-1, but they would not
crack the Yellowjackets’ defense
for the rest of the night. Green
added an insurance goal in the 70th
minute, which made the final score
3-1 in favor of UR.
Two days later, the ’Jackets returned to the pitch to face University of Wisconsin-Platteville in the
championship game. Once again,
Rochester’s offense struck first.
In the 22nd minute, sophomore
Mike Harris fed the ball across the
mouth of the goal off a corner kick
and Mikolenko pushed it past the
Platteville goalie to give UR the
early lead.
The lead would not stand, however, as Platteville scored the equalizer at 61:34 off a corner kick. The
score stayed knotted throughout
most of the second half until the
Pioneers scored the game winner
with less than four minutes to play.
Tournament MVP Ben Terpening
scored off a free kick to give Platteville a 2-1 win and the tournament
crown. Rochester junior Bobby
Milenovici was named defensive
MVP of the tournament.
The Yellowjackets had to regroup
in time to battle St. Lawrence
University, the team that knocked
UR out of last year’s NCAA tournament on Friday. The visiting Saints
scored just 1:25 into the match,
putting UR in an early hole.
Rochester roared back, thanks in
large part to the foot of Green. Early
in the second half, he scored off assists from junior Patrick Ripp and
Tuohy to even the match. Twenty
minutes later Green scored again,
this time putting in the rebound
off a Mikolenko shot.
As the seconds passed, a UR victory seemed imminent. Then, with
less than a minute left, UR earned
a throw-in on their half of the field.
As the ball was thrown, however,
the referee awarded St. Lawrence
the throw-in, apparently claiming
the Rochester player moved too
far up the field on the throw. This
controversial call proved costly, as
the Saints tied the game on the
ensuing sequence with just 33 ticks
on the clock.
In the overtime periods, neither
team held a decided advantage and
the game ended in a 2-2 tie. Head
coach Chris Apple refused to blame
the officials for the outcome.
“Officials are human and they
make mistakes,” he said. “As a
team we need to control what
we can control which means we
should have marked up, defended
the throw-in and cleared the ball
out of danger.”
The ’Jackets were back in action
the following afternoon to take
on Clarkson University. It was an
evenly matched contest early, but
in the 33rd minute UR took the
lead. Mikolenko took a shot off a
Rochester corner kick and found
the back of the net after a Clarkson
player deflected the shot.
The Yellowjackets padded their
lead early in the second half and
once again Mikolenko was a part
of the action. He passed to Green
in the Clarkson penalty area, and
Green put it away for his fifth goal
of the season. Clarkson converted
a penalty shot with four seconds
remaining to make the final score
2-1 in favor of UR.
On Saturday, UR hosts Hobart
College at 7 p.m. The Yellowjackets return to the field on Tuesday
night to take on Nazareth College
at 7 p.m.
Moeller can be reached at
[email protected].
Women’s tennis tops Brockport Women’s XC places
second at home meet
BY DANA SALL
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
A few days of practice would not
normally be sufficient preparation
for match play, but this was what
the women’s tennis team had to
deal with in opening the season.
Last Thursday, the Yellowjackets
crushed the Golden Eagles of
SUNY Brockport, 7-2, just two days
after practice had begun.
The ’Jackets had wins at first,
third, fourth, fifth and sixth singles
and at first and third doubles. At
first singles, junior Colleen Cross
defeated Brockport’s Ashley Balling quite easily, winning 6-0, 6-2.
Junior Alexa Perry also scored a
win for UR at third singles, defeating Erin McLaughlin of Brockport,
6-3, 6-4.
Despite losing the first set to
Brockport’s Katie Keller, 3-6,
sophomore Mel Beckmann came
back to win the second set 6-4, and
won the fourth singles match in a
third set tie-breaker, 10-6.
Most impressive were the wins
secured by UR freshmen Megan
Mears and Victoria Wells at fifth
and sixth singles, respectively.
Mears crushed Angie Bermudez
of Brockport, not even giving up a
single game with a final score of 6-0,
6-0. At number six, Wells had a huge
win as well, defeating Brockport’s
Laura Rector 6-0, 6-1.
Cross and Perry teamed together
at first doubles to defeat Kayla
Mizgala and Chelsea Fletcher of
Brockport, 8-1. The star freshman
duo of Mears and Wells took the win
for UR at third doubles, defeating
Brockport’s Elsie Williams and
Holly Acito, 8-2.
Losses for the Yellowjackets
occurred at both second singles
and second doubles. Sophomore
Sanjana Prabhakar was defeated
by Mizgala in a close match, 6-4,
7-5. At second doubles, Prabhakar
and Beckmann lost to McLaughlin
and Balling of Brockport, 8-2.
The team members are thrilled
with the outcome of the match and
the performance of the freshmen in
their first collegiate competition.
“Brockport was a great season
starter for us,” Beckmann said.
“The freshmen players were especially impressive, kicking off
their first college match with such
strong wins across the board. The
team is shaping up very well and
I’m looking forward to an amazing
season.”
Cross agreed with Beckmann,
“The freshmen, Vicky and Megan,
were impressive in their first college matches, winning both their
singles matches and doubles match
easily,” Cross said. “We have a great
group of new players who are ready
to step up and play.”
Although the main season for
the tennis team is the spring, there
are several tournaments and one
single-opponent match left for the
fall. With a team that has been
constantly improving, this season
should be a successful one.
“I look forward to seeing what we
can do this year,” Cross said. We
will definitely be very competitive
in our conference and I’m excited
to see how much we can improve
as a team from last season.”
Select members of the tennis
team will compete at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association tournament on Friday, Sept. 22 at William
Smith College.
Sall can be reached at
[email protected].
Junior Colleen Cross fires a backhand on her way to a victory.
BY ERIN PHILBRICK
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
The women’s cross country team
started off their season with a bang
last weekend, placing four runners in the top nine. The ’Jackets
finished the race in second place
out of three teams with a score of
40 points, beating SUNY Fredonia
and finishing just behind Rochester
Institute of Technology.
“It was a great race, but the
defeat by RIT will provide a little
extra motivation for our training
over the next several weeks,” junior
Laura Richenderfer said. “Even
though we were defeated by three
points by RIT, we were missing a
number of key runners, so the fact
that the margin was so close is very
encouraging.”
“All I have to say about this
weekend is that I think it was an
extremely impressive start to our
season,” she said. “Even though
we didn’t win, it was a very close
race and we now know what we
have to work on” junior Kellie
Hasselwander said.
Hasselwander led the team,
placing third in the race with a
time of 20:10 on the 5-kilometer
course at Genesee Valley Park.
Richenderfer wasn’t far behind,
placing seventh overall with a time
of 20:29. Freshmen Hilary Haefner
and Sadie Gollub were eighth and
ninth, respectively, running 20:46
and 20:48.
“Kellie did a nice job of leading
the team, she ran about 25 seconds
faster than her first meet last year,”
head coach Barbara Hartwig said.
“The next three runners were very
impressive pack. Laura is competing again after sitting out last year
with mono and Hilary and Sadie
are freshmen.”
The fifth runner and final scorer
was also a freshman — Rachel
Given placed 13th overall with
a time of 21:09. Just behind her
were seniors Nora Craighead and
Whitney Silkworth.
“It was nice to see seniors Nora
Craighead and Whitney Silkworth
finish out our top seven. This is
Whitney’s first season in cross
country after excelling on the
track and Nora has been battling
leg injuries for several years,”
Hartwig said.
Everyone on the team has high
hopes for the season. With ambitious freshmen and healthy returners, prospects for the championship
meet look promising.
UR’s performance this weekend
foreshadows a strong showing
throughout the fall. The split between the first and fifth runners
was only 59 seconds and between
first and seventh it was merely
1:06.
“That’s very good for the first
meet and speaks well of our depth,”
Hartwig said.
“This year’s team is running
smart and being very conscious
about preventing injuries,”
Richenderfer said. “I think we’ll
have a strong team making it
through the entirety of the season
and into championships.”
Hasselwander is extremely optimistic for the meets to come.
“We have several promising
freshmen that have been eager to
step it up and fill in the positions of
the seniors that we lost,” she said.
“I can’t wait to see how we perform
in a more competitive meet.”
The ladies have this weekend off
and will be traveling to Wilmington,
Ohio on Friday, Sept. 22 for the
pre-national meet.
Philbrick can be reached
at [email protected]
SPORTS
FROM THE
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RESSBOX
BY DAVE MAYSTROVSKY
Welcome back folks! It’s
that time of year again. The
time when the Kansas City
Royals attempt to not lose 100
games, the Arizona Cardinals
fool everyone by winning their
first game, dads get sent to
jail for beating up little kids at
football games and track stars
run the hundred yard dash in
three seconds — all naturally,
of course.
Since you’ve been gone, the
Detroit Tigers decided to play
baseball again, the Miami Heat
won the NBA championship,
the Carolina Hurricanes won
the Stanley Cup, the Detroit
Shock won the WNBA championship and Aaron Durley-13
years old 6’8” and 256 lbsproved that MLB’s steroid policy
doesn’t extend to little league
baseball.
Suprisingly, Barry Bonds has
been silent all summer long, after his show “Bonds on Bonds”
bombed on ESPN. The network
should begin focusing on real
news, like why the NFL gets a
free pass on the steroid scandal
while baseball gets skewered
by Jay Leno. Seriously, after
the New York Times uncovered
evidence that several members
of the Carolina Panthers not
named Todd Sauerbun were taking illegal steroids, espn.com devoted two columns on the topic,
neither of which condemned the
NFL for overlooking the problem. Meanwhile, just last week,
they wrote another critical piece
on why Major League Baseball
is failing with their drug policy.
Sounds like a lot of ass-kissing is
going on at Bristol.
Now back to some lighter
news, the college football season
has started! Seeing how Rochester is a Division III program (a
coincidence that I had somehow
unfortunately overlooked when
applying) the Pressbox will now
sponsor a D-I program to make
a bowl game. Without further
ado, I give you the University of
New Hampshire! What is that
you cry? Its not a member of
Football Bowl Subdivision (aka
Division I-A) but rather of the
NCAA Football Championship
Subdivision (aka Division I-AA)?
Alright then, from now on, the
Pressbox officially endorses
University of Missouri. A decent
team for the last several years,
the Mizzou Tigers are poised
to make a leap from a mid-December bowl game to a January
bowl game, hopefully some-
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thing more prestigious than the
GMAC Bowl being played right
before the championship game.
On to baseball, where the dog
days of August saw the Boston
Red Sox collapse yet again in
spectacular fashion. First place
to also-ran in the span of three
weeks is an incredible accomplishment. Yet we should also
commend the surprise teams
of the season, mainly the New
York Mets for their philosophy
of money equals success, which
seems strangely familiar.
Meanwhile, the Florida Marlins have swum their way back
into the wild-card race on the
backs of players-whom-youhave-never-heard-of-that-willbe-on-the-Yankees-roster-in-twoyears.
Back in the junior circuit, the
Detroit Tigers seemed to have
finally climbed their way out of
the cellar and started winning
games, while the always crafty
Oakland A’s will make the playoffs only to lose in the divisional
series because that’s what they
always do.
So my pick for the World
Series Champ? The Twins,
because I love catchers that
can hit (Doug Mirabelli toy
figurine not included).
This column would be in
the red if it didn’t mention the
NFL. Congrats to the Cardinals for getting a new stadium.
May you be forever blessed
with playing the 49ers twice a
year. Kudos to the Buffalo Bills
for passing up a NFL-ready
quarterback, (Matt Leinart),
and sticking with JP Losman.
Confidence is crucial to a
young quarterback’s success.
Let us all pray that Michael
Vick refuses to listen to coaches that attempt to make him a
pro-style quarterback, because
what is Monday Sportscenter
without a crazy Michael Vick
highlight?
May the fall season bring
success to all the teams mentioned above (except the Royals, demote them already).
Maystrovsky can be reached
at dmaystrovsky
@campustimes.org.
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Athletes of the Week
ARLO BERLETIC • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Sam Carr
Tyler Green
CLASS: 2007
SPORT: Volleyball
HIGH SCHOOL: Fairport High School, Fairport, N.Y.
MAJOR: Political Science and English
CLASS: 2007
SPORT: Socccer
HIGH SCHOOL: Dallas Jesuit, Dallas, TX
MAJOR: Computer Science
IDEAL DAY OFF: Watching a baseball game at the ballpark.
FAVORITE OTHER SPORT: Sam also plays varsity softball for UR.
FAVORITE BOOK: “Wooden.”
FAVORITE FOOD: Chocolate.
FAVORITE MOVIE: “Bull Durham.”
PLANS AFTER COLLEGE: Probably graduate school for communications.
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SEASON: Make the NCAA tournament
and finish fourth or better in the University Athletic Association.
FAVORITE ATHLETIC MEMORY: Winning sectional titles in both sports
my senior year of high school.
WHY SAM IS THE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Sam was named Most
IDEAL DAY OFF: Playing basketball, preferably on the beach.
FAVORITE OTHER SPORT: Table tennis.
FAVORITE BOOK: “Dominating Collegiate Academics,” by Brian
Tuohy.
FAVORITE FOOD: Meat.
FAVORITE MOVIE: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
PLANS AFTER COLLEGE: Move to Thailand and become a surfer.
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SEASON: Go deep into the NCAA tournament.
FAVORITE ATHLETIC MEMORY: Scoring goals against Oswego.
WHY TYLER IS THE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Tyler has started this
season on fire, racking up five goals in four games for the Yellowjackets
This Week in Sports
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
• Men’s Tennis at the
Flower City Tennis TourNO SPORTING
nament at Nazareth ColEVENTS
lege, 9 a.m.
SCHEDULED
• Volleyball at the Rochester Institute of Technology
Tournament, 10 a.m.
FRIDAY
• Football vs. Gettysburg
• Volleyball at the RochesCollege, Noon
ter Institute of Technology
• Women’s Soccer vs.
Tournament, 4 p.m.
Union College, 4:30 p.m.
• Men’s Soccer vs. Hobart
College, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY
• Men’s Tennis at the Flower City Tennis Tournament
at Nazareth College, 9 a.m.
• Field Hockey vs. Utica College, 1 p.m.
MONDAY
NO SPORTING
EVENTS
SCHEDULED
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
• Women’s Soccer vs. Rochester Institute of Technology, 4:30 p.m.
• Men’s Soccer vs. Nazareth College, 7 p.m.
• Volleyball vs. Rochester
Institute of Technology, 1
p.m.
NO SPORTING
EVENTS
SCHEDULED
SPORTS
WEEK
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Football starts strong but falls in Courage Bowl
BY TIM BRACKNEY
Entering last weekend’s
Courage Bowl II match up
with cross town rival St.
John Fisher, the UR football team had high hopes of
avoiding its fifth straight loss
to the Cardinals. The previous week, the Yellowjackets
opened the 2006-2007 season
with a solid win over John’s
Hopkins University in Baltimore, 20–10, but took the
loss against Fisher in its
second game of the season,
30-10.
In Baltimore, senior quarterback Aaron Molisani
threw two touchdown passes, one to junior wideout
Jay Jay Vanderstyne and
the other to senior running
back Pat O’Brien. Junior
running back Matt Bielecki
was also a major part of the
Yellowjacket offense, gaining
160 all-purpose yards on 30
carries and five receptions.
On the defensive side of
the ball, sophmore defesive
back Matt Stack had a game
clinching 80 yard interception return for a touchdown
and junior defensive back
Jim Milks led the team with
8.5 tackles. The UR defense
Seniors Pat Gallagher (44) and Ryan Barnard (97) are focused on taking down the St. John Fisher quarterback Saturday.
absolutely dominated Hopkins, forcing five turnovers
and three sacks.
The win was the first time
in five years that UR opened
its season with a victory. It
also marked the first time the
Jackets topped Hopkins in
their last five meetings.
Unfortunately, any momentum the team had going
into the Courage Bowl was
halted as they were outplayed, mostly in the second
half, by Fisher (2-0) and defeated 30–10 in front of more
than 4,000 fans at Edwin
Fauver Stadium. The loss
dropped Rochester’s record
to one win and one loss.
The Fisher defense played
exceptionally well, forcing
four interceptions and holding the Yellowjacket offense
to just 10 points. They also
kept the “thunder and lightning” duo of Bielecki and
O’Brien in check, limiting
them to only 67 and 56 yards
on the ground respectively.
Molisani struggled early in
the game with 3 first half interceptions and was replaced
by Freshman QB Kapps Killingstad. Killingstad started
off his college career with a
perfect 43 yard TD strike
to a wide open Vanderstyne
late in the second half to give
UR a 7-6 halftime lead and
momentum going into the
second half. It was Vanderstyne’s second touchdown
this year.
“Since we graduated our
top four receivers from last
year, there were a lot of
questions surrounding that
position…I worked out hard
this summer in order to come
in to camp in good shape,”
said Vanderstyne.
The hard work has paid
off as the third year wide
receiver has emerged into a
big time playmaker for the
Yellowjackets in the early
going this season.
The UR defense played
with a lot of heart and tenacity in the first half, coming
up with key stops on multiple Fisher drives. Despite
the turnovers and extra
Strong start for women’s soccer fueled by defense
Sophomore Kelsey Turley pushes the ball upfield.
BY ALEX MOELLER
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
It has been said that in the
sports world, defense wins
championships. If that is
indeed the case, then the UR
women’s soccer team could
be primed for a tournament
run. The Yellowjackets have
shut out each of their first
four opponents in a 3-0-1
start to the season.
The ’Jackets kicked off
their 2006 campaign at the
Roanoke College Invitational Soccer Tournament
on Sept. 2 against Catholic
University. In the rainy and
muddy conditions left by
Hurricane Ernesto, defense
reigned supreme for both
teams. In the 34th minute,
however, senior Angela
Heaney scored off a feed
from classmate Stephanie
Klenotich to put UR ahead.
From there, the ’Jackets
defense took over and dominated Catholic, holding the
Cardinals to just one shot in
the second half and preserving a 1-0 win.
The win earned UR a trip
Golf
Goodridge storms through summer
The summer couldn’t have been much kinder to junior
Stephen Goodridge, who won the NCAA Division III title
as classes were finishing up last semester. He followed that
performance up with a wire-to-wire victory at the John H.
Ryan Memorial Championship in July.
See Page 19.
to the finals against host
Roanoke College the following day. Once again, the game
was a defensive struggle.
The teams battled through
90 minutes of regulation
and two 10-minute overtime
periods without a single shot
finding the back of the net.
The 0-0 tie earned UR cochampion honors.
Rochester outshot the Maroons 15-4, but could not find
a way past Roanoke goalie
Erin Hansen, who made five
saves. Junior goalie Molly
Leitch made two saves for the
’Jackets. Weagraff, juniors
Ashley Van Vechten and Amy
Thompson and sophomore
Kelsey Turley were named to
the All-Tournament Team.
After the strong showing
in Virginia, Rochester came
home to face the Herons of
William Smith College on
Thursday. After a scoreless
first half, UR got on the
board in the 60th minute
when senior Ashley Weagraff
scored off a cross from fellow
senior Anne McMahon. The
Herons came back with some
impressive offensive pressure late in the game, but the
UR defense would not break
and the ’Jackets held on to
another 1-0 victory. William
Smith was held to just two
shots in the game.
On Saturday, UR welcomed rival St. John Fisher
to Fauver Stadium as part
of the Yellowjacket Weekend
festivities. The first half
seemed to be destined for
yet another 0-0 score until
junior Tammy Brewster
put a header past the Fisher
goalie with just eight seconds
left in the half. That opened
the floodgates for the UR
offense, as they scored three
more goals in the next 25
minutes of play.
In the 50th minute, senior
Mary Walsh took a pass from
junior Laura Morrison and
struck a shot over the charging Fisher goalie and just
under the crossbar to make
the score 2-0. Three minutes
later, Morrison took a pass
from senior Emily Urbanczyk at the top of the box and
rifled a shot into the back
of the net for a 3-0 ’Jackets
lead. With 20 minutes left in
the game, Brewster capped
the scoring with her second
goal, a header off a pass from
junior Ali Streeter to make
the final score 4-0 in favor
of UR.
Head coach Terry Gurnett
was pleased with his team’s
start to the season.
“I believe the key to our
start has been the outstanding leadership by our seniors
— they came in fit and ready
to play,” he said. “Another
important part has been
our commitment to being
a real team, so attaining
great chemistry has been a
clear goal.”
The hot start has propelled
UR’s ranking to eighth, according to d3kicks.com. The
Yellowjackets continue their
homestand against Union
College on Saturday and
Rochester Institute of Technology on Tuesday. Both
games start at 4:30 p.m.
Moeller can be reached
at amoeller
@campustimes.org.
Volleyball
Team riding seven-game win streak
The volleyball team has started strong this season, winning eight of their first nine matches. They also reeled in
two tournament wins, at the Gold Division of the SUNY
Cortland Red Dragon Classic and the Potsdam State Invitational tournament.
See Page 20.

Freshmen overload UR

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