Features
CT Eats
CT Eats: My love for the Red Fern grows
if you’re not a vegan, go there and try it out and get a feel for what you’re vegan friends might be eating the next time you poke fun at them for lacking in food options.
Alumni
He was a star UR soccer player. Now he’s a pro Johnny Depp impersonator.
“It’s liberating to go from working in HR during the week, making sure people are respecting each other, and then getting to be a lusty pirate on the weekends."
interviews
Legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin sits down
This interview was conducted on Oct. 14 and has been edited for style and clarity.
Commencement
Commencement speakers at UR throughout the years
UR didn’t have anything called a “commencement address” until 1985. There were always speakers at graduation, but the type of speaker differed year to year.
library
Robbins Library, a hidden gem within Rush Rhees
On the fourth floor of the building, the library boasts one of the largest repositories of medieval literature in North America, encompassing Medieval literature all works written in Europe from the fifth to 15th centuries.
CT Eats
CT Eats: Campi’s deals in delectable steak sandwiches
It’s pretty unassuming. You’d never think you were about to step into a restaurant from the outside. Once you hit the inside though — my god — the inside is a treat.
Cogen
Inside UR’s hulking power plant
Walking into the building, the students found themselves in a large, high-ceilinged room that looks like a garage. But instead of cars, there are four chillers parked at its far side. The chillers look like faceless Thomas the Tank Engines, with large, grey cylinders stacked on top of each other.
business
Campus entrepreneurs help students with broken technology
Many students have neither the time nor the means to visit a phone repair service in a store, in addition to the problem of cost. For them, Campus Tech Repair is the desired alternative.
CT Eats
CT Eats: Mise En Place
Turns out, Mise is not only a sandwich shop, but also a small grocery mart.
CT Eats
CT Eats: Fine dining at Jim’s on Main
Crashing at a diner after a long night holds a special place on the list of some of the greatest American pastimes.