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Design by Julia Sklar • Presentation Editor Illustration by Morgan Kennedy • Staff Illustrator Page 2 COMMENCEMENT Sunday, May 20, 2012 Sc h e d u l e o f Ev e n t s Commencement Ceremonies

School of Nursing The School of Medicine Margaret Warner The College William E. Simon Commencement and Dentistry Graduate School of Commencement Graduate School of Friday, May 18, 1 p.m. Commencement Education & Human Sunday, May 20, 9 a.m. Business Administration Hall Friday, May 18, 4 p.m. Development Eastman Quadrangle, Commencement Kodak Hall Commencement River Campus Sunday, June 10, 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2:30 p.m. Kodak Hall Doctoral Degree Kodak Hall Commencement Commencement Saturday, May 19, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 20, 11:15 a.m. Kodak Hall Kodak Hall Diploma Ceremonies for The College DEPARTMENTS LOCATION TIME (Sunday) American Sign Language Lander Auditorium, Hutchison Hall 1:15 p.m. Anthropology Lander Auditorium, Hutchison Hall 11:15 a.m. Art & Art History M&T Bank Ballroom, 11:30 a.m. Biochemistry 1962 Auditorium, Arthur Kornberg Medical Research Building 11:15 a.m. Biology Palestra, Goergen Athletic Center 1:15 p.m. Biomedical Engineering Kodak Hall at , Eastman School of Music 2:30 p.m. Brain & Cognitive Sciences Palestra, Goergen Athletic Center 11 a.m. Chemistry May Room, Wilson Commons 2 p.m. Chemical Engineering Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music 2:30 p.m. Computer Science Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music 2:30 p.m. Earth & Environmental Sciences Hoyt Hall Auditorium 1:15 p.m. Economics Strong Auditorium 11:15 a.m. Electrical & Computer Engineering Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music 2:30 p.m. Engineering & Applied Science Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music 2:30 p.m. English Hubbell Auditorium, Hutchinson Hall 3:30 p.m. Film & Media Studies Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library 2 p.m. Geomechanics Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music 2:30 p.m. Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music 2:30 p.m. History Hubbell Auditorium, Hutchinson Hall 2 p.m. Individualized Interdepartmental Studies Room 201, Lattimore Hall 11:15 a.m. Interdepartmental Engineering Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music 12:45 p.m. Linguistics Lower Level, Interfaith Chapel 2:30 p.m. Mathematics Sanctuary, Interfaith Chapel 2 p.m. Mechanical Engineering Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music 3:30 p.m. Microbiology School of Nursing Auditorium 2:30 p.m. Modern Languages and Cultures Lower Level, Interfaith Chapel 11:15 a.m. Music Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library 11:15 a.m. Neuroscience Palestra, Goergen Athletic Center 11:15 a.m. Optics Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music 3:30 p.m. Philosophy Sanctuary, Interfaith Chapel Sanctuary 2:30 p.m. Physics and Astronomy Hoyt Hall Auditorium 11:15 a.m. Political Science and International Relations Strong Auditorium 11:15 a.m. Psychology Strong Auditorium 1:15 p.m. Public Health-related Programs Sanctuary, Interfaith Chapel 3:30 p.m. Religion and Classics May Room, Wilson Commons 11:15 a.m. Statistics Sanctuary, Interfaith Chapel 3:30 p.m. Women’s Studies Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library 1:15 p.m. Graduation Week Activities C a m p u s Ti m e s Serving the University of Rochester community since 1873. SATURDAY, MAY 19 SUNDAY, MAY 20 Editor-in-chief Melissa GoldiN Order of the Jesse Kneisel Concert Engineering Ceremony 8 p.m. College Commencement news editors Leah BULetti Presentation editor julia sklar 10 a.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman Brunch Karli cozen Online editor jenny hansler (RSVP required) School of Music 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Features editor Cheryl Seligman Photo Editors Junne Park opinions editor Jonathan Raybin Drue Sokol Wilson Quadrangle (tickets required) A&E Editor Erika Howard Staff Illustrator Morgan Kennedy Senior Farewell Concert Danforth Dining Center Sports Editors Adam Ondo Copy Editors amanda Decker Lilac Festival* 8 - 10 p.m. Kait Holden michaela kerem Noon - 4 p.m. Strong Auditorium *Buses provided for students comics editor Kara ng Business manager Brandon Manrique and families PUBLISHER Justin Fleming Senior Awards Ceremony Family Night Dessert For a complete list of events 4 p.m. Reception for and additional information, Wi l s o n Co m m o n s 102 Un i v e r s i t y o f Ro c h e s t e r , Ro c h e s t e r , NY 14627 Hoyt Auditorium the Class of 2012 check out the Senior Class Of f i c e : (585) 275-5942 • Fa x : (585) 273-5303 10 - 11:30 p.m. Council online, or contact w w w .campustimes .o r g • e d i t o r @campustimes .o r g Office of Minority Student Hirst Lounge, Laura Ballou in Wilson Full responsibility for material appearing in this publication rests with the Editor-in-Chief. Opinions expressed in columns, letters or comics are not necessarily the views of the editors or the University of Affairs Dinner Wilson Commons Commons Student Activities Rochester. The Campus Times is printed weekly on Thursdays throughout the academic year, except 5:30 p.m. at (585) 275-9390 or Laura. around and during university holidays. The first copy is free. The Campus Times is published on the World Wide Web at www.campustimes.org and is updated Thursdays following publication. All materials Douglass Dining Hall [email protected]. herein are copyright © 2012 by the Campus Times. Sunday, May 20, 2012 COMMENCEMENT Page 3 Senior wins Fulbright to teach in Nepal By leah buletti provide a monthly stipend. Ne w s Ed i t o r “The Fulbright ETA program in Senior Sorcha Dundas has been Nepal is only a few years old, so I’m awarded a 2012-13 Fulbright Schol- excited to be the first UR student arship to study in Nepal, where she embarking on this adventure,” will serve as an English Teaching Dundas said of the honor. “I have a Assistant (ETA). few Nepali friends here at UR and Dundas is the first UR student to they have been very supportive of be accepted into the Nepal Fulbright me and helpful in giving me a crash program, although in the past five course on the Nepali language and years, 35 UR students and alumni culture.” have received a Fulbright Scholar- Dundas, an anthropology major, ship. The Fulbright Scholarship is will spend a month in Kathmandu, considered one of the most competi- Nepal’s capital and largest metro- tive and highly regarded of fellow- politan area, to be fully immersed ship programs and is also the largest and trained in the Nepali language federally sponsored international in preparation for her teaching po- educational exchange program. Ful- sition. She also hopes to volunteer bright grants, which are sponsored in a health clinic or participate in by the U.S. Department of State research and community projects in Bureau of Educational and Cultural addition to her teaching position. Affairs, cover travel expenses and Se e NEPAL, Pa g e 4 Ca m p u s Br i e f s matt chin • Se n i o r St a f f Senior named Student previous research, which looked at more than just yoga: drumming up funds Employee of the Year how to help protect crops from pests Members of UR’s West African Drumming class performed on Friday, May 4 in front of Sage Arts Center without the use of toxic pesticides. as part of What Can Yoga Transcend?, an event which raised money for the Africa Yoga Project. Senior Shianne Chatarjee has The main goal of his project, based been named the 2011-12 UR Student on a discovery he made two years ago, Employee of the Year, an award given will be determining if, in controlled Se c u r i t y Up d a t e annually by the Student Employ- trials, the bacterium found in some ment Office to an outstanding stu- fruit flies can protect crops from dent employee who has significantly parasitic worms called nematodes, Student can’t resist firing toy gun contributed to the department in which could reduce the use of toxic By leah buletti Wallet stolen in Genesee May 2 at 4:59 p.m. after an indi- which they work. Chartarjee was chemicals and increase crop yields. Ne w s Ed i t o r Valley Park vidual asked for a refund on a sub nominated for the award for her work Jaenike’s project is one of more than 1. A Security officer was struck that he had purchased. in the Office of Alumni Relations 100 funded in the eighth round of in the head with a plastic suction 4. A UR staff member reported According to Lafferty, the of- as the Meliora Weekend Student Grand Challenges Explorations’ dart from a toy gun on Sunday, that his vehicle was broken into ficers believe that the individual Program Assistant, where she has program. May 6 at 3:38 a.m. at the Eastman and that property was stolen had attempted to do the same worked for the past two years. School of Music. while his car was parked in thing several days prior to the Chatarjee served as a member of Best Translated Book Award According to UR Security In- Genesee Valley Park near the incident. the Alumni Office’s Regional Events winners announced vestigator Daniel Lafferty, the baseball field on Thursday, May The individual, who was deter- and Operations team, performing individual who fired the toy gun 3 between the hours of 6:30 and mined to have no affiliation with such duties as researching venues, Winners of the Best Translated was identified as a student who 8:00 p.m. the University, was told that no preparing promotional materials, Book Award, which is organized by claimed that he “couldn’t resist” According to Lafferty, the refund could be provided without managing small Meliora Weekend UR’s Three Percent, were announced when asked why he had decided man’s University ID, keys, New a receipt. events and recruiting student vol- on Friday, May 4 at the PEN World to fire it. York State ID and several credit Upon a request from the staff, unteers. Chatarjee, who was one of Voices Festival at City’s The officer was not injured, cards were stolen. he was told not to return to the 22 nominees, was honored for the McNally Jackson Books. For po- but the gun was taken from the The vehicle was not damaged facility and was escorted from award at a reception held during etry, Kiwso Nomura’s “Spectacle & student, who was warned and and the staff member did not file the premises without further Student Employee Week. Pigsty,” which was translated from advised. The police were not a police report. incident. the Japanese by Kyoko Yoshida and involved. Biology professor awarded grant Forrest Gander, won first prize. For The matter has been referred to Ailing student taken Professor reports string fiction, Wieslaw Mysliwski’s “Stone the Office of the Dean of Students to Strong of rude emails Biology Professor John Jaenike has Upon Stone,” translated from the at Eastman for further review been awarded a $100,000 grant from Polish by Bill Johnston, won top and action. 5. A student who claimed to 7. A professor in Harkness Hall Grand Challenges Explorations, an honors. Thanks to the support of be feeling ill was taken from reported on Wednesday, May 2 initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Amazon.com, $20,000 will be dis- Slumbering man roused Anderson Tower to the Strong at 11:49 a.m. that he had been Gates Foundation that supports proj- tributed among the winning authors from dumpster refuge Memorial Hospital Emergency receiving emails from an uniden- ects focused on solving global health and translators. Department for care on Thursday, tified sender once a week for the and development problems. Leah Buletti is a member of 2. An individual was found May 3 at 1:20 a.m., according to past month or two. Jaenike’s project will build on his the class of 2013. sleeping behind the dumpsters in Lafferty, who did not provide According to Lafferty, the Barrett Alley near the Eastman further details on the student’s emails were “rude and critical School of Music on Monday, May condition. of the victim, but not threaten- In Ro c h e s t e r 7 at 4:04 a.m. ing.” RIT’s student magazine press technologies to the curriculum It was determined that the indi- Man desperate for refund No police report has been filed. press to be sold that led to diminishing support from vidual had no affiliation with the returns again Buletti is a member of the school; a decrease in external University, according to Lafferty. the class of 2013. The printing press used for the contract work; and competition for He was warned and departed 6. Security officers responded Information provided Reporter, Rochester Institute of resources and space. The press costs the premises without further to The Commons on Wednesday, by UR Security. Technology’s award-winning student about $1 million a year to staff and incident. magazine, will be sold, calling into run and has been used by businesses question the future of the publication. in Rochester to test their products and Excessive drinking leads The press is a large lithographic web for educational purposes. to bus mishap 1 offset called the Sunday 2000 and 2 is part of the Printing Applications Cost cutting measures 3. Security officers were called Eastman Music School UR Medical Center Lab at RIT, which will lay off six of continue at Kodak to Library Road near ITS on its 13 employees as a result of selling Friday, May 4 at 10:03 p.m. after the press. Eastman Kodak Co. announced its an individual was reported fall- According to an RIT spokes- plans last week to cut 140 positions, ing face first onto the pavement 5 man quoted by the Democrat and the latest in a string of layoffs to its when getting off a bus. Chronicle, the Reporter will continue Rochester-area workforce since the The officers identified the Riverview Complex to be pubished online and perhaps camera pioneer declared bankruptcy individual as a student, who ad- be accompanied by some form of a in January. The company has filed six mitted that he had consumed six 3 print product. notifications of layoffs under the Work- to eight double shots of tequila An article published in the Reporter er Adjustment and Retraining Noti- at an off-campus sorority party. on Wednesday, May 2 stated that fication Act, which add up to roughly He would not disclose where the while other printing labs may be used 500 positions cut in total. At the end party took place or which orga- 7 to print the Reporter, “they would of 2011, Kodak had a Rochester-area nization hosted it. 6 probably be unable to maintain the workfoce of 5,100. In the first quarter The student, who sustained a volume of magazines produced by the of 2012, Kodak spent $94 million on cut to the top of his head from Reporter at a rate that fits within its severance packages and eliminated the fall, was transported to budget.” The article further stated 1,700 positions worldwide. the Strong Memorial Hospital that three reasons were behind the de- Leah Buletti is a member of Emergency Department for care, cision: less alignment of conventional the class of 2013. Lafferty said. 4 Page 4 COMMENCEMENT Sunday, May 20, 2012 Seniors have skills to cope New website launch mirrors UR’s with tough job market expanding international reach By caitlin olfano year, but in previous years as well. By emily berkowitz international students who at- Jensen added that he does not Se n i o r St a f f At the time of graduation, roughly 70 Se n i o r St a f f tend the University. International believe that most students are After all the pomp and circum- percent of the seniors who respond UR Global, a website designed student enrollment at UR grew aware of the website, although stance ends after Commencement, to the survey have already accepted to provide the UR community by more than 13 percent in 2011, the team said they have seen the class of 2012 is faced with a very positions at jobs and internships or with news and updates about the according to the team. some positive feedback and are real question: What’s next after col- have enrolled in graduate school pro- University’s global activities, was “UR Global is intended to pro- still examining the site. lege? It’s a source of anxiety for many grams. Six months after graduation launched several weeks ago. vide a central online resource for “We are currently evaluating because of the current economy, but that number jumps to 90 percent of In addition to serving as the internationals interested in the requests for future site enhance- even students who have successfully graduated seniors, which indicates “hub” of information about University,” the team said. ments,” the team explained. “We accepted job offers or who have made hope for recent UR graduates that internal activities, this website With a rapidly growing popula- will continue to develop the site plans to go back to school find it a are continuing their search. also provides the chance to learn tion of international students and to be as comprehensive as pos- sore subject as they think back to the “Our students truly, via their about UR’s global partnerships, faculty members at UR, many sible.” process of applications and rejections ‘Rochester experience,’ are em- research, educational programs see a need to give a voice to the There are a variety of oppor- before they knew their next step. powered to express and, ultimately, and ultimately provide opportuni- international activities going on tunities for how this website can Around graduation time horror attain their academic, employment, ties for UR students, faculty and in the UR community. benefit the UR community, which stories begin to circulate about service and all clearly stated goals,” alumni to stay connected to the “[The UR Global website] also exists in many diverse locations. students trying and failing to find Nadler said. UR community from anywhere grew out of the perceived need to “If it catches the attention of the positions, even with a bachelor’s While these statistics indicate in the world. improve the coordination of the University community and begins degree. An article published in The that UR students who are focused The UR Global Project Team, ubiquitous, but often ‘silenced,’ to be used as it was envisioned and New York Times on Saturday, May and maintain a positive attitude are which is composed of the Inter- international activities, efforts designed, it has great potential to 5 highlighted the post-graduation likely to find an entry position or a national Opportunities Group, and connections throughout the foster connectivity and synergy,” trend of college students having to ac- spot in graduate school after gradua- International Services Office University,” Cary Jensen, Direc- Jensen said. cept unpaid internships, rather than tion, prospects tend to look different and University IT, said they tor of the International Services Berkowitz is a member of paid jobs, as employment for 20- to from the student perspective. Even were motivated to create the site Office, said. the class of 2012. 24-year-olds stands at 13.2 percent. with a major in mechanical engineer- because of a desire to establish But even unpaid internships, the ing, senior Aaron Shakin expressed one location for all international Gwen M. Greene Career and Intern- having difficulty in his job search, related news. ship Center tells students, are legiti- which he began last fall. He had nu- The website allows the data and mate options for students to explore merous interviews before accepting information on UR community that could eventually lead to salaried an offer a few weeks ago. members to come to life through employment opportunities. “There’s no automatic in any mediums such as photos, videos Ultimately, according to Director of this [process],” Shakin said, and personal stories, according to of the Career and Internship Center dispelling a myth that engineering a collective statement from the Center Burton Nadler, the key to students have an easier time find- UR Global Project Team. landing jobs or internships comes ing jobs. “A big part of it is having “We hope University commu- down to focus. connections.” nity members will continue to “It is critical that all seniors be The Career and Internship Center share their experiences abroad inspired to embrace focus, not fear echoes the importance of networking through Travel Notebooks and focus,” Nadler advised. “The ability and finding connections, especially connect with the growing UR to articulate field, function and firm through alumni.Networking can family around the world by tweet- targeted goals is what most positively provide support in the job search ing about all things global with or negatively impacts the potential as well as helpful tips regarding the hashtag #urglobal,” the UR of recent graduates to attain their what works. Global Project Team said in the goals.” Post-baccalaureate plans can be collective statement. According to preliminary survey daunting to any student, but pro- In addition to helping to con- results conducted by the Career spective jobs are out there for stu- nect members of the UR commu- and Internship Center, UR seniors dents who target specific goals and nity from a variety of locations, generally seem to be on the right stay focused on attaining them. the UR Global website was also Co u r t e s y o f w w w .r o c h e s t e r .e d u /g l o b a l track when it comes to focusing on Olfano is a member of launched to accommodate the UR has launched a new website to highlight news in the international plans after graduation — not just this the class of 2012. rapidly increasing percentage of community and the University’s increasing array of global activities. Nepal: Senior to teach abroad EAST RIDGE MINI STORAGE Co n t i n u e d f r o m Pa g e 3 incorporated into the local culture. Dundas said she was attracted to This work fostered her interest in the Fulbright program after a study Nepal, which she further cultivated abroad experience in Cape Town, through an Honors Thesis on the LOWEST PRICES, GUARANTEED South Africa, which she completed topic for the Honors Program in as a Benjamin A. Gilman Interna- Anthropology. tional Scholar and as a recipient She also credits the strength of her 24/7 ACCESS, WITH SECURITY of an IES Africa Scholarship, an application to participating in URe- experience that she said made her ading for six of eight semesters atUR. GATE AND SURVEILLANCE want to continue traveling. Despite UReading pairs UR undergraduates doing independent anthropology with preschool children in the Roch- research at UR this semester, she ester City School District to help 1945 EAST RIDGE RD. said she saw the opportunity to apply them develop necessary language, for an ETA grant rather than for a literacy, math and social skills. ROCHESTER, NY 14622 research grant through the Fulbright “This teaching experience defi- program as able to provide her with nitely prepared me to be an English 585-266-2270 more flexibility and lead her to a tutor over the summer, which in turn “broader experience.” prepared me to be a competitive

CULVER ST. Dundas also said she was attracted candidate for the ETA,” she said. to the program in Nepal because of Dundas said she is most nervous an internship she had at the Vermont about having to communicate in Refugee Resettlement Program, dur- Nepali, but that she is more excited ing which she lived with a Bhutanese about the potential for overcoming refugee family who had lived in this obstacle than she is nervous. GOLDEN refugee camps in Nepal for 20 years. “I’m most excited about waking TAN As Bhutanese refugees are ethnically up a few months from now and and linguistically Nepali, Dundas realizing that my daily life involves EAST RIDGE RD. explained that this experience as an teaching in a school in Nepal, living English tutor for the family that she with a Nepali family and speaking lived with “seemed to flow very well a language other than English,” into my application for the Fulbright she said. program in Nepal.” UR senior Edith Hanson, a Japa-

GOODMAN ST. GOODMAN EAST RIDGE 25% OFF “Having experience teaching nese and computer science double MINI STORAGE English in this capacity definitely major, was named a Fulbright alter- IRONDEQUOIT prepared me for the Fulbright com- nate to South Korea. Additionally, MALL STUDENT petition,” Dundas said. sophomore and applied mathematics Dundas also said that her aca- major Adam Russak was selected to demic pursuits at UR factored into participate in the 2012 Fulbright DISCOUNT her choice to pursue a Fulbright in US-UK Summer Institute and will Nepal — during the summer that spend six weeks studying at Durham she worked with the refugees, she University in the UK. conducted independent fieldwork Buletti is a member of on how Bhutanese refugees are the class of 2013. Sunday, May 20, 2012 COMMENCEMENT Page 5 or o Seniors fall into place: puzzle pieces dispersed c H oS pe BY Cheryl Seligman Germany; Kathmandu, Nepal; tors on the 2012 Class Council, over an image of Rush Rhees Li- Fe a t u r e s Ed i t o r and Cape Town, South Africa, helped bring the 2012 Puzzle brary and is made up of pictures By Arwa Elbeshbishi UR’s class of 2012 will be respectively. Project to fruition. from the seniors’ undergraduate St a f f Wr i t e r spread out all over the world Regardless of how near or how The project was a collaboration careers, was developed. Taurus (April 20 – May within the coming year. Some far the seniors will be, UR will between the 2012 Class Council, The mosaic was printed on 20): Let go, but keep cherished will stay in Rochester and oth- always be common ground — a Alumni Relations and University a giant puzzle, and all seniors memories so that they can be ers will move across the country. uniting force among the class Communications to capture the received a piece at graduation called upon later in life. Still, some will travel even fur- members. To represent this, experiences of the graduating rehearsal on Friday, May 18 that ther — seniors Natasha Turner, seniors Palida Noor and Scott class over the past four years. To serves as a “reminder that they Sorcha Dundas and Jessica Lee, Strenger, the latter of whom is do this, a photo mosaic, which are part of a larger whole,” to name a few, will be in Cologne, one of the publicity coordina- depicts the class of 2012 logo See MEMENTO, Page 6 Class gift donations soar due to new strategies Gemini (May 21 – June BY Melissa Goldin give back to smaller organiza- 20): Moving on is tough, so Ed i t o r -i n -Ch i e f tions they were really a part of realize that what you are mov- Although students didn’t get will probably have a [bigger] ing on to is even better. to see Dean of Students Mat- impact than had they just given thew Burns belt out Coldplay’s to a giant pool of money that’s Cancer (June 21 – July “Viva la Vida” in red leather going to the University, only 22): Soak in summertime and pants with a shaved head at because of the scale — I think your friends back home. You graduation rehearsal, the 2012 it makes a bigger difference on might as well appreciate that Class Council has, as of May that level,” Baisden said. time while you can. 7, succeeded in raising $6,032 Spielmann stressed that she out of a goal of $7,500 as part believed the campaign’s tagline Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22): of the 2012 Senior Class Gift — “support your passion” — Crying can be healthy, but Campaign. This is a significant also aided the Council’s efforts. smiling is a better use of time increase from the class of 2011’s A number of other endeavors and looks better on you. campaign, in which a total of were introduced to encourage $4,249.92 was raised. This year, students to donate to the cam- there were 310 total donors out paign as well, such as holding of a goal of 325 as of May 7. raffles and giving out mugs with “I think, compared to the past, the class of 2012 logo. The Coun- *The numbers for 2012 incorporate data up to May 7. we’ve made some big improve- cil also held a donor-only event ments,” Administrative Chair at which Gwen Greene, a mem- Cheryl Seligman • Fe a t u r e s Ed i t o r of the 2012 Class Council and ber of UR’s Board of Trustees the senior class donated to the from caps and gowns to senior Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. senior Trevor Baisden said. He who chairs the University’s an- campaign as of May 7, Burns week activities, cost a lot of mon- 22): The heart knows what it helped spearhead the campaign nual campaign, spoke. Further- will donate five dollars for each ey, so there really isn’t much left wants. Trust yourself and go along with Administrative Chair more, a cover fee was charged at additional percentage point, up to contribute after that.” with it, because you’ll find new of the 2012 Class Council and one of the class of 2012’s senior to $500. Senior Alicia Cornelia also had adventures wherever you wind senior Annamarie Spielmann. nights, which went toward the Senior Belinda Weinberg financial concerns, explaining up. Burns agreed about the extent Annual Fund. explained that she hadn’t ini- that she is simply “too broke at of the Council’s success. In addition to these efforts, tially thought about whether or the moment.” Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22): “The last I heard, this year’s Burns played his part with “The not she would contribute, but Baisden and Spielmann spoke Let your curiosity roam — senior class reached a higher Dean’s Challenge,” in which he decided to donate because of a about the class gift at gradua- wake up your body and soul. percentage of giving than we created a series of checkpoints raffle to win an iPad earlier in tion rehearsal on Friday, May 18, have seen in years, so I think with tasks he would complete if the year. giving the senior class updates Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. they did an excellent job,” he certain percentages of the senior “I was pleased to be able to about the campaign and encour- 21): It’s time for something said. class donated to the campaign. select a specific area of interest aging the last few people to do- new: learn a language, take up As opposed to past years, the His promised musical perfor- to give to because it made my nate. The last day to contribute a hobby or read a new book. Council gave students the op- mance would have occurred if 80 contribution feel more person- is today, May 20 — graduation tion of donating either to the percent of the class contributed. al,” she said. “I donated to study day itself. Rochester Annual Fund, which He introduced the idea in 2011, abroad programs because my se- Baisden and Spielmann both raises money for special projects but there was not enough time mester abroad helped define my believe that the structure of the at UR, as well as scholarships to publicize it then. time in college and exposed me campaign helped the Council and financial aid, or to a specific “I am feeling a mix of relief to new ideas and experiences.” raise as much money as they did, area of the University, such as and disappointment to still have Other students had their rea- and hope that the process will an academic department or hair on my head and no red sons for not contributing. continue to be used by future Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – student organization, an initia- skinny jeans on,” Burns said. “I meant to, and I think it’s a classes. Dec. 21): Fresh air is always tive which they believed would “As far as singing ‘Viva la Vida,’ reasonable campaign with what “I think it really worked well nice, so take a walk, ride a bike give students an extra incentive well, let’s just say that anyone they ask from us, but with all for the campaign as a whole or go for a run. to donate if they could choose who wouldn’t have liked it would the projects I had going on I and for getting a lot of people to specifically where their money have received a refund on the didn’t get around to it,” senior donate,” Spielmann noted. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. would go. ticket they bought to see it.” Leigha MacNeill explained. “And Goldin is a member of 19): It’s never too late to make “I think that letting people Because over 20 percent of frankly, a lot of senior activities, the class of 2013. amends, and now is the perfect time to do so. things you should KNOW this week

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. Ov e r h e a r d a t UR: 18): With the school year end- ing, you are bound to find an- other path, no matter whether “I can’t even hear my ears!” it is temporary or permanent.

(Heard outside of Robert B. Goergen Athletic Center) Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20): Yearning for discovery? The time has come again to explore and find yourself. This Day in History: May 20 1506: Christopher Columbus dies.

1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans. Aries (March 21 – April 19): A journey is only created with a clear head. 1995: Bill Clinton permanently closes the street in frot of the White House to non-pedestrian traffic. Elbeshbishi is a member of the class of 2014. Illustrations by 2012: UR’s class of 2012 graduates. Jordan Cicoria. Page 6 COMMENCEMENT Sunday, May 20, 2012

Memento: Class of 2012 photo mosaic captures four years of memories

Co n t i n u e d f r o m Pa g e 5 proach the Office of Alumni were originally slated to be in- unions, class members will be he said. “We experienced college Strenger said. “[It stresses] the Relations, which loved the idea cluded. asked to symbolically fit together together, and it’s awesome to significance that our undergrad- and recommended she contact To create the mosaic, Strenger a piece of the puzzle.” have a memento that embodies uate experience would not be the 2012 Class Council for help, worked with a designer for the Noor added that reassembling that.” complete without each member at which point she teamed up Rochester Review to turn the the puzzle “will serve as a re- Noor, too, is very enthusiastic of the class.” with Strenger. He was the one submissions into an iconic and minder that, [at] one point, we about the project, which had Noor thought up the idea of a who suggested the puzzle consist memorable image. The puzzle it were all together … It will be been brewing in the back of her puzzle to be dispersed among the of hundreds of photos instead of is printed on is made up of 1,200 both a memory of the past as mind for so long. graduates during the summer of a single image. pieces. well as [a] pact to remain close “This is just a little something 2011, before her senior year even Through class emails, flyers In fact, two full puzzles dis- in the future.” I can give back to a school that began. and a Facebook event, Noor and playing this image were created, Strenger hopes that members has given me so much,” she said. “I have an art minor, so I am Strenger sought out photo sub- one whose pieces were dissemi- of the class of 2012 will keep and “I hope the seniors will … take constantly thinking of differ- missions, after which they had to nated among the seniors and an- cherish their puzzle pieces. care to watch over their own ent ways to bring people closer sort through over 2,000 photos other that Alumni Relations will “I’m excited to come back to piece of the puzzle.” through art,” she explained. from upwards of 50 students. keep, which will be assembled at future reunions and find whose Seligman is a member of “This came to me out of the blue For consistency, they selected all future class of 2012 reunions. piece fits together with mine,” the class of 2012. one day … I loved that, when only horizontal photos and hand- “A reunion is a lot more fun united, the pieces all make a big- picked pictures that represented when more people show up,” ger, stronger whole, just like all the widest variety of people, Strenger noted. “To visibly show the people at this school.” events and places. After sorting, how many of our classmates Noor’s first step was to ap- about half of the submissions come back, at our future re- COLUMBIA SUMMER 2012 CHOOSE FROM 52 DIFFERENT PROGRAM AREAS TO ADVANCE YOUR ACADEMIC PATH. AMERICAN STUDIES ANTHROPOLOGY ARABIC SUMMER PROGRAM ART HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY ASTRONOMY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUSINESS CHEMISTRY CLASSICS COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC COMPUTER SCIENCE CREATIVE WRITING DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY ECONOMICS ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE FILM STUDIES FRENCH AND ROMANCE PHILOLOGY FUNDRAISING GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES GREEK HINDI-URDU HISTORY HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ITALIAN JOURNALISM LATIN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES MATHEMATICS MIDDLE EASTERN, SOUTH ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES MUSIC PHILOSOPHY PHYSICS POLITICAL SCIENCE PRELAW PREMED PSYCHOLOGY RELIGION RUSSIAN PRACTICUM SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE SOCIOLOGY SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE STATISTICS VISUAL ARTS WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES

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“Get a job.” “Always remember your “Good luck.” “Work hard, but don’t let “Have fun.” “Come back for D-Day.” way back home.” success get in the way of friendship.” Sunday, May 20, 2012 Page 7 TV and the CT: a legacy of lessons from time well spent

Co u r t e s y o f d v d s t r e e t .c o m Co u r t e s y o f mngreekrambling .b l o g s p o t .c o m From classics like “The West Wing” to shows emblematic of the college experience like “Greek,” the Idiot Box Addict has spent four years exploring all that TV land has to offer.

By Becky Rosenberg so much as breathes too loud many shows about college out guilt about it. Instead I’ll just television allows us to reflect on Se n i o r St a f f during an hour-long episode. there, and this one did it right. say that “Greek” was a true our own lives as well as glimpse Four years ago, I began writ- From “Lost” I learned it’s not “Greek” managed to portray the pleasure. into lives entirely different from ing this column in an effort necessarily about what you get power of friendship, the fear of Someone recently asked my our own. to explain to my parents, my at the end, but how you got the future, the sense of tradition opinion on what television re- If you have read what I have friends and even to my pro- there. I didn’t spend six breath- and the need for adventure that ally is. Is it a commentary on had to say over the past four fessors, why I spent so much taking, heart-attack inducing is so connected with embarking culture? Is it a reflection of years, my hope is that I got time with my eyes glued to the seasons to watch the finale and on the college journey. society? Is it a useless form of you to watch something you television. Rather than blubber complain at the end. And the show taught me a brainwashing entertainment? wouldn’t have considered. I hope through a conversation about The 121 mind-bending epi- lesson I’m still trying to accept: My answer is that it is both I made you argue with a friend how various television shows sodes of Damon Lindelof and That, at the end of college, even all and none of those. Television about whether or not the first have inspired me and placed me Carlton Cuse’s creation taught if the physical place is no longer is whatever you want it to be. episode of a show is worth it. into a state of awe I have yet me what it means to be an ac- there to keep you connected, the The shows that air in the eve- I hope I have made you think to accurately explain, I would tive fan of a show. “Lost” intro- things you learned from classes, ning can be your way of wind- about one scene in a show differ- instead say, ‘Oh, I have to watch duced me to how the Internet the friends you made and the ing down after a day of work or ently than you did before. Be- that for my Campus Times and television work hand-in- experiences you had will never they can be something you work cause what I’ve learned the most column.’ hand and how watching an be lost. If I said I didn’t cry my harder to understand than any from the idiot box in my room is I “have” to. Like it was forced episode of a show wasn’t just an heart out during the finale I’d actual work itself. that television has an immense upon me. Not a blatant choice. hour of entertainment, but also be a complete liar. I don’t know Good shows make us talk power to connect us all. I have spent the past 53 a source of hours upon hours of if it’s fair for me to call it a about storytelling and fiction, Rosenberg is a member of columns writing articles far conversation. guilty pleasure when I have no history and humanity. Good the class of 2012. surpassing their word limits, The adventures of the Oce- infuriating or elating editors anic Six stretched my imagi- depending on how nation, gave me a much space they The Idiot Box passion for science have in their sec- fiction and reminded tion in a given week, me that at the heart about a wide range ADDICT of a show are the of shows of different characters, and genres from “Gossip without that, it’s Girl” to “Fringe.” just a failure. (See I’ve reached my final Exhibit A, “Flash column. And here is Forward”) what I have to show Third is a show for it. Here is what that I should have my obsessive-com- watched a long time ago pulsive addiction to television but didn’t get around to un- has taught me. til now. “The West Wing” may I have my freshman room- not have aired during my four mate to thank for the first show years here, but I marathoned all that I watched from beginning seven seasons like I never have to end in college. She owned with a show before. I’m glad to all ten seasons of “Friends” say that I think Aaron Sorkin’s and I had only seen an episode masterpiece of a show can count or two here and there. So the as my one political science class endeavor began. And that goal of my undergraduate career. I to complete all 236 episodes of learned how an idealized version the show is how I made some of the White House functions. I of my first friends on my fresh- now know what a filibuster is, man hall. We watched every day, how hard the job of the White multiple times a day, before and House press secretary must be, Spend a bright summer in Buffalo. after class, and instead of study- why a campaign is probably one ing at 2 a.m. on a weeknight of the most exciting, exhausting Are you Bu alo bound this summer? and frustrating endeavors of a we would shamelessly glue our Get ahead in your studies by choosing from a huge schedule of eyes to the screen. I have always career and why no president of leaned toward watching shows the United States will match credit-bearing courses, lectures and workshops at UBisSummer. on my own, but “Friends” Jed Bartlett. Not in Bu alo this summer? Work an on-line course into your showed me that watching some- Now, let’s jump from the show thing in a group with other that served as a replacement summer schedule to get a jump on your studies. Register today. people, who appreciate it just as for college courses to the guilty much, is one of the most re- pleasure I watched instead of Find a course or two freshing ways to make a friend, studying for class. “Greek” to talk and to laugh. “Friends” proved that ABC Family has that’s right for you helped me find some of my best more to say than questionable friends. pre-teen melodrama. It echoed at www.summer.buffalo.edu. Then, there’s the polar oppo- my sentiment that the friends site. The show I refuse to watch you make in college become in the company of anyone who your family. There aren’t that Page 8 ADVERTISEMENT Sunday, May 20, 2012 Sunday, May 20, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT Page 9 Page 10 COMMENCEMENT Sunday, May 20, 2012 Senior Year by CoCo

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Ca i t l i n College: a social experiment in growing up Ol f a n o No matter the reason stu- the experiment and perhaps be sons learned about growing up lessons that students learned • dents have for enrolling in inclined to donate to future test and interacting with others are about themselves. Those les- Se n i o r college, once they’ve stepped subjects. too important to forget. sons were woven into students’ St a f f foot on campus they enter into Students are exposed The experimenters snuck in choices along the collegiate one of the greatest experi- to many different courses the lessons about patience and journey from move-in day to and choosing classes. ments society has ever created. throughout the experiment, dedication into science classes Commencement exercises. The Now, as seniors, we’ll take Thousands of young adults, no learning skills and programs that seemed impossible to pass, beauty of the experiment is the lessons that this experi- parental supervision and up- along the way that are all kept into 20-page papers that were that each path is different, but, ment has taught us and bring wards of $50,000 to participate track of on a nice, neat tran- so daunting when the first page in the end we all leave learning it with us, stretching out per year. script. But the letters next to was still blank. The lesson a little bit more about ourselves again into the far corners of The administrators run- the classes and the numbers about perspective was set up than when we first arrived. We the globe. While we might not ning the experiment tell the that make up the GPA only even before students stepped learned how much we can grow, remember everything from students that they’re testing mark a fraction of what the onto campus, when room- learn and handle ourselves in our seminar classes, at least for knowledge — how much a experiment is truly designed to ing assignments came in the the face of adversity. we’ll take with us lessons like student can learn in approxi- do. Off the records, beyond the mail. Students from all over the Whether the new paths in friendship, patience, dedication mately four years. The rules classes, the most noteworthy world were grouped together our lives have us moving into and maturity. Because, in the are relatively simple: To join achievements are not the les- on a hall in Susan B. Anthony new apartments or back in with end, that was the point of the the experiment, students must sons learned about statistics or Halls or on the Residential our parents for a little while, experiment and the goal of the specialize in a particular field math or English, for example, Quad, sleeping in the same whether we’re starting new experimenters — for us to learn (or two, or three) so they can go but rather the lessons learned standard-issue, extra-long, jobs or going back to school, values and gain perspective so out into the world and change about life. Because, to be hon- twin-sized beds and using the our common ground is change. that we can and continue to be it. When the world is changed est, it’s difficult to remember same communal bathrooms. We’ve all come a long way from ever better. by the knowledge they learned how to use SPSS after that one The experimenters were our freshmen selves who were Olfano is a member of in college they will remember class junior year, but the les- particularly clever with the nervous about making friends the class of 2012.

Ch e r y l Graduation does not signal an end to youth Se l i g m a n In the wake of the recent of professions and ultimately plan and got free beer at fra- your parents’ basement, or be • death of writer and illustrator asked the question, “What do ternities. In just one month, unemployed and live in your Fe a t u r e s Maurice Sendak — perhaps you want to be when you grow I’ll be paying rent, cooking ev- parents’ basement.” Ed i t o r best known for his 1963 book, up?” ery night (or, more likely, pour- Personally, I’m glad that “Where the Wild Things Are” Well, as hard as it is to be- ing myself a bowl of cereal) these kinds of articles are com- all much more than I can pos- — I’ve been reflecting on the lieve, graduation is here and and budgeting my expenses at ing out, but I’m content with sibly realize right now. simple joy I gained, way back I’ve grown up. For the most bars. No more Declining dol- reading them on my own time. So, here’s to looking for- when, from reading a story part, at least. I’m off to pursue lars — , here I come! I don’t want to hear a laundry ward, but also to looking back. before bed. a career in journalism — a far That impending reality has list of all the adversity I’ll I’m more than ready to move Like many my age, I read cry from my typical answer recently taken the spotlight. likely face sooner rather than on, but I’m not at all ready to “Where the Wild Things Are” of “zookeeper” when reading With graduation ceremonies later. No, not at commence- let go. In fact, I never will let and Margaret Wise Brown’s Boone’s story — and while I’ll happening across the country, ment, which is one of life’s go. I’m off to live in an apart- “Goodnight Moon,” but the still be in graduate school for a many have been writing about greatest milestones and a cel- ment, but a small piece of one book I remember reading year, real life has arrived. what goes unsaid in most ebration of significant accom- me will forever reside in my most frequently was Debby As much as I’d like to believe commencement speeches and plishment. freshman room, Tiernan 362. Boone’s “Bedtime Hugs for we were real adults in college, responding to “10 things your I don’t know about you, but I’m pursuing a career in jour- Little Ones,” a collection of 18 I’d argue we really weren’t. commencement speaker won’t I’m excited to live in the real nalism, but a part of me will bedtime stories about many I’m not saying that’s a bad tell you,” an article published world. College was supposed always be a zookeeper. childhood wonders, like the thing, nor that we should have in the Wall Street Journal on to be the best four years of my Honestly, I’d feel no shame disappearing sun or being been real adults during these April 30. That article — and life, and I’m pretty sure it was in letting my mom read me loved. Actually, I wasn’t the past four years. Just that we the various responses it in- great enough to be just that. a bedtime story tonight, just one reading — my sister and I weren’t. spired — discusses the post- Either way, I’m leaving with because it would remind me liked when our mom read to us Of course, not all of us lived graduation hardships that optimism and high hopes for that I’m still young at heart. out loud. under the same circumstances, graduates have coming their many equally wonderful years It would let me hang on to this Of the 18 stories, “When and while many of us dealt way. The Washington Post, for to come. Yet while I’m confi- life just a little bit longer. To- You Grow Up” was, without a with real suffering, felt real example, reported on May 3 dent that there’s a lot to look day, I’m a university graduate, doubt, one of my favorites. We sadness and real joy, perhaps in “The 10 things they really forward to, I’m definitely go- but let me grow down tonight. probably read that one every even found real love, I, and don’t tell you at graduation,” ing to miss this college lifestyle I’ll grow up again tomorrow. time we picked up the book. many like me, lived in univer- that “next year, you will prob- and the people I’ve grown so Seligman is a member of The story detailed a number sity housing, ate from a meal ably be unemployed, or live in close to. I’ll probably miss it the class of 2012. C a mp u s Ti m e s Sp o r ts Pa g e 12 Su n d a y , Ma y 20, 2012 UR women row with strength, fortitude in spring season BY kait holden third place, securing a spot Sp o r t s Ed i t o r in the final heat with a net Women’s rowing is often time of 07:00.42 minutes, seen as one of the lesser splitting13.71 seconds behind known Varsity sports on the leader. Similarly, the novice campus, which is quite a boat finished third in prelims travesty as they have had some with a net time of 07:48.59 to remarkable achievements earn a spot in the finals heat. as a team this past year. The finals heat of UR’s Recently, the Yellowjackets second Varsity eight (2V8) competed at the New York State also occurred on day one. After Championships in Whitney putting forth tremendous Point, N.Y. This two-day efforts, the ’Jackets finished competition, which took place sixth with a net time of 07:20.76 May 5 and 6, was the apex of the minutes, splitting 21.68s. rowing team’s season — the races While it is always preferred at championships determine to finish on top, the ranking eligibility for National Collegiate is not always what is most Athletic Association Division important in rowing, according Co u r t es y o f UR At h l e t i cs III Championships (NCAAs). to many team members. In only its third year of being a Varsity sport, UR women’s rowing has garnered unprecedented success this season. Senior Gabriella Logrono was “Even if we don’t get third, Although UR women’s overpowered Ithaca’s Varsity Hill, N.J. on April 14 and Washington (8:00.57) and especially excited to compete at second or first, what matters after rowing did not secure a boat in the last 250 meters 15. All three of UR’s boats Vassar College (8:07.84). the last championships of her that to us is margins,” Logrono spot at NCAAs, they are of the race for the win. had successful races earning After a season filled with collegiate rowing career and explained. “It is nice to know proud of what they have “It takes a while to each spots in the top three. many more highs than in emphasized the importance of if we’ve closed the margins.” accomplished and their build a team, and this is Placing third was the V8 past years, women’s rowing their performance at this event. Day two marked eventful growth as a team this season. an accomplishment in boat with a time of 7:02.28, could be a force worth “The whole season we finals races for all teams When asked about the itself,” Logrono said. just off top finisher Marietta reckoning with come next work up to New York State competing at Championships. highlights of the season, Women’s rowing finished College and second place season. With talk of added Champs,” she said. “So The V8 team was just off L o g r o n o n o t e d t h a t in first place with a winning finisher Washington College. discipline and training hours, people we go up against at their prelims time with a “beating Ithaca [College] time of 07:55:00, followed by The 2V8 boat got second as well as strong incoming the Championship are all the net time of 07:05.93 and was the biggest thing ever.” Ithaca in second and Rochester place to Marietta with the recruits, this team looks to New York schools duking it finished sixth place overall in Never before as a Varsity Institute of Technology in third. time 7:39.50. Finishing on be the most promising it has out for a spot in the NCAAs.” finals. Improving their time sport has the UR women’s The second highlight top by a significant margin been since becoming UR’s During preliminaries on by almost five seconds, the rowing team defeated Ithaca. worth noting was their third was the novice boat with a 23rd Varsity sport in 2009. day one, the Varsity eight novice boat came in fifth overall However, on Ithaca’s home place win out of six teams at time of 7:51.58 and trailing Holden is a member of (V8) boat finished strong in with a net time of 07:43.03. turf on April 7, the V8 boat The Knecht Cup in Cherry were University of Mary the class of 2013. UR track takes down Bidding farewell to the cream competition on home turf of UR’s crop of senior stars BY adam ondo freshmen Alison Patrick and In field events, junior BY adam ondo a First Team All-UAA at the was named to the All-Liberty Sp o r t s Ed i t o r Brittany Porter and junior Ashanna Lynch placed second Sp o r t s Ed i t o r end of this season. This year, League First Team and All- The men’s track and field Claire Crowther. The UR team in the shot put and fourth in As UR’s seniors graduate, Luther scored 10.6 points per UAA First Team for her 29- team took fifth, while the clocked in five seconds ahead the discus. Sophomore Emer- sports teams will be looking game on 51 percent shooting. run season. Fellow outfielder women’s track and field team of second place Ithaca. Porter syn Pullan came in seventh in to fill the void created by their She finishes her basketball and senior Cara Celorio called earned third, at the New York and Patrick also placed in the the discus. Junior Carina Luck absence. The impact of their career eighth in scoring at McLean “reliable” and said State Collegiate Track Confer- top eight in the 400m. took sixth in the triple jump graduation will be felt by both UR with 1,077 points and that she will miss watching ence Championships, held Other notable performanc- with a distance of 10.59m. their teammates at UR and she has never missed a game her make “awesome diving Friday, May 4 to Saturday, es by the women’s team Both teams compete next by their opponents. Here’s a in her four years playing for catches.” Her talents as both May 5 at Fauver Stadium. include senior Lauren Nor- at the NCAA Division III look at five of the top senior the Yellowjackets. Luther a friend and as a player will Three runners provided ton’s third place finish in the Outdoor Championships in Yellowjackets. is currently considering at- be missed at UR. four of the wins that allowed 1500m, Crowther’s third place Claremont, Calif. from May tending dental school after the men to place that well. finish in the 800m and junior 26 to May 28. Braezen Subick: graduation. Nate Novosel: Take Five Scholar Frank Breanna Eng’s fourth place Ondo is a member of As the Yellowjackets’ quar- Ramirez came in first place victory in the 100m. the class of 2014. Forward Nate Novosel in both the 800-meter and terback, Subick raised the Bill Campi: started off his UR basketball 1500m races on day two of bar for future players and Campi ended his UR foot- career on a high note, earning the meet. Senior Andrew found his way into the re- ball career with 1st Team the UAA Rookie of the Year Fleisher followed suit, win- cord books. After ending his All-Liberty League honors, selection in 2009 after estab- ning the 3000m steeplechase senior year with 1,414 yards racking up 27 tackles and four lishing himself as a dominant title and senior James Vavra and 10 touchdowns, Subick sacks this season as a defen- force by leading the team in took first in the 5000m run, learned that he was the first sive tackle and also blocking blocks and shooting percent- pulling ahead of St. Lawrence UR quarterback to end his two kicks. In his junior year, age. In his junior year, he was University’s Seth Jackson in career with a completion his presence was noticed after named National Association the last 200 meters. percentage higher than 60 he managed 30 tackles. He of Basketball Coaches First Sophomore Adam Pacheck percent (60.4). He is also was thereafter named to the Team All-District and All- also contributed to UR’s win second in UR history in All-Liberty League Second UAA First Team. He aver- with a fourth place finish in completions with 445 and Team. Even as a freshman, aged 13.5 points per game the 5000m with a time of third in touchdown passes Campi recorded 31 tackles, and tied the team in blocks 15:12.07. Freshman Ethan with 35. On September 24, 7.5 of which resulted in loss that year. In his senior year, Pacheck took third in the 2011, Subick tied another of yards. His 6’2’’ and 285 Novosel earned a Second 800m. The 4x400m team school record by throwing lbs. frame will be missed next Team All-UAA selection. of freshmen Max Sims and four touchdown passes in one year when the team is in need He finished his career with Ethan Pacheck and seniors game. He also completed 28 of a big defensive play. the second highest shooting Greg Hartnett and Nick Ch- passes in a single game in a isholm secured a fifth place percentage in school history 2009 matchup, tying his own Katie McLean: victory with a time of 3:24.27. (58.8) and 1,197 points. His McLean, who is an out- Chisholm placed sixth in the record that he set the year ability to put up twenty 400m as well. before as a freshman. After fielder on the softball team, points in tough games and The women’s team ben- graduation, he will work for recorded 18 runs and 16 runs block important shots will efited from sophomore Becky M&T Bank in Rochester. batted in this season. She was be missed. Novosel will be Galasso’s wins in the 400m selected to be on the UAA All- teaching elementary school and 4x400m races. In the Jodie Luther: Tournament Team this year in Washington, D.C. next year first event, Galasso overtook A star forward on the wom- based on her performance in as part of Teach For America. Ithaca College’s Harmony en’s basketball team, Luther the 2012 Liberty League Soft- However, he has his sights set Graves in the last 100 meters. alyssa arre • St a f f Ph o t o g r a p h e r was named a Women’s Bas- ball Championship, an honor on law school. In the second event, Galasso Sophomore Becky Galasso helped UR women’s track ketball Coaches Association she received in her freshman Ondo is a member of had help from her teammates, and field to a third place finish in state competition. First Team All-American and year as well. As a junior, she the class of 2014.