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Laverne Cox breaks down barriers for transgender discussion

Just a year after Time magazine named Laverne Cox the fourth most influential character on television, the brilliantly talented star…

UR Tech: Artificial Intelligence, smarter than you think

[caption id="attachment_111302" align="alignleft" width="206"] Courtesy of Nathaniel Potrepka[/caption] It’s a standard Terminator rip-off. A swarm of tiny glittering spiders, explained…

National Society of Collegiate Scholars offers scholarship and leadership opportunities

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is a non-profit academic honor society that recruits academically high-achieving university students. It…

Foreign Focus: Dublin, Ireland

[caption id="attachment_110202" align="alignleft" width="300"] Courtesy of Hannah Vose[/caption] Nestled in the northwest corner of Europe, Ireland is known for its…

Food Truck Rodeo brings culinary variety to Rochester community

[caption id="attachment_110162" align="alignleft" width="300"] Courtesy of Liz Beson[/caption] The Food Truck Rodeo, a series of events lasting from April to…

Jodi Says: Drunk in Love

On Monday, Sept. 29, California governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill stating a clear definition of what constitutes…

UR Tech: The securities and insecurities of government surveillance

[caption id="attachment_109752" align="alignleft" width="300"] Liz Beson, Staff Illustrator[/caption] In many ways, last year’s NSA leak was a tipping point in…

UR Kinks matches up students with all interests

[caption id="attachment_109712" align="alignleft" width="300"] Liz Beson, Staff Illustrator[/caption] Among the recent surge of new “UR Fill-in-the-Blank” Facebook pages, one page…

Politics: Campus style, Committee for Political Engagement

[caption id="attachment_109632" align="alignleft" width="300"] CPE students participate in political activism around the country.[/caption] Many things separate Sarah Krulik and Jenny…

Habitat for Humanity gives families new homes and hopes

Most students use their time during Spring Break to catch up on sleep, spend time with friends and family, or…