Basketball Beats the Buzzer
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CampusTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016 / VOLUME 143, ISSUE 4 Times SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org 5K Challenge Finds Basketball Beats the Buzzer Itself in Hot Water Risky Final Play Wins Game, Goes Viral BY RUAIRI CONWAY “I was so frustrated to find out CONTRIBUTING WRITER that hot water, commonly seen BY AMANDA MARQUEZ in China as well as many other Asian countries, is so rare here,” NEWS EDITOR she said. Hot water dispensaries will Yan emphasized the impor- be installed—likely soon— tance of hot water in Chinese throughout the River Campus culture, saying, “It is a built-in, Libraries, as the result of the ingrained practice in everyday winning proposal to the annual life.” Students’ Association (SA) Gov- She believes the significance of ernment 5K Challenge. Junior winning the 5K Challenge goes Chenchen Yan submitted the beyond the achievement of hot victorious proposal, crowned water dispensaries. last Friday, which called for hot “I regard my winning of the water dispensaries to be installed 5K Challenge not simply as the in all of the River Campus Li- growing favor of tea, but more braries to help studiers prepare significantly, a triumph of cul- tea, coffee, and the like. tural diversity on campus.” Since it began its challenge in Competing with the hot water dis- 2013, SA has allocated 5,000 pensers were a variety of unique pro- dollars each year to posals, which included put towards ideas swings on the Eastman students would like Quad, massage chairs, to see implemented plastic bag reduction, PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS on campus. Submis- free tampons in non- Players from the UR Men’s Basketball team pile together in celebration after trumping UChicago. sions are made in residential bathrooms, the fall, and students vending machines in BY ANDREW LUCCHESI of a desperate, outstretched to take on the Bears. URWB vote throughout the Goergen Athletic Cen- CONTRIBUTING WRITER Chicago defender. The fade- was riding a 10-game winning semester on their ter selling workout sup- away shot arced out of the streak but fell heavily, scoring favorite one. Previ- RUAIRI CONWAY / plements, and a location A weekend of sweeping wins camera’s sight and dropped only 38 points to a stifling ous winners include CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER to rent recreational win- from both UR Basketball teams cleanly in the bucket. WashU defense. printing at Wilson Chenchen Yan. ter gear, such as sleds. peaked with a buzzer-beating What ensued was an explo- This time around, the Commons, additional seating in When asked if she is happy basket from the men on Satur- sion of celebration from both Yellowjackets once again ITS and Gleason Library, and a with this year’s winning idea, day against UChicago, a spec- the players and fans alike. Like struggled out of the gate. smoothie bar at Connections. senior Amanda Pelisari said, “I tacular play that went viral on any great team celebration, it WashU brought a full-court When asked what motivated always felt bad bugging the peo- social media and sportscasts. culminated in a dog pile atop press that caught UR guards her to propose the idea, Yan re- ple at Connections for nothing (If you haven’t watched the the game’s last-second hero. on their heels, and Coach flected on the culture shock she more than hot water [because] clip, ranked second on Sports After losing a 15-point Scheible was forced to call experienced when she first ar- I never buy anything. So now Center’s “Top Ten Plays” on lead that eventually sent this an early timeout to regroup. rived to the U.S. SEE CHALLENGE PAGE 4 Monday, do so now. It’s worth game into OT, UR’s finish But URWB persisted, rally- the click and only 30 seconds ing around each other to long.) play some very impressive With two and seven- team-oriented basketball. Another Freaking tenths of a second left on Little by little, they the clock in overtime, junior clawed themselves back guard Sam Borst-Smith into contention. The ‘Jack- Car Commercial found himself at the free ets dominated late in the toothpaste, and maybe it’s because throw line with his team second half and were able BY SAM PASSANISI I’m from California, but that’s facing a two-point deficit. to clinch a 56–51 victory. SENIOR STAFF the kind of ad that works on me. After making the first On Sunday, URWB Once you’re in a properly cynical free throw, Borst-Smith PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS played smooth basketball I love Super Bowl commercials state of mind, it’s easy to dismiss Borst-Smith (left) and Montague (right). pinpointed a two-handed for three quarters and held because they add an interactive the ads that try to appeal to your line drive of perfect velocity a comfortable lead. But, when element to the holiday—if the desire to be cool or sexy, or to off of the rim’s front face. The was dramatic and surreal—a UR went deeper into their Super Bowl were Halloween, then drive a fast car. Those I can brush ball rebounded on a low loop, 77–76 victory. bench, a fire lit under the Super Bowl commercials would off in an instant. But an ad that just above the outstretched Adding to the Yellowjackets’ Chicago side. They pulled be trick-or-treating. The largest appeals to my better nature and arms of every defender lining success were the rest of the within seven points at one American corporations are knock- asks me to consider the future of the paint. In one fluid mo- weekend’s results. moment late in the fourth, ing on your door, only instead of the planet? Well, that’s harder to tion, with no second thought On Friday, the men’s team but a few clutch baskets by taking your candy, they’re trying shake off. There’s a place now in or hesitation, Borst-Smith (URBB) defeated WashU the Yellowjackets ultimately to sell you something. my bleeding, environmentalist caught the ball above his head 77–64 after shooting almost sealed the deal and put the At least they’re entertaining. Su- heart for a toothpaste company, and dished it out to his fellow 60 percent from the field in breaks on the comeback. per Bowl commercials are usually damn it. Chalk one up to Colgate. junior, sharpshooter Mack the first half. Freshman guard Both squads find themselves the best and funniest commercials Another ad I really liked was Montague. Jacob Wittig came up huge near the top of the UAA, due of the year, probably because the actress Helen Mirren’s commercial Montague read the situation for UR, draining five shots in large part to their strong stakes are so high. So, without for Budweiser, in which Mirren sits perfectly. He back-stepped to on nine attempts to total 14 weekend against their UAA further ado, here are the best of alone in a restaurant and delivers the left corner, behind where points, along with four assists. rivals. URWB is tied atop the the best. a diatribe against drunk drivers. the three-point line meets On the women’s side conference, while URBB sits My absolute favorite commer- Part public service announcement the baseline, and met Borst- (URWB), it was a story of one game behind 24-ranked cial, and the one I watched first, and part beer commercial, the ad Smith’s pass. redemption. A week prior to Emory. was the Colgate toothpaste ad. is honest, simple, and funny. (Best The crowd froze as he put up their victory over WashU, the Lucchesi is member of It was an ad for water conserva- line: “If your brain was donated a three-point shot in the face ‘Jackets travelled to St. Louis the Class of 2016. tion as much as it was an ad for SEE COMMERCIALS PAGE 12 INSIDE OIL PRICES: TAPINGO SUPERBOWL BASKETBALL DECEPTIVE? ON CAMPUS HALFTIME PHOTOS THIS CT PAGE 6 OPINIONS PAGE 7 FEATURES PAGE 12 A&E PAGE 14 SPORTS PAGE 2 / campustimes.org NEWS / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016 Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Rochester BY RAAGA KANAKAM uid tinctures that are placed COPY EDITOR under the tongue. Many believe that other BY AMANDA MARQUEZ forms of treatment are just as NEWS EDITOR helpful and less dangerous, re- gardless of marijuana’s useful- Columbia Care, the United ness for patients with serious States’ largest medical marijua- illnesses. na company, opened its doors “There are a lot of addictive in Rochester late January with a drugs, and marijuana is one of location at the Eastman Build- them,” senior Hilba Zafar, an- ing Park on West Ridge Road. other pre-med student, said. UR students’ reactions to “[There] is very easy access, and its opening were diverse, with [it] can very easily be abused, some supporting the dispen- so I am just not a huge propo- PAMELA ORTEGO / NEWS EDITOR sary, others opposing the use of nent of it being used in a pro- medical marijuana, and many fessional setting.” PEP RALLY PUMPS STUDENTS FOR UR BASKETBALL indifferent. Other approved forms of Students congregate at the conclusion of this year’s Pep Rally prior to attending the Men’s and Women’s Basketball games. “I think it’s actually benefi- medical marijuana in New York cial for people who have chron- State include liquids and oils PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE ic pain, since it’s a non-pre- for vaporization or administra- scription drug way to manage tion via an inhaler, and capsules Stranger Asks About Campus it,” senior and pre-med student taken orally.