CampusTHURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / VOLUME 142, ISSUE 10 Times SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org Students and workers march SPARK Entrepreneurs from UR in ‘Fight for $15’ host conference BY SAM PASSANISI to become its own organization. NEWS EDITOR Saturday’s conference featured a morning keynote SPARK Entrepreneurs, an speech from Chief undergraduate club focused Information Officer (CIO) on promoting creative Dave DeLaus, who spoke about business ideas among UR entrepreneurship in the context undergraduates, held their first of his own employer. Wegmans annual conference on Saturday, was one of the conference’s April 11. The Greater Rochester main sponsors, along with UR’s Entrepreneurship Conference, Center for Entrepreneurship, held in Simon UR Admissions and Sealing from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Devices, Inc., a corporation attracted undergraduates from headquartered in Western New UR as well as RIT, Roberts York that manufactures gaskets Wesleyan College, St. John and sealants. Fisher’s College, Finger Lakes “[The Center for Community College and Alfred Entrepreneurship] provided a University. lot of help just with booking, SPARK Entrepreneurs is event support, and then we a newly rebranded student had Admissions financially organization, club president supporting us, along with Jesse Reichenstein said. Wegmans and Sealing Devices.” Formerly, the group was known Reichenstein said. AARON SCHAFFER / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF as UR Entrepreneurs, but they Sharon Napier, CEO of Protesters marched from UR’s Eastman Quad on Wednesday afternoon as part of a national movement to raise the minimum wage. renamed their organization last Rochester-based advertising year. UR Consulting Group agency Partners and Napier, BY ANGELA LAI Leadership House, Black Students’ people who “don’t get enough to split from the club at that time SEE SPARK PAGE 4 NEWS EDITOR Union, Pride Network and College survive. They deserve more. They Feminists. deserve better. They have families; As part of the national “Fight Dawn Marshall-Hosier, the they have kids.” for $15” campaign for a higher Service Employees International “If I’m not fighting,” Lombardo minimum wage and the right to United (SEIU) Local 200United said, “I’m saying that the treatment unionize without repercussions, a Executive Vice President and my coworkers and I get, the wages large crowd of protesters organized Organizer and Danforth Dining we get, is acceptable. So being near the steps of UR’s Eastman Hall worker, said that she and other here is saying the opposite—it’s Quad at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, UR workers were there “in solidarity unacceptable.” April 15. Speakers addressed the with fast food workers fighting for SDS External Communications protesters before they began their $15 an hour.” She also credits her Chair and sophomore Jordan march toward College Town. union membership for helping her Polcyn-Evans introduced each Marchers included Metro Justice earn $15 an hour, a “living wage,” speaker and was the first to address organizers, fast food workers, highlighting the importance of the the crowd on the Eastman Quad, members of local unions, churches rights of workers to unionize. saying that students often “don’t and activist groups and UR students Dan Lombardo, a shift manager realize” that the issue of a living PHOTO COURTESY OF SPARK ENTREPRENEURS from Students for a Democratic at the McDonald’s across from wage is so “close to home.” The Greater Rochester Entrepreneurship Conference featured guest speakers and a Society (SDS), as well as Douglass Marketplace Mall, said that he sees SEE PROTEST PAGE 4 business idea competition sponsored by Wegmans. ResLife announces HBO GO access for students BY JAMIE RUDD features and behind-the-scenes an HBO subscription is given an been the University’s cable provider promote the network at UR. SENIOR STAFF extras. HBO GO can be viewed HBO GO account—this includes since the end of December, it took “We plan different events on on a range of devices including anyone with a housing contract some time to set up the HBO GO campus,” Wachter explained. “We On Friday, April 10, the Office of computers and smart phones. at UR. student accounts. “Infrastructure planned a ‘Girls’ event with College Residential Life & Housing Services Over winter break, the University “Eligible participants of the HBO and integration assessments and Feminists earlier in the semester; announced that all students with made the switch to a new cable TV GO service must be undergraduate testing needed to take place prior we planned the big ‘Game of an on-campus housing contract provider, Campus Televideo. This students, enrolled in classes, with a to the introduction of the HBO Thrones’ event two weeks ago.” On now have access to an HBO GO gave students living on campus housing contract,” Turner noted. Go service on campus,” Turner Wednesday, April 1, Wachter and account. access to eleven HBO channels and Students living on campus during explained. his fellow Campus Agent, freshman HBO GO is the online seven other new networks. the academic year will have access In addition to bringing HBO GO Maria Sepulveda, organized an early counterpart to the HBO television “Access to HBO GO came with to HBO GO during winter break to the students, the University’s new screening of the ‘Game of Thrones’ network that gives users access to the Campus Televideo provider,” and spring break. However, only HBO subscription has resulted in a season five premiere, partnering a variety of HBO programming. Residential Network Coordinator students who live on campus over partnership with the HBO College with Campus Activities Board and This includes HBO original series, for University Information the summer will have access to their program. Sophomore Nicholas UR Cinema Group. movies, sports, documentaries and Technology Justin Turner said. It accounts during summer break. Wachter has served as an HBO Before the end of the semester, comedy specials, as well as bonus is HBO’s policy that anyone with While Campus Televideo has Campus Agent this semester to SEE HBO PAGE 4 WHERE DIDN’T THAT IMPACT PETITIONS COLLEGE INSIDE COME FROM? RECRUITMENT THIS CT UPDATE Wondering about the origins of Features highlights some of The sports section looks at the campus landmarks? So is the the student petitions currently process of college varsity athlete humor section, apparently. under SA review. recruitment.

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SATURDAY APRIL 18 EARTHFEST WORDS TO ACTION SELIGMANS OF THE GALAXY WILSON COMMONS HIRST LOUNGE, NOON - 5:00 P.M. INTERFAITH CHAPEL RIVER LEVEL, 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. STRONG AUDITORIUM, 8:00 P.M. The event will feature tie dying, crafts, local food vendors Come and participate in the Anti-Defamation League’s After Hours’ spring semester concert features songs by and performances by , Vocal Point, UR “Words to Action” Workshop - Understanding Anti-Semitism Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Miley Cyrus and Celtic and Mariachi Meliora. vs. Anti-Israel vs Anti-Zionism & legitimate Israel critiques. more. Tickets are $8 for students and $10 for all others. This event is hosted by UR Hillel. SUNDAY APRIL 19 INDULGENCE SPRING SHOW ROCK REPERTORY ENSEMBLE CONCERT FILM MUSIC ENSEMBLE WITH JEFF BEAL SPURRIER DANCE STUDIO, 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. LOWER STRONG AUDITORIUM, 7:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. EASTMAN HALL, 8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. Indulgence presents “Deja Vu.” Tickets are $5 for UR Come see UR’s Rock Repertory Ensemble perform. This Come enjoy an evening of film and film music with students and $7 for all others. For more information, contact concert is free and open to the public. composer and Eastman alumnus Jeff Beal. Beal has the Common Connection at 275-5911 or e-mail received thirteen Primetime Emmy nominations for his [email protected]. music. This event is free and open to the public.

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It is our policy to correct all erroneous information as quickly as possible. If you believe you have a correction, please email for details. [email protected]. THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / NEWS campustimes.org / PAGE 3 Visiting speakers address Tibet issue URMC tests oral BY ADAM KADIR Central Tibetan Authority (CTA) in-exile and the government of MANAGING EDITOR for a resolution to the crisis in the PRC. He said that the Middle vaccine for HIV Tibet. The approach does not ask Way approach was “envisioned” A panel of three politicians BY ALLIE KONZEL another advantage is that it would representing the Tibetan for the separation of the Tibet by the Dalai Lama and first given be one less shot for patients to government-in-exile and one Autonomous Region nor Greater a name in 1974, though the Dalai STAFF WRITER receive. Chinese-American scholar came Tibet from the People’s Republic Lama had come up with it before. A new oral vaccine against HIV The oral vaccine is made from to the University on Saturday, of China (PRC). The Middle Way The CTA was in talks with the is being tested by researchers at the live, weakened adenovirus rather April 11 to discuss the current asks for greater autonomy within government of the PRC from University of Rochester Medical than from actual HIV. However, situation in Tibet and the “Middle Tibet and respect for Tibetan 1974-1990, but those talks paused Center (URMC). Unlike other exposing the immune system Way” approach proposed by the culture. until 2002. HIV vaccines, traditionally given to adenovirus helps it to create Dalai Lama. The “Future of Tibet Office of Tibet representative In 2002, the CTA’s negotiators in the form of a shot, this vaccine antibodies that work against HIV Dialogue” was the final event of a Dechin Tenzin spoke first. The issued the Memorandum on is a tablet taken orally by the infection. URMC is currently day of Tibetan cultural activities Office of Tibet represents the Dalai Genuine Autonomy for the patient. the only facility in the world coinciding with the Association Lama and the Central Tibetan Tibetan People, which the Leading the study is John testing this particular vaccine, for the Development of Interest Administration in Washington, Chinese rebuked, calling it, in Treanor, M.D., professor of through a partnership with Beth in the Indian Subcontinent’s DC. Tenzin proposed solutions Tenzin’s words, “a stepping stone Medicine and chief of infectious Israel Deaconess Medical Center, (ADITI) celebration of Holi. between the Tibetan government- SEE TIBET PAGE 4 diseases at UR Medicine’s Strong a teaching hospital of Harvard The cultural event in the Memorial Hospital. Treanor said University located in Boston, MA. morning, “Tashi Delek!: Tibetan in an interview with Vaccine News The research is still in Phase I, Cultural Entertainment,” Daily, “The biggest advantage a the earliest stage of a clinical trial, featured Tibetan performers tablet has over a needle is needle and it is too early to tell whether from and New Jersey, disposal … the risk of a health the vaccine creates an effective the Rochester Nepali/Bhutanese care professional being infected by immune response. In the current community and Rochester Raas. the HIV virus is eliminated.” stage of the testing, participants All groups performed traditional Michael C. Keefer, M.D., who have taken the pill stay in a dances meant to represent unity professor of Medicine and director contained room for 12 days. The among South Asian communities. of the University’s National primary purpose of this trial is to Junior Se Hoon Kim, who Institutes of Health-supported ensure that there are no negative organized the event, introduced HIV Vaccine Trials Unit, gastrointestinal effects from the the speakers, who then delivered elaborated on the advantages of pill such as vomiting or stomach prepared speeches about the an oral vaccine. pain. situation in Tibet and the Middle “For HIV, it is all the more Keeping the virus contained / PHOTO EDITOR Way. The Middle Way approach RACHEL HAMMELMAN important because [of] that target is another concern that is being A panel of Tibetan politicians spoke in the Hawkins-Carlson room on Saturday, is the official position of the April 11 on Tibetan and Chinese policies, as well as the future of the region. cell being right there where the monitored during the research. virus comes in. You need the The doses are low at this point in immune response there,” said the research, but researchers expect UR Hillel workshop to discuss Keefer. He explained that yet SEE VACCINE PAGE 4 Israel, anti-semitism BY SAM PASSANISI NEWS EDITOR that had been posted under the us most was the placement” of Israel Council flyer. The original the flyer, which could have been UR Hillel will host an Interfaith flyer read “February 14, 2015 – interpreted as an anti-Semitic workshop on Saturday, April 18 Copenhagen: A gunman opened statement rather than a purely to discuss means of differentiating fire at the Great Synagogue, killing political comment on Israel. She between anti-Israel and anti- a member of the Copenhagen added that the anonymity of the Semitic sentiment. The event was Jewish community and wounding poster was unfortunate because organized in response to a March two police officers.” Underneath, “we can’t have a conversation with 31 incident on campus, in which another flyer had been posted this student and find out what’s an unknown person or persons which read “On December 30th really troubling them. taped a pro-Palestine flyer onto 2014, Israeli border police made In hopes of defusing possible a flyer that had been posted by an incursion into the Qitoun tensions on campus, Hillel UR’s Israel Council. neighborhood. Having arrested arranged to host the interfaith Israel Council had posted flyers one 12-year-old boy, Israeli workshop “Words to Action: around campus advertising a border police fired over 30 tear Empowering Jewish Students to vigil, held March 30 at 9:00 p.m. gas canisters into the area, into a Address Bias on Campus.” The in front of Wilson Commons, to crowd of predominantly teenage workshop will be led by Anti- memorialize and raise awareness boys, engulfing the area in teargas. Defamation League facilitator for victims of recent anti-Semitic During the month of December, Kathy Hershfield. It will be held attacks in Europe. The flyers each 170 teargas canisters and 19 stun on the river level of the Interfaith featured a description of a recent grenades have been fired by Israeli Chapel on April 18 from 2:00- anti-Semitic event in Europe. forces at school time on 14 of the 3:30pm, and is open to all On March 31, the day after the 20 days children have gone to students. vigil, an undergraduate student school.” Passanisi is a member of contacted Hillel to express President of UR Hillel Rebecca the class of 2017. concern about another flyer Royzer said, “What disturbed UR student choreographers present “Outspoken: Reflections in Dance”

A Concert of innovative dance works by students and guest faculty in two separate programs.

Tickets available at the common market $3 Students $5 General Public Friday, April 17, 2015, 7:00pm Saturday, April 18, 2015, 4:00pm For more information, contact the Program of Spurrier Dance Studio Dance and Movement at (585) 273-5150 or visit www.rochester.edu/college/dance/events PAGE 4 / campustimes.org NEWS / THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 New HIV HBO GO Tibetan officials visit Wegmans vaccine in available UR for discussion sponsors TIBET FROM PAGE 3 Island spoke on the implications to independence.” In 2005, the of the Tibet situation for business trials to students CTA’s negotiators issued the international relations. Xia was VACCINE FROM PAGE 3 HBO FROM PAGE 1 Note on the Memorandum raised in Sichuan province, which borders the Tibet Autonomous conference to find more results as dosages are Wachter and Sepulveda will put on on Genuine Autonomy for the Region. He described his personal SPARK FROM PAGE 1 increased. After an appropriate two additional events, including Tibetan People, which served to journey and how he had opened dosage is determined, researchers one on April 22 with Students for remind the PRC government delivered a keynote speech in up his mind about Tibet after he will move to Phase II trials, in Liberty and College Democrats. that everything proposed in the the afternoon. left mainland China for a position which they will monitor patients “We’re thinking about doing 2002 memorandum was within One of the highlights of the at an American university. He for side effects and an immune a ‘Last Week Tonight with John the constitution of the PRC. The conference was the Wegmans said that going abroad “made response. Oliver’ screening.” Wachter said. negotiations ended in 2010 and Challenge, a competition [him] take a second look” at Much more testing is needed “It seems to have a pretty good have not been resumed. for undergraduate students. the situation and recognize that before the vaccine could be made following on campus. So we’re going Tenzin argued in favor of the Competitors were asked to “Tibetan Buddhism can offer a lot available to the public, or even to probably do that with a bunch Middle Way proposal, saying that invent a method for a company to some problems.” before researchers are certain that of free stuff.” it was a “win-win” for both Tibet like Wegmans to “leverage Before the speakers took it will be effective. “This is not a Now that the HBO GO account and the PRC because it would technology to either enhance questions from the audience, Kim product that will be used in the access has been organized, it will restore worldwide prestige to the communication with employees asked them to talk about what real world for a long time,” Treanor remain a staple of on-campus PRC for ending an humanitarian or with their customers on the might happen after the Dalai said. However, researchers are housing for the foreseeable future. crisis. Tenzin ended his speech by other side,” Reichenstein said. Lama dies, a topic that had come optimistic about the outcomes of “Access to HBO GO … will saying that “when the Dalai Lama He added that the club had been up several times in their speeches. the study, with Keefer saying they continue as our partnership with is offering a solution, you want to in contact with DeLaus and Sharling said that the Dalai may help develop a better vaccine Campus Televideo continues,” take advantage of it.” other Wegmans executives since Lama, 79, is a “moral authority against HIV. Turner said. The next speaker was Member February, and that the company to guarantee peace” for Tibet. She Konzel is a member of Rudd is a member of of Parliament Dhardon Sharling. had been extremely helpful in noted that the Dalai Lama, having the class of 2018. the class of 2017. Sharling, who had spoken to a organizing and sponsoring the UR audience via Google Hangout ceded political leadership to the conference. at another event in November, Tibetan parliament-in-exile, A team of students from serves in the parliament of the “no longer talks about political UR took first place in the ‘Fight for $15’ comes government-in-exile, which is authority.” competition. Senior Nicholas housed in Dharamsala, India. After this, the speakers answered Falcone, juniors Harshita to UR campus Sharling opened her speech questions from the audience. Venkatesh and Ervis Vukaj and with a quote from the Dalai Lama: Several audience members asked sophomores Jason Altabet and FROM PAGE 1 PROTEST that the McDonald’s had locked its “I remain convinced that most for clarification on the Middle Connor O’Brien each won a The demonstrators marched doors, preventing them from going human conflicts can be solved by Way approach and the role of GoPro camera for their winning from the Eastman Quad, past inside and encouraging workers to dialogue.” Sharling said that “the the Dalai Lama. Some students proposal, an idea for a better way Wallis Hall and Hutchison Hall join the strike. Middle Way is all about trust” and who identified themselves as to coordinate employee shifts at and under the Intercampus Drive After gathering at the intersection that “trust is the core component being from mainland China Wegmans. bridge. A passing Gold Line shuttle of Mt. Hope Ave. and Crittenden of any dialogue,” but she asked questioned the veracity of some of One of SPARK Entrepreneurs’ and many other cars honked in Dr. for more speeches, protesters “How much do [the Tibetans] the speakers’ claims, including one goals for the conference support as they proceeded toward dispersed and divided into smaller trust the Chinese government?” student who said that “Professor was to keep it accessible to College Town. They then spread out groups to protest at Wendy’s, Tim She referred to the 1.2 million Xia has been lying” about the undergraduate students. across two lanes of Elmwood Ave. Hortons and Burger King. Tibetans killed since 1959 and the rights of minorities in the PRC. Saturday’s conference was free as they chanted, “Whose streets? The group that marched to 137 who have self-immolated in Several of these students also to undergraduates from any Our streets!,” marching behind Burger King chanted inside the the past five years. expressed concern that, should college, and although the a Teamsters trailer truck which store before being asked to leave. Vice President of the Tibet be granted independence, it speeches and networking events intermittently blared its horn. After They then stayed on the sidewalk International Campaign for Tibet could turn into a North Korea-like were open to the public, only passing College Town and nearing outside of the store and continued Bhuchung Tsering, a member of autocracy under the Dalai Lama. undergraduates could compete the intersection of Mt. Hope Ave. protesting until a Rochester Police the task force sent to Beijing for All of the speakers said that this in the Wegmans Challenge. and Crittenden Dr., they returned Department car drove up. official negotiations from 2002 to was not the nature of the Dalai Reichenstein noted that to the sidewalk. The protesters Protesters at Wendy’s circled 2011, spoke next. He spoke on Lama, as his life’s work attests. SPARK Entrepreneurship has paused once they were across the around the store as the doors were the PRC-CTA negotiations from Some audience members also seen a lot of growth since street from the McDonald’s on being locked, but they were able to his personal experience. questioned how the 120,000 2013, both in activity and Mt. Hope Ave. Organizers rallied enter the store and protest briefly. Tsering said that at first, the Tibetans abroad could claim to in membership. “[Dean of the crowd as they hung a pinata of Earlier, McDonald’s worker talks were secret, but in 2008 represent the 6 million Tibetans in Admissions and Financial Ronald McDonald from the Mt. Alexandra Candelaria had told the the then-President of the PRC the PRC; Xia responded by asking Aid Jonathan Burdick] is all Hope sign. To chants of “break that crowd, “We will not stop until we Hu Jintao acknowledged that how 80 million members of the about entrepreneurship, and clown,” the pinata was broken open get what we want and need.” his government was in talks Communist Party could claim to we saw a big boost in the to reveal a flurry of fake dollar bills Lai is a member of with Tibetan leaders. Tsering represent 1.3 billion people in the freshman class this year,” he and pieces of candy. Protesters noted the class of 2018. mentioned former leader of the PRC. explained. Reichenstein said PRC Deng Xiaopeng, who tried to Kim said he thought that the that SPARK hopes to make the event “went really well” and that Office of Admissions restart communication with Tibet entrepreneurship conference an in 1979 and said “If something he was “personally grateful that annual event, although it might Continuing Student Scholarships happens to Tibet, it will affect all everyone could contribute their be moved to the fall semester in of China.” personal opinions.” coming years. Professor Ming Xia of the City Kadir is a member of Passanisi is a member of the class of 2017. The Office of Admissions is proud to University of New York-Staten the class of 2017. announce its annual scholarships for returning undergraduate students.

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James A. Chin, Jr. Memorial Award

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UR17-15-01_CSS_Ad_R1.indd 1 2/12/15 8:57 AM THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / OPINIONS campustimes.org / PAGE 5 OPINIONS EDITORIAL CARTOON EDITORIAL BOARD Financial aid moves forward Financial aid is a concern for students’ aid appeals processes, an reason for [them not happening].” many UR families. Indeed, this increased social media presence by It seems like both parties recognize is one of the most difficult times the FA office, a way for students to that lack of communication was in UR history for families who reflect upon their experiences with impeding progress; now, there is want to send children to college. their counselors, a scholarship for movement forward. We’ve reached a critical point, and students who receive cuts in their Dean Burdick supported a few University administration and financial aid, relocation of the laudable suggestions at the meeting students are seizing the opportunity financial aid desk in Wallis Hall to that cannot, for various reasons, to improve the current system. the same floor as admissions and a be implemented next year. These Families often do not know Financial Aid College Committee include a tracking system for the how they will be able to pay for (FACC), which, according to progress of aid appeals as they college, and many students see sophomore Senator Adrian Petrou, move through the review process, changes in their financial aid would be “the place for discussion four-year aid planning for students packages that affect their ability to about problems that come up to more prepare for changes in aid remain at the University. Students throughout the year, and a way and an early-spring notification and families have difficultyfor student concerns to be directly system for those who have received CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR contacting and meeting with their addressed, and consequently [for] cuts in their package, allowing assigned Financial Aid (FA) office correct information to be relayed EDITORIAL OBSERVER for more time to plan. We share counselors and subsequently are back to students.” Petrou’s and others’ hope that these unable to discuss any changes to We would like to comment on changes can be made n the future. Some things are their aid. these many changes and how they One positive adjustment is slated These problems are beingaffect the student body. to take place this fall: a new director addressed through discussions First, we’d like to applaud will be appointed within the FA worse than death between Dean of Admissions and the student body, SA Senate office, along with a performance psychological effects? Financial Aid Jonathan Burdick, and Dean Burdick for management consultant. The But, now that it’s a real possibility, a few Students’ Association (SA) understanding that these are hope is that these administrators I’m not so sure. There are many senators and representatives from problems that need addressing. will deal effectively with internal things worse than death. Imagine the leadership of “The Peaceful Communication breakdowns FA office issues that have been being Spiridonov, waking up after the Protest of U of R’s FA System,” are infuriating, especially when ongoing problems and have, as a month long coma required to reattach a student-organized Facebook they affect a student’s ability to result, affected the office’s work. all the nerves and looking down at group. Senate and “Peaceful continue attending UR, and it is The FACC will be a crucial a body that’s not yours. Imagine Protest” representatives met with commendable that many of the liaison between the FA office and BY RAAGA KANAKAM waking up in pain, not being able to Burdick on Friday, April 3, and the approved changes directly address the student body. With that comes say anything. Imagine being told that outcome of the meeting appears to communication. According to FEATURES EDITOR a responsibility to students and you’re going to die in a week because be positive. Petrou, the reason communication families. We look forward to seeing “Look! It’s moving. It’s alive. It’s the procedure was not successful, and Substantive changes that have between the FA office and SA is what changes they effect, and alive...IT’S ALIVE!” screamed Dr. all you can do is lay there for that been agreed upon by Dean so important is “...because we can we wholeheartedly support their Sergio Canavero as he saw his creation week, alone with your thoughts. Burdick and the students include learn why certain things haven’t efforts to improve the current FA move its body on its own. Or was that Let’s not look at this ethically or additional communication in happened, and there is usually good system. Dr. Frankenstein? morally, but technically. The nerve Two years ago, Canavero said that and spinal cord reattachment process the possibility of a body transplant by the use of cell-cell fusogens SA voter turnout must improve surgery happening in two years time sounds a bit like a pitch by a snake This year’s Students’ Association year’s SA president was voted in program. For example, look at was incredibly likely and said the oil salesman. Nerve cells are not (SA) election took place amid a by less than 16% of the student how the administration tackles the procedure would need 150 doctors like regular cells in that we can just season of changes to SA. Just shy of population. Less than one-sixth issue of getting course evaluations: to perform a 36 hour surgery. He superglue them together and they’re the campaign period, our student of students chose the two most students must fill out the was scoffed at and ridiculed; people nice as new. The reattachment of government adopted a new set of influential students on campus evaluation forms in order to get couldn’t believe that such a procedure the spinal cord is basically the biggest bylaws, fundamentally altering its next year. This begs the question: their grades earlier. While Jaquish could possibly produce a living obstacle in neurology because it is not structure. But, even though this is our student government truly said that SA does not have the creature. Even if it did, Camavero possible in any way. Slapping on some addressed many of SA’s ailments, representative of our student proper jurisdiction nor influence said. the person would be paralyzed fusogens will not cause it to magically much was overlooked, including body? to implement a program exactly and would die quickly, citing the reattach. Sure, it may be possible for the most important part of our That SA has not made an effort like the administration’s, he did famous monkey head transplants of Spiridinov to wake up alive and able representative government— to improve turnout despite years say that “[he thinks the Elections the 1960s. to breathe. But, it’s very unlikely he’d voting. of dismal numbers is troubling. Committee] could devise some Yet here we are, with Dr. Canavero stay alive for very long. And, it seems Fundamental to our system of Jaquish told us in an interview incentives for voting.” making rounds in the news again, this that the psychological effects are being government, both on- and beyond that increasing voter turnout “was Otherwise, all SA can do to time to announce that a volunteer ignored. campus, is the idea of voting. In never an explicit goal” of the SA try to increase turnout is to get stepped forward for the surgery. How can we forget the order for our governments to going into this year’s election, the word out more, which is 30-year-old Valery Spiridonov, a implications of this becoming a function, voters must not only be though he said that he “want[s] something that Jaquish was very Russian man with Werdnig-Hoffman cosmetic surgery? Sure, even if able to make their voices heard, to prioritize getting more votes.” open to exploring. Extending SA’s disease, stated that because his health this surgery was successful, the but they must also be interested In the future, we hope that the physical presence during election was already in decline, he might as possibility of it being another in doing so. It is this—voter Elections Committee addresses seasons—through more polling well try as there’s nothing worse than category under augmentation is turnout—that has consistently this issue. tables in varied locations—was death. Many doctors stepped up very low, but what about a couple been an issue in SA’s election We would like to propose a one concrete solution identified by to be part of the 150 he needs, and hundred years in the future? cycles. few options for SA to consider. Jaquish and is certainly supported the surgery is slated to be completed If Spiridinov truly understands Historically, SA elections have To find out more about how by us. before 2017. every risk of the surgery, then sure had low turnout rates. The SA SA can address this issue, we sat Meguid said that physical voting And, by the way, this is a body go through with it. This surgery Vote website states that “1,511 down with Assistant Professor of locations give people a social transplant, not a head transplant. It’s would try out a lot techniques that, students voted in the Spring 2015 Political Science Bonnie Meguid, incentive to vote. As she explained, a head getting a new body, not a body if successful, would change the field Elections” out of a student body who studies voting patterns. online voting eliminates the social getting a new head. of medicine forever. But, this can of 5,942, or 25.43%. SA Elections The strategy that wouldaspect of voting, which is a major On paper, I find this surgery very in no way become the norm unless Committee Chair Paul Jaquish guarantee the highest voter turnout factor in most people’s decision to interesting. If we can figure out a way the surgery was the last resort. This said that this count was down a would be to impose mandatory take the time to vote. She pointed to practically reattach nerves and the procedure can only be looked at as a few hundred from last year. voting—students must vote or to the case of Switzerland, which spinal cord, which Canavero claims he way to test his theory of reattaching According to the SA Vote face sanctions. Though this would switched to all mail-in ballots only did, it’d be a great step forward in the nerves and the spinal cord, not as a website, the winning presidential probably result in a 100% turnout to find that the number of votes medical community, and we could new type of surgery. Basically, as a one- and vice-presidential team rate, it would also face resistance cast actually went down. heal a lot of people who were before time experiment. of Grant Dever and Melissa from students and would never be However SA chooses to proceed, resigned to a life of constantly needing I don’t know what it’s like to suffer Holloway received 933 votes passed. we hope they will allot some time help to function. It would also be cool from Werdnig-Hoffman disease, to Ethan Bidna and Erinmarie The next most effective option to tackle this issue. Their continued to understand how the body would but I do know that there are very Byrnes’ 386. This means that next would likely be an incentive-based legitimacy depends on it. react to the head if immuno-rejection many things a lot worse than death. The above editorials are published with the consent of a majority of the editorial board: Aaron Schaffer (Editor- didn’t occur. How would the person’s Kanakam is a member of in-Chief), Adam Kadir (Managing Editor), Justin Trombly (Opinions Editor) and Aurek Ransom (Copy Editor). The quality of life be? Would there be any the class of 2018. Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board make themselves available to the UR community’s ideas and concerns. Email [email protected]. PAGE 6 / campustimes.org OPINIONS / THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 An eye for an eye shouldn’t be our solution

BY JESSE BERNSTEIN Tamerlan. Throw in the facts support the death penalty, country’s defining If Tsarnaev is dealt life in n April 8, a federal that Tsarnaev is reported to because that’s not really going document. prison without possibility jury found Dzhokhar have confessed soon after his to advance the conversation As a deterrent, of parole, this could be Tsarnaev guilty on 30 arrest and that his defense ask Iran, Iraq and finished quickly and quietly. Ocharges related to his role team conceded his guilt during If the death Pakistan how effective Ask yourself—if Boston in the bombing of the 2013 the trial’s opening statements, a policy of executing residents desire closure, Boston Marathon, an event in and one wonders whether a penalty is pursued, terrorists has been what good would which three people were killed trial was even necessary. this horrible ordeal in discouraging years of appeals do for and over 250 others were It’s no secret that the terrorism. them? injured. Of those charges, 17 Department of Justice is would continue to Finally, vis-a-vis I think the U.S. is better carry the possibility of the pursuing the death penalty closure: we hadn’t than the death penalty, death penalty. for Tsarnaev. be dragged out for had to see Tsarnaev’s and that its utility—if any There’s really no surprise Attorney General Eric Holder, years to come [...] face on television or exists—is easily replicable here. From the beginning, the usually a strong opponent of hear his name on the in other ways. We don’t mountain of evidence tying capital punishment, signed what good would news for a long time need another death to Tsarnaev to the attack has been off on the possibility of the until the trial, which move us forward. indisputable. For 15 days, the death penalty for this trial. years of appeals do went on only because Bernstein is a member of prosecution showed the jury His authorization speaks [...]? the prosecution refused the class of 2018. an array of disturbing images to the still-fresh wounds of to accept a plea deal from the day of the attack the attack, which occurred any further. that would have put in such a public setting in Personally, I wholeheartedly Tsarnaev in prison America’s most historic city. oppose it, and I’m probably for life without [...] to pretend Massachusetts hasn’t executed just as stubborn as you are the possibility that the only way a prisoner since 1947 and about the issue. of parole. effectively outlawed the But, to those of you on the Now, he’s to deliver justice practice in 1984, and yet, the fence, please consider the become a for murder is with death penalty is very much in following. celebrity play today. As far as an eye for an eye, again, state-sanctioned What are the advantages of the United States justice debated the death penalty? For many, system is emphatically about murder [...] ignores it’s as simple as an eye for not based on the ideology. on the the basis of this an eye. For others, the death The Constitution and all news and penalty serves as a deterrent subsequent laws are far more written country’s most for would-be Tsarnaevs, a advanced and thoughtful than about at message that taking American this line of thinking, and to length. defining document. lives will not be tolerated. pretend that the only way If the Finally, many argue that those to deliver justice for murder death and successfully convinced affected by the trial deserve is with state-sanctioned penalty the jurors that Dzhokhar was that level of closure. murder—no matter how were pursued, this equally as complicit in the I’m not here to argue with much more “humane” it horrible ordeal would EMMA GUILFOYLE / STAFF ILLUSTRATOR crime as his older brother, those of you who already is—ignores the basis of this continue to drag on for years. find your flame. spark a conversation. Email [email protected].

THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / FEATURES campustimes.org / PAGE 7 FEATURES SA petition site promises change for the better BY ALYSSA ARRE aforementioned categories. over 250 signatures, it is marked As part of this process, gotten more involved in the “I was looking at the housing as “In progress,” which means incoming SA Vice President implementation of their petitions. SENIOR STAFF and meal plan forms that we Esce or another SA Government Melissa Holloway recently polled Freshman Zoe James submitted What do the Kosher Corner, got a couple of weeks ago and member will post updates and students on their thoughts about the petition “Waste Less, Hillside receipts, the Gold Line was frustrated to find that, address the problem. Not all the current on campus smoking Douglass,” asking Douglass to and the course registration living in Brooks Crossing, I petitions that are submitted policy: smoking must take place compost the food waste produced website all have in common? would still be required to pay and receive the allotted amount at least 30 feet from the nearest in the dining hall on a daily All of them were the subjects of roughly a thousand dollars for of signatures will actually be building. Anyone who has basis. “If no change is made… I recent petitions submitted on the a declining plan that I did not brought to action, though. “Some used the doors at the front of will gladly take it on as a project UR Students’ Association’s (SA) next semester as a newly elected new website, “IMPACT,” an senator on SA Government,” said online platform for UR students James. “I won’t give up until this to submit petitions and help is implemented.” improve campus. Overall, the site has seen a lot The website was devised in of great submissions and will part to create a space for students only continue to improve with to voice their concerns. “While the help of student feedback, [junior]David [Stark] and I were both in the form of petitions thinking about our platform we and beta feedback. “We greatly focused a lot on ways to connect appreciate it when people submit with the student body and let SA’s IMPACT is a petition website for students to voice any issues or projects they’d like addressed. PHOTO COURTESY OF SA feedback to us through the Beta them connect with each other Feedback page,” Ryan Puffer, over thoughts and ideas,” SA intend on using,” junior Thomas things are just not feasible,” Esce Rush Rhees knows that many one of IMPACT’s co-creators, President and [senior] Antoinette Lindstrom-Vautrin said. “To me, said, noting bringing declining people do not abide by this rule. said. “The feedback goes straight Esce said. “How could we this seems like the University to College Town is a petition Freshman Jacob Niebloom took to the IMPACT team, helping create a better solution than the taking advantage of the fact that, despite being popular, is to IMPACT to voice his concerns us prioritize which features we’re ‘Overheard at Rochester’ page?” that as students we don’t have a impossible due to the fact that in a petition titled, “Enforce going to introduce next… We’re The result is a delightfully easy- lot of leverage for negotiations declining is untaxed. the ‘No Smoking’ policy at always looking for ways to make to-use page. To access the site, all about what we pay for and “A number of things are entrances to buildings,” which the site even more useful to the students need to do is log in with how much we pay.” Lindstrom- currently in the works, but since now has almost 300 signatures. student body.” their NetID. From there, they can Vautrin’s petition, “Remove the we’re currently in the beta launch Many students commented, If you haven’t yet checked create their own petition, browse Minimum Dining Requirement: of the site, and since the semester voicing their support for better out IMPACT, consider this an and comment on other petitions Stop forcing students to pay is winding down, a lot of stuff policing or banning it from open invitation. Skim through and sign petitions that they agree for a service they may not use,” will happen over the summer,” campus altogether. “It should the current petitions, share your with. So far, over 80 petitions acquired over 300 signatures in Esce said. “Internally, next year’s not be necessary for people to tell thoughts and, if you’re feeling have been submitted by students 20 days and is denoted as “In leadership is working with me smokers to please go somewhere especially bold, submit your own ranging in subject from dining progress.” to create the best work flow to else to smoke,” junior Emily petition. Who knows–perhaps to residential life to student life The “In progress” status is ensure not only that nothing Lewis commented. “They should your idea will inspire the next big and wellness. Most petitions a marker to bring particularly falls through the cracks, but to be considerate enough to follow change on campus. stem from student frustrations popular petitions to the attention ensure we’re communicating our the rules.” Arre is a member of with current problems in the of the SA. Once a petition gains progress to the student body.” Other students have the class of 2015. Club Spotlight: UR Rock Climbing Club BY TANIMA PODDAR However Sophomore Keith Wiley, club or was involved in climbing in team.” Freshman Cory Kim said that he FEATURES EDITOR had different reasons for joining–“ some capacity.” She added that “the There are many in the club who initially joined the Rock Climbing I joined the Rock Climbing Club University of Rochester is registered tried the sport for the first time Club because of two reasons. “I had Founded in 2011, the UR Rock because I have a good friend in the injured myself and was not able to Climbing Club promotes the sport club who got me into rock climbing continue playing water polo, so I of rock climbing and establishes a last year,” Wiley said. “Climbing is was looking for another hobby to community of people who engage also a very social activity, so a club pick up, and because my friend in and appreciate the sport. setting allows me to get to know [Freshman Thomas Pinella] sounded While reasons for joining people at school who I can climb very enthusiastic about climbing, so the club might vary among the with.” much that I had to try it.” members, they do admit sharing a The club welcomes everyone who The club does not have normal similar love and enthusiasm for this has an interest for the sport, even if weekly meetings, but instead just unconventional sport. they don’t have previous background an initial meeting to get members “I got really into rock climbing in rock climbing. signed up to Red Barn at RIT. before coming to college, and was According to freshman and After that, members are free to go looking for a way to get connected current business manager of the climbing whenever they want. Even to the student body through my club Talia Jaffe, who has been though the club works more in an greatest passion,” sophomore and climbing for the past eight years, Club members climb at RIT’s Red Barn. PHOTO COURTESY OF ADAM FENSTER individual fashion, the members are current Rock Climbing Club “It was really important for me to through U.S Climbing, so it through the club and fell in love still very connected. President Miriam Grigsby said. find a school that had a climbing technically has a collegiate climbing with it. SEE ROCK CLIMBING PAGE 10

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“Carlson.” “Sage.” “Goergen.” “Hoyt.” “Hutch.” “Morey.” PAGE 8 / campustimes.org FEATURES / THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 Crossword BY JOSEPH LINDEN ‘17 Jodi Says: Getting it on when you DIFFICULTY MEDIUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 can’t get it up 12 13 14 BY JODI ARMSTRONG pleasing your partner in other cool. STAFF WRITER Partners: 15 16 17 ways, so focus on those. Turning your attention to It’s really important for you 18 19 20 So you’re getting sexy with your partner will allow you to to remember that this just someone, and things are stop worrying about yourself. happens sometimes. Do not 21 22 getting heated, but, er, certain Maybe your situation will fix assume that it’s your fault. It’s body parts are not responding, itself. In the meantime, get not. Do, however, realize how 23 24 25 26 27 28 if you know what I mean. off by seeing your partner’s difficult a situation this is for LET SEX & THE CT HELP YOU 29 30 31 Definitely the right thing to pleasure as you spoil them. your penis-possessing partner, THROUGH YOUR MOST do is to panic. Just kidding. Plus, if you manage to give and help them through it. AWKWARD SEXUAL YEARS. 32 33 34 35 36 Honestly, there’s no reason your partner a good enough Tell them it’s okay. And to freak out. Play it cool, and time, they will absolutely not after that, convince them that 37 you’ll start to realize it’s not care about whatever snag you you mean it. Smile and kiss 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 such a big deal. them and prove to them that Things happen; people get the you don’t think it’s a big deal. 45 46 47 nervous. There doesn’t even “ Doing so will show them that need to be a reason. It’s an Sex& ” they shouldn’t think it’s a big 48 49 50 unexpected thing that more LET SEX & THE CT HELPCT YOU deal either. Because it isn’t. 51 52 53 people than you’d think run THROUGH YOUR MOST If you recognize that they’re into. While not ideal, it is AWKWARD SEXUAL YEARS. struggling, suggest to them okay. Here’s what you can do: another way to please you. Across Down Boys: hit beforehand. All they’ll Literally bail them out of the 1 Starting Japanese verse 1 Hastily put together program Try taking a step back. In a remember is how enthusiastic situation. 6 God of the day in Norse mythol- 2 Woodwind instrument way, hit the “reset” button on you were to give them head. You can eliminate whatever ogy 3 Greek sculpture of a young the moment. Sex feels good, The goal is to give your partner misguided guilt they inevitably 9 Computer language for pro- woman but foreplay is what gets you such a good time that they lose feel by requesting that they gramming circuits 4 James Tiberius ___ hot, so slow things down. all sense of reality. pleasure you in a way that does 12 Intensely stirred up 5 Woman’s knife for the Inuit You can even literally take And remember, struggling not require their penis. 13 Most populous order of British 6 Tobacco left in the pipe a step back, look at your to get or keep an erection Ask them to give you a back chivalry 7 Vowel change that accompanies partner, admire their body, happens. massage or go down on you. 14 Attempt a change in grammatical mean- take a breath and start again. It could be caused by They get to stop thinking 15 In a tainted way ing If that doesn’t help you get nervousness, the overuse of about their penis and you get 17 In medias ___ 8 Scottish amplifier up and running, use your porn, masturbating with a spoiled; it’s a win-win. 18 Video based social networking 9 Power other tools! Get it? Tool? death grip or, most importantly, In the end, you only have site 10 Location Seriously though, you it could be for no reason at all. control over so much. Make 19 State school in the Lone Star 11 A closed sac have hands and lips and a Blaming yourself will not the best of what you can, and State 16 Guard dog known for its long, tongue and, of course, your help your situation, and everything will be fine. 20 What vegetarians don’t eat corded coat imagination. neither will embarrassment. Armstrong is a member of 21 Outermost layer of the endo- 20 Current prime minister of India You absolutely are capable of It happens; just try to play it the class of 2016. sperm grain seeds. 21 A person who is biased based 23 Enjoyment on how long ago you were born 26 Colored page border 22 Tears 29 Housing for mammalian babies 23 Marketing strategy based on pre-birth. negativity 31 ____glycerin 24 ___ of Naumburg signed up for frontier 32 Short-legged, long bodied dog 25 Where your collar is at breed 27 Baseball pitching statistic 36 Mean old woman 28 “Hello, this is __” (from meme) 37 compound with the structure 30 Mother of Zeus RC(=O)R’ 33 Type of biscuit 38 Ball, sp. 34 Anxious 40 Gamble 35 Aggregate accounting for losses 41 You, archaic 38 The US is in negotiations with 45 ___-Wan Kenobi Iran to make sure they do not 46 What the people who caught get the ___ Ron in HP7 are called 39 What a hautboist plays 48 Day of the week often consid- 41 Preface for a molecule with a ered the worst Sulfur instead of an Oxygen 49 The way for boxing matches 42 One’s commands to end 43 The shape of a shield painted 50 What brides walk down onto a shield 51 Buzzer 44 Not new 52 Lehigh’s airport code 46 Jamaican musical Genre 53 If you’ve ___ your i’s and 47 3 dimensional building tool crossed your t’s… first chick i talked to all semester If you can solve the above puzzle in under ten

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MAYBE. ©2015 Frontier Communications Corporation. THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / ADVERTISEMENT campustimes.org / PAGE 9 PAGE 10 / campustimes.org FEATURES / THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 Climbing to the next level UR Tech: Crystal Knows ROCK CLIMBING FROM PAGE 7 there will be regular practices, BY LUCIAN COPELAND people you’ve never met based on like this before. Amazon “The club is really cool and a wall would enable us STAFF WRITER their online profile. recently released their AI for because it is a small group of to build a climbing team that It’s not perfect, of course. If you recommendation software, and people who are really interested can compete instead of being It was like reading through a don’t give it things to work with, cruder alternatives have existed in the same thing. the sport,” a group of people that go performance review that a teacher Crystal will be more strained in its for decades. Frankly, with the he said. recreationally.” or boss had written about me. estimates. One of my professors pervasiveness of social media, The club has also been trying For this passionate group of My goals. My communication took great joy in pointing out you could probably figure out to get a rock climbing wall individuals, rock climbing is a traits. “Pursues goals aggressively everything it got wrong. (Though, someone’s personality just by at UR, as it is really hard for lot more than a sport. and methodically,” or “can come to be fair, we felt it was a bit checking their profiles. But, few someone who doesn’t have a “The best thing about rock across as abrupt.” An image, more accurate than he did.) But things do it as bluntly as Crystal, car to go over to RIT. “The climbing is the opportunity laid out in words, of an entire for many people who rely on and for so little work up front. only way I can go climbing is to move in ways that aren’t personality. If it’d been handed the Internet for work or social In a way, Crystal is just an if someone else happens to go possible in other activities,” to me by a friend, I might have engagement, leaving little pieces of exposure of algorithms that have at a time that works with my Wiley said. pegged it as a recommendation yourself on the web is inevitable. long been in place with the major schedule,” Jaffe said. For Pinella, rock climbing is written by a professor I’d worked Over time, they build up. commercial advertisers and data Jaffe has been working at the process of trying to figure with personally, or maybe a After you get over the trawlers, created to form the getting a wall at the University out how to solve a problem, or colleague at my workplace. entertainment of a computer perfect assemblage of ads to entice for quite a while now. “the feeling of finally finishing And in a way, I wish it had roasting your friends—“Creative your online purchase habits. But “I actually started working a problem after spending weeks been. and driven,” says Crystal about those systems are comfortable on getting a climbing wall working on it.” His favorite Our first reaction in the one of my lab mates, “but don’t in their anonymity. So what if built before the Impact site thing about rock climbing is laboratory where I work, when we expect him to speak with tact or Google has some robot looking at even was a thing.” With the SA introducing new climbers to found the website Crystal Knows, reservation”—the program can my information as 1s and 0s in the finally passing the resolution climbing “because everyone was like a couple of elementary start to seem a lot less amusing. dark corner of some server farm in for a rock climbing wall this ends up loving it.” schoolchildren giggling over a I’m not actually comfortable with California? Ads or no, privacy just Monday, there seems to be To Jaffe, “Climbing is a gimmick website that invents just anyone being able to look me doesn’t seem so personal when it’s hope for a wall in the near really unique sport because it’s a horoscope for you. Crystal exposed to nothing but machines future. competitive only with yourself. claims to be able to describe your and bureaurocrats. “I hope that the University Even in competitions, the only personality, and like anything It may sound weird, but I’m less sponsor[s] our club for outdoor other person you are really that has something to say about comfortable with my neighbor activities so that we can have trying to beat is your previous you or your habits, it’s innately down the street knowing my club gear for outdoor trips so best.” fascinating to discern what it personality than some colossal that individual members don’t She added, “the least thinks. So, we gathered around megacorporation. After all, being always have to buy it, and it’s outdoorsy person can be it, giggling as we typed in each manipulated by my browser is not lost when those members transformed into the wildlife others’ names and read the profiles something I put up with every graduate,” Wiley said. enthusiast simply by growing it gave us, and then laughing and day. The club also has plans to [an] interest in climbing. It cursing as it nailed trait after trait But being manipulated not by have club-sponsored outdoor takes you to extraordinary with unerring accuracy. something, but by someone— CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR trips. places and introduces you See, the gimmick with Crystal an actual person, looking at you “It’s a long, arduous process, to unforgettable people. is that it can be really, really good. up to “95%” accuracy without through the one-way mirror of but hopefully it will happen Climbing isn’t a sport or a This isn’t some JavaScript ouija needing so much as a confirmation their computer screen; a person by the end of this next year,” hobby; it’s a way of life.” board predicting your future, it’s of consent. And while it might who cares about more than just Grigsby said. Jaffe added, Poddar is a member of a big data trawler hidden behind seem useful to look up whether their millionth-user sales data; a “My goal for the future is that the class of 2018. your browser, dragging out every an ornery professor will be more person with the Cliff’s Notes of little online detail it can find in comfortable with longform your psyche, using them to twist order to build your profile. Your formality or an emoticon, do you their words into something you’ll public posts. Your LinkedIn page. think they would be comfortable prefer? Your blog. Positive or negative, with your conclusions if they At least Big Brother knows how it’ll call out the ways you act and knew how you were getting them? to keep his distance. communicate, and even provide a To be fair, it’s not like people Copeland is a member of paid service for drafting emails to didn’t have access to something the class of 2016. YOUR LAST MINUTE Seuss CATERING on Saturdays

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As a for resembling the physical famous quotes, such as “Hello,” was found that the statement of unique to my life because many naturally anxious and detail- appearance of George Eastman, or the more original, “Hi.” At first, secession was just a joke, fatefully people are lying around on the oriented person, this way of was dug up from Earth’s mantle by it sounds like an encouraging line, mailed with an unstamped letter. Quad enjoying sunshine and relieving stress has become one three undergraduate geologists. but a little research uncovered Which is probably why no one temperature that can best be of my main hobbies. The metal was one of the densest this plea for mercy and its first got it. described as “not freezing.” Also, Yesterday was the Major discoveries in recent history, just utterance. Howard Garnish was College Town Bookstore have you seen those burritos Declaration Celebration for behind an interview with Kim sitting on the steps at Rush Rhees The College Town Barnes & hanging from the trees on the sophomores in the May Room Kardashian. and was being violently stung by Noble was founded and placed Quad? Oh wait, I’ve just been from 3:45-5:15. Usually, The Genesee River hundreds of yellow jackets. While with the assumption that humans informed that those are not when there are events held on An age-old questions asks, Garnish was screaming, “Go you would develop teleportation as a burritos… they’re hammocks. campus, they are held at the “which came first, the river yellow jackets!” two quote-thirsty means of traveling. It makes sense now. That is why beginning of the hour or on the or the bridge?” The answer is news editors came flying by and all of those people sitting on the half hour, but for some reason neither, surprisingly. It is, in Commonly referred to as one Quad were giving me weird looks they picked this really specific fact, Riverview. After naming the of the greatest collections in the when I started to pour Tabasco time to hold the ceremony. apartments Riverview in 1908, United States, the library itself sauce all over the hammocks. I’m not knocking them for housing officials at UR were was a transcendent establishment. Had I taken a bite out of one of holding the event; the food and pressured into building a river, Before the library, wild books used the hammocks, police may very company was appreciated. But as the name was perceived as to roam the campus freely, wreaking well have arrested me. why that time? Another minor misleading. This leads to another CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR havoc on innocent students. After Registration for housing criticism I had about the event common question still up for immediately concluded that they multiple incident reports regarding happened recently. I’m a rising was the amount of booths and debate here at UR, “which came had “found quotation gold.” paper cuts, one adventurous lad junior, so my chances for lines. I swear that if I closed first, the bridge or the building Computer Studies Building named Benjamin Rush Rhees went Brooks Crossing were roughly my eyes, I would have thought of the bridge?” In an effort to match the building’s on a quest to capture and tame zero. My time was horrendous. I was at the DMV. First, there The River Campus grandeur, the naming attempted to all of Rochester’s roaming books. I swear the University has it out was the line to get your ticket In 1850, the city decided to emulate the creative and original He then created the library, free for me because I’ve gotten the for the picture. Then, you coordinate its efforts toward names given to iconic places or to the public. However, as of late, worst time for two years now. had to wait in another line to a solution to the weather. So structures, such as the Rain Forest, the ethics of keeping these books However, I happen to luck out get your photo taken, which much snow fell on the city the leaning “Tower of Pisa” and the has been called into question. But with my living arrangements. was then followed by a line to of Rochester, but where was White House. The same individuals instead of releasing the books back Freshman year, I had a single; make your nametag and receive anyone to put it? After facing went on to name the Flag Lounge. into their native land, humans are sophomore year, I lived in your ribbons for your majors. what seemed to be an unsolvable The clock tower uploading the books online and Phase in a single—and the Afterward, when you thought plight, the obvious solution Before the clock tower was burning the physical copies. whole time, I was single. it was over, the fun really began became the construction of the created, UR students had no excuse Horgan is a member of River Campus. not to graduate within four years. the class of 2017. Student profile: What it’s like to chill with Alphonse Mugisha BY CHRIS HORGAN he would play just as hard against ladies. For example, we were HUMOR EDITOR four-year-olds as he would against walking to a table in Danforth and people his own age. But he is most Alphonse saw a girl, and then said

Alphonse Mugisha is a sophomore importantly a good sport, even- despairingly, “She probably doesn’t CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR at UR, and I’d like to tell you a little keeled and always smiling. even know I exist.” As it turns out, I’ve always been a skeptic of when you waited in the huge bit about him. A couple of weeks While hanging out with he hadn’t ever spoken with her; this astronomy, prophecy, fate, etc., line for food. It’s not that I ago, he officially became a citizen Alphonse, it doesn’t take long to probably reduced the chance that but with my relationship status don’t appreciate the volunteers of the United States. He was born notice his grin. While he has a she knew he existed. One time, he and living situation lining for all the thought they put into in Murongo, Tanzania. After living accidently invited me to a one-on- up perfectly, I’m starting to the event to make it memorable in Africa for twelve years, the one dinner date with a girl whom become a believer. Is it fate or and special, but seriously, when opportunity arose for him to he was trying to get dinner with. just probability? I’m not sure, there is food that doesn’t have a move to the US, and he did. One of my favorite experiences but there does appear to be cost, I’m going to exploit it for If you had gone up to him ever with Alphonse was when I a strong correlation between everything it is worth. seven years ago and said, introduced him to the Beach my living situation and my I’m proposing a solution to “You will be an American Boys. It was like giving a relationship status. my problems. Why doesn’t the within the next decade,” he 20-year-old rabbit a carrot for Sometimes, I eat a whole school host two separate Major wouldn’t have responded the first time. We sat in my room pint of Half-Baked whilst Declaration Celebrations? because he didn’t speak English. and listened to “Wouldn’t It Be fully sober as I watch “Half- One for the people who love Currently, he is a electrical an Nice” for three hours, non-stop. Baked.” That isn’t funny, but to socialize and listen to the computer engineering major We listened to “Little Saint Nick” it is an interesting coincidence band, and another one where and likes to fill his free time with for another hour after that. that all of those applied to one it is just an empty room with multiple activities. For better or Since he spent more than half of situation. But now that I’m on just a table full of food. I’m sure for best, I usually tag along. For his life outside of the US, he offers the topic of ice cream, I would SA Government or another example, he likes to run. And when a different and usually humorous like to say that, on occasion, I noteworthy fiduciary could I say run, I mean sub-five-minute- perspective on life in America. get into my favorite reindeer- pitch in for this worthwhile mile pace. Going on a run with The other day, some friends were printed pajamas, my favorite cause. Students with a low him can best be explained like this: complaining about losing power in slippers, sit down with a quart declining balance beg of you! imagine a “Just Married” car with EMMA GUILFOYLE / STAFF ILLUSTRATOR their homes for a couple of days of vanilla ice cream and listen For those of you who still dangling cans attached to strings variety of stylish clothing, he is during a snowstorm, and Alphonse to “Reflection” from Mulan on have at least $600 declining on the back. He’s the car, and those always wearing a smile. And he countered by saying, “I spent the repeat while bawling my eyes remaining, it shouldn’t matter running with him are the cans. He laughs a lot too, specifically at puns. first twelve years of my life without out. That isn’t a joke, either, but because odds are, you will blow also plays soccer extremely well. Just as air is to humans, Alphonse power.” What’s even worse is that it is something that I felt like it all on $16-a-bag reserve coffee Last year, he entered himself in a 3 is to cheesy one liners. He keeps we all spent the first 18 years of I needed to get off my chest. and will want to take advantage v. 3 soccer tournament as the only them alive. our lives without Alphonse. Once in a while, everyone needs of free food. player on his team, and won. The A romantic at heart, Alphonse Horgan is a member of a good cry. Whether you’re a Chiodo is a member of guy is competitive, in the sense that is always socializing with the the class of 2017. man or a woman, crying is a the class of 2017. PAGE 12 / campustimes.org A&E / THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ‘Radiance Dance Theatre’ delivers thrills and chills BY SAM PASSANISI completely with the introduction NEWS EDITOR of the night’s first guest performers. Five members of campus Radiance Dance Theatre hosted breakdancing crew UR Stylez their spring show “Dancing Thru dropped some sick moves on Life” last Thursday. The show got the dance floor, drawing a steady off to a gradual and somewhat stream of cheers from the audience disjointed start, but Radiance was as the dancers demonstrated soon captivating the audience with “whacking” and other dance after original dance. Guest breakdancing styles. Following UR performances by the Midnight Stylez’s performance, Radiance Ramblers, UR Stylez and Strong member and sophomore Alex Jugglers did nothing to dull the White took the stage to perform a mood over the course of the hour- solo breakdancing act of his own. and-a-half show. Following White’s dance, Radiance president and senior Radiance threw the May Room Brittany Sherman welcomed into darkness. When the lights the audience before cutting to came back on, the Midnight a slideshow that featured past Ramblers rushed the stage to and present photos of Radiance applause from the audience. The members. This part of the show Ramblers performed a short set, was probably more poignant to singing two songs and publicizing those audience members who their upcoming show. had a friend or friends in the The Ramblers concluded their piece and departed the room with club. If you knew the members CHI HUANG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER of Radiance, then seeing their the same boisterous energy with baby pictures was pretty funny. The Midnight Ramblers a cappella group were guest performers at Radiance Dance Theatre’s show. Above, the Midnight which they had entered: it was If you didn’t know them, it was Ramblers perform at their own show, “Ramblerbusters,” Saturday at 8 p.m. in Strong Auditorium. time for Radiance to return to the like looking through a stranger’s between the dance numbers. The the main character, while junior nightmare-themed dance, with stage. Radiance cranked up the family photo albums: cute, but a story followed a girl’s life from Stephen Powell and Sherman as club members dressed as demonic energy in the room with a slick little baffling. infancy to college, playing on the her parents. marionettes and puppet masters. Cuban Cha-Cha then bumped the Radiance tied the show recurring theme of childhood The first number featured The nightmare concluded with base and broke it down for their together with an underarching memories. Radiance member and the Radiance performers as a chilling scream from Ramzan, fans on Olly Murs & Flo Rida’s narrative told in a series of skits sophomore Zoya Ramzan played horror movie doll-monsters in a and then the mood changed SEE RADIANCE PAGE 13 Adapting a classic Midnight Ramblers show explosive BY DAVID LIBBEY point that Petruchio’s true nature STAFF WRITER could not be discerned. In the subplot, Jonathan energy and brotherly love Nearly every theatrical production Wetherbee, ’08 made Hortensio BY MEGAN KIBLER from senior Joe Thimbodeau, who scholar Cody Civiletto’s solo work, must find a balance between its the comic foil to Petruchio, STAFF WRITER sounded exactly like Stevie Wonder. in a great, energetic arrangement by history and the current trends. Few becoming increasingly feeble Throughout the night, the group’s sophomore Ben Hall, of “Let’s See works have as substantial a history throughout the show. On the Being new to the art of a cappella, solid blend successfully supported How Far We’ve Come,” showed as those by William Shakespeare. other side, senior Devin Goodman I’ve found that there are a lot of every soloist in reaching their best his impressive vocal range that Produced time and again the world brought authentic emotions to essential skills required in order to vocal potential. will undoubtedly be missed by the over, Shakespeare plays have much Lucentio, making him into one have a successful group. There are The guest, all-female a cappella group. to say about the human condition, of the most relatable characters, in the musical aspects, involving a group, SUNY Fredonia’s Some Like But one of the best team wherein lies their inherent interest. spite of his actions. Alberto Carrillo rich blend, contrasting dynamics It Hot, offered a quietly compelling efforts of the night was featured With their production of “The Casas, a sophomore, played Bianca and an overall sense of direction in contrast to the Ramblers’ mostly in Thibodeau’s solo work in an Taming of the Shrew,” the UR with an enjoyable, but surprisingly each piece. These tools help create upbeat set list. Their rendition of arrangement of Styx’s power rock International Theatre Program duplicitous, personality. compelling music worth listening “All of Me” had a fantastic blend ballad, ”Come Sail Away.” It not finds new points to highlight in the Director Matthew Earnest to, but that’s not the only reason and chilling dynamic contrasts. The only showcased Thibodeau’s vocal frequently told tale. made several distinct choices in Strong Auditorium was packed on soloist sang with utter conviction, power, but also had strong support The show centers on Kate, an the production. Disregarding the Saturday night: the audience not and the musical and emotional from the group. The piece began aggressive and generally spiteful gender of actors not only evoked the only wants to experience the sound connection between the group and serenely and majestically, and young woman, who is the eldest original casting but also portrayed but also to be able to join in on the soloist was very apparent. then evolved into a powerful, all- daughter of a man named Baptista. the themes of the show in a different fun. But then there was a quick encompassing sound with great The young man Hortensio loves the light. Including Sly’s framing story, That said, the Midnightreturn to the climactic high-energy. blend and dynamic contrasts. younger daughter Bianca, but she despite its incompleteness, made Ramblers are masters of infectious The Ramblers began a traditional At the conclusion of each cannot be married before Kate, so sense of the many comedic devices energy. The show began with the Hindi song, and then UR Bhangra goodbye, each senior Rambler was he sets about finding a suitor for the that followed. But there was a poor group running up onstage, hitting burst out onto the stage, smiling, enveloped in a huge group hug, and elder. Hortensio’s friend Petruchio decision was casting one person in the audience with an intense jolt of dancing and providing an amazing then I realized something: happens to be in town and, when the roles of Lucentio and Tranio. sound, energy and awesomeness. It surprise. It was one of the smartest The Ramblers are so much more he hears that Baptista is rich, eagerly Notwithstanding the actor’s opened as an instant dance party collaborations I have seen yet. than their amazing sound. They are agrees to marry Kate. Of course, prowess, the characters were easily with “Uptown Funk,” infused with And although the night was an invaluable support system to one Kate is not too keen on the idea confused and at times hampered charisma from every single member undoubtedly fun, there were a few another: they are brothers. and fights back. In the mean time, the audience’s grasp of the plot. of the group, especially junior Tom heartfelt goodbyes that needed to Their group emphasizes what another man named Lucentio falls “The Taming of the Shrew” Downey, who did an equal amount be said to the group’s seniors. Senior a cappella should be. It’s a selfless in love with Bianca and conspires is a comedy, no doubt, but this of dancing and singing that was David Keener, who has, according team effort where each member with his manservant Tranio to production delves into other hilarious to watch. It even inspired to junior Ben Icenogle, “[o]ne of puts their heart and soul into every become her language tutor. realms by the end. The plot is rhythmically-challenged people, the strongest falsettos we’ve ever song, but never forgets to engage Despite the barrier caused by entirely misogynistic, but what such as myself, to go and dance had in 17 years,” undoubtedly the audience, support their fellow four centuries of language change, first appears to be a hyperbolic, with them. proved this. His solo work in members and, of course, have fun. the actors kept their audience outdated lifestyle, slowly becomes Ten minutes later, the audience “Something” from a Beatles’s And even when Rambler alumni engaged the entire length of the believable, a commentary on a was captivated with the soulful medley was a beautiful tribute to staged a mock battle of the alumni show. Sophomore Ian Von Fange, still living, contemporary view ballad, “Take Me to Church,” his eight semesters in the group. It song, “Kiss Him Goodbye,” at in the role of Kate, deftly expressed of women and marriage. Laughs featuring a powerhouse solo from was a very moving moment that the conclusion of the show, their her development from malicious abound throughout the play, but freshman Charlie Aldrich. His was genuinely experienced by every connection to the group still woman to obedient wife, savoring they hide an ethical dilemma that vocal presence had an authenticity single audience member. Senior remains. They never seem to forget those moments when she started has only grown more poignant in that reminded me of Billy Joel. Andrew Melchionna’s solo work what it means to be a Rambler: to to lose her identity. As Petruchio, the intervening years. The soulful theme continued with on an arrangement of Maroon 5’s just be yourself. freshman Ron Aulakh matches Libbey is a member of impressive vocal percussion in “Sugar” showcased his amazing Kibler is a member of Kate’s hostility, pushing it to the the class of 2016. “Superstitious,” featuring a solo falsetto and stage presence. Key the class of 2017. THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / A&E campustimes.org / PAGE 13 In darkness, Earl Sweatshirt lights up ‘Dancing BY JUSTIN TROMBLY ‘I Don’t Like Shit’’s soundscape present throughout the album. On leaving him alone and echoing— Thru Life’ OPINIONS EDITOR reflects this reality. The production ‘Grief,’ he ends his last verse with: orphaned. is handled almost exclusively by “Thinking ‘bout my grandmama, Earl’s isolation is seen in other FROM RADIANCE PAGE 12 Earl Sweatshirt used to go Earl himself, under the pseudonym find a bottle / I’mma wallow when I telling lines—“can’t even trust my “Troublemaker.” These dances outside. randomblackdude, and the beats lie in that / I just want my time and friends,” on ‘Grown Up’ and “all were followed by Radiance’s In the video for his 2010 song, are lo-fi, murky affairs. Lead my mind intact / When they both I see is snakes in the eyes of these standard Bollywood number ‘Earl,’ the then-16-year-old and his single ‘Grief’ begins with a groggy gone, you can’t buy ‘em back.” He niggas,” on ‘Grief.’ He is constantly “Club Awesome,” a short medley cohorts—fellow members of the sample reminiscent of a quartet identifies himself as a “face-drinking questioning, often paranoid and of Bollywood music familiar hip-hop collective Odd Future— of toads croaking in slow motion. smoker” on ‘Inside,’ explaining always conflicted: “Now you to any previous attendee of a guzzle down drug cocktails and hit Punctuated by dissonant snares, that drugs “help [him] duck when Radiance show. Next, Radiance the streets for a day of debauchery. its bassy synths are overwhelming emotion jab[s].” On ‘DNA,’ which He certainly comes reached back even further into Wild-eyed, Earl and his friends and sound like what I imagine features a heart-wrenching verse off as a more their club’s history when they skate, mob and tramp their way drowning at the bottom of a well from skateboarder and sometimes danced to the freedom-loving across Los Angeles until each of sounds like. On a sonic level, the rapper Na’kel, Earl reveals the depth confident and capable Sara Bareilles pop song “King of them begins to literally deteriorate. song is representative of the album of his substance abuse: “Stomach emcee than his past- Blood trickles from eyes, mouths as whole: the instrumentals all full of drugs and shit / My niggas on Radiance tied foam and teeth and fingernails are evoke the same shades-drawn, some other / Cleanse Sunday, binge self, but it seems Earl ripped free in a flurry of youthful holed-up-in-a-room vibe. Monday / Then another six days the show together chaos. Earl’s lyrics and delivery amplify / Back to Sunday when it’s done hasn’t quite adjusted his album’s dim production, and again.” It’s a concerning confession. together with an ‘I Don’t Like Shit,’ to the complications it’s easy to see how—his emotional ‘I Don’t Like Shit’ also finds Earl underarching which clocks in at a range is limited to bouts of anger struggling with relationship woes. fame entails. amid long stretches of sadness, while “And the last couple months was the narrative told in concise 29 minutes his flow, intricately woven as ever, worst / Cause I smashed all the trust surrounded with a gaggle of 100 varies accordingly from aggressive / That I earned in the past couple fucking thousand kids / Who you a series of skits and 56 seconds, is spitting to drawled musing. months / That we had as a couple,” can’t get mad at, when they want between the dance an intimate look ‘I Don’t Like Shit,’ which clocks he raps on ‘Mantra,’ venting. His a pound and pic / Cause they the in at a concise 29 minutes and 56 relentless internal rhyme schemes reason that the traffic on the browser numbers at Earl’s journey seconds, is an intimate look at Earl’s in this song are dotted with lines quick / And they the reason that journey into adulthood. No longer like, “You used to say you like the paper in your trousers thick,” Anything,” in a number that they into adulthood. No is he the teen wordsmith rapping violins,” adding a human element he barks on ‘Mantra.’ He certainly noted had been choreographed longer is he the teen about rape and bodies in plastic to the otherwise aggressive breakup comes off as a more confident and two years ago by the 2013 bags, and there is a newfound focus poetics. capable emcee than his past-self, but members of Radiance. wordsmith rapping here that was absent at times on his But, his problems haven’t just it seems Earl hasn’t quite adjusted to The third and final guest last album, ‘Doris.’ revolved around drugs and girls: the complications fame entails. performers of the night were about rape and ‘Huey,’ a prelude, kicks off the many of the album’s songs find Earl Earl Sweatshirt’s ‘I Don’t Like the Strong Jugglers, who also bodies in plastic bags ten-track project. With the click reflecting on friends and family, too. Shit, I Don’t Go Outside’ is another announced their weekend show. of a tape deck, a set of blunted Backed by a sparse beat, Earl tries solid addition to a discography that “Uptown Funk” played alongside [...]. keys comes in, combining with to sort out his inner conflicts with has already cemented its author as near-constant applause from the muted drums to form some kind fame and family on ‘Faucet.’ “Ain’t one of the best emcees in modern audience, as senior Rachel Milner While his days of horrorcore of warped carnival music. The song step foot up in my momma place hip-hop. There’s no filler on this and junior Julia Spriggens did rhymes and shock value are long starts off as a fairly upbeat boast- for a minute,” he says in the first project: it is lean and hard-hitting. trick juggling and even some gone, Earl’s music hasn’t necessarily fest, but soon spirals downward. “I verse, followed by “I don’t know While at first I was disappointed acrobatics. lightened up. And, on his new spent the day drinking and missing who house to call home lately.” You with the album’s brevity, I now By this point in the show, album, ‘I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t my grandmother,” Earl admits can feel the despair in his voice, think it works perfectly. Its scope is there were only two Radiance Go Outside,’ Earl is darker than toward its end. especially when the beat cuts out small but has everything you could dances remaining. Ramzan and ever before. This time, he’s inside. Drugs and mourning are as he reaches the word “home,” want from an Earl Sweatshirt tape: the other characters kept up their clever wordplay (“Call me Lou, if skits in between dance numbers, I’m on the track, these niggas skip now conveying an attitude of to me” gets me every time), mind- nostalgia and quasi-regret. They bending rhymes and an uncanny performed “Wings,” a subdued ability to stitch together words in a number that made use of modern unique and refreshing way. and interpretive-style dancing, With this release, Earl shows us and then did a complete reverse, that he can still think outside the turning the energy all the way up box, even when he’s trapped inside with the closer “Channeling Your it. Inner Beyonce.” Trombly is a member of Passanisi is a member of the class of 2018. the class of 2017. PAGE 14 / campustimes.org SPORTS / THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 Track sets records in Flashback: Bulls of the future? BY JESSE BERNSTEIN Finals, the outcome seemed as if (perhaps the best shooting STAFF WRITER it had already been determined. season in NBA history), weekend meet Now let’s look at the Warriors. Jordan’s ’95-’96 was easily In the 1995-1996 season, If Steph Curry and company the best in the league, and it BY NATE KUHRT the Chicago Bulls went 72- win their next two games, wasn’t even among his five best. STAFF WRITER 10 in the regular season before they’ll finish the year 67- In addition, the Warriors’ going 12-3 in the playoffs, on 15, which would tie them role players­—Andrew Bogut, This past weekend, both the their way to winning the first for the fourth-best record in Harrison Barnes and Andre UR Men’s and Women’s Track championship of their second regular season history. Curry Iguodala—are, at best, almost as and Field teams sent squads to three-peat. They only lostis the current MVP favorite, good as the Bulls’ role players­— compete in the ROC City Classic two games at home the entire Draymond Green is probably Kukoc, Luc Longley, Ron Harper at Nazareth Collegeand the Bison season, both in April and both in line for the Defensive Player and Steve Kerr. Additionally, Classic at Bucknell University. At by one point. Michael Jordan of the Year and Steve Kerr is the Kerr is a rookie head coach, both meets, the Yellowjackets had won MVP, Finals MVP, All-Star favorite for Coach of the Year. so comparing him to Phil strong showings and took great Game MVP and made All-NBA The Warriors have the second- Jackson would be a little silly. strides forward as a team towards First Team while leading the highest offensive rating and the As teams, both dominated end-of season goals, finishing with league in scoring. Jordan, Scottie highest defensive rating in the their respective leagues. However, the highest possible standings at Pippen and Dennis Rodman league and are outscoring their the Bulls’ net rating was nearly the NYSCTC Outdoor Track PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS made the All-Defensive First opponents by an average of twice that of the second place and Field Conference Meet. Team. (Pippen made the All- 10.4 points per game, all while team. Though the Warriors At this point in the year, Junior Emily VanDenburgh leaps forward during the long jump. NBA team as well.) Toni Kukoc playing at the fastest pace in the will finish comfortably in championship season is won Sixth Man of the Year. Phil NBA. They’ve been the best team first, even they can’t lay claim quickly approaching, and the for the first time in his UR Track Jackson won Coach of the Year. from the first day of the season. to that level of dominance. competition is in full swing. career, broke the 4-minute mark That team is considered by Do you see where I’m The Warriors have won their The highlights from this past in the 1500m, after running many to be the best team of all going with this? Is it possible conference games at an .800 clip weekend include the stellar races 4:00.0 three times in the past. time, and though there are valid that this year’s Warriors are while feasting on a weak Eastern in the relay events, in addition to The performance from the arguments for some early-‘70s as good as those Bulls? Let’s Conference, but that doesn’t strong individual performances. Women’s team was no less Knicks teams, mid-‘80s Celtics take a look at the numbers. quite reach the Bulls either, who In the relay events, for both impressive. Both Edwards and teams and early-aughts Lakers At the roster level, it’d be tough spanked their Eastern Conference the men and women, the 4x400 Galasso earned ECAC qualifying teams, you’d be hard-pressed to to make an argument against opponents to the tune of an .870 teams raced their fastest times marks in the 400m hurdles, as did argue against the ’95-’96 Bulls. the Bulls. Jordan, Pippen and winning percentage. If you’re of of the season thus far, running sophomore Alexandra Goldman Part of their mystique was the ease Rodman at or near the height the mind that any modern NBA 3:21.44 and 3:58.72, respectively. and junior Amanda Hall in the with which they won, and by the of their powers, clearly at an player would get sent sprawling to Both of these marks are ECAC shot put. Sophomore Annie time they reached the advantage over Curry, Klay the floor if they tried to finish at qualifying times and stand as Peterson had a personal best. Thompson and Green. the rim in the ‘90s, those numbers very strong mid-season marks. Overall, the teams definitely Though Curry has had probably seem even more distant. PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS In addition, the men’s 4x800 went up against strong an otherworldly season So to answer our own question: ran a very brisk 7:51.33, which competition in every division of no, the Warriors are not quite would also qualify for ECAC. the NCAA and did not back down. the Bulls. We haven’t even The women did not run a “Although some may not have gotten to the fact that the Bulls 4x800 at the Bison Classic, been as fast as individuals had won a championship, and the but they showed great depth been hoping, it was great to see Warriors haven’t even played a in the 800m with strong races people come back for second or first-round game yet. However, from junior Alyssa Arre and third races of the weekend and with a dominant playoff run, sophomores Gabby Hernandez not only give it their all, but also the Warriors could make this a and Samantha Kitchen. post very fast times,” senior Brad much more interesting season. An additional relay Kowalczyk said. “These past [few] Bernstein is a member of BY JESSE BERNSTEIN performance deserving meets are definitely great stepping the class of 2018. recognition is the race run by stones, and it’s exciting to see CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR STAFF WRITER the women’s 4x100. The team of both the Men’s and Women’s Jordan Spieth conquers Masters BY RUAIRI CONWAY hole, ending the week with a before last weekend, you’d know STAFF WRITER bogey left Woods outside the top that Spieth was a favorite coming 100 for the first time in around into it. He rose to the occasion He may not yet be the next 17 years. Rory McIlroy ended and surpassed even the greatest of Tiger Woods, but Jordan Spieth with an impeccable 66 to finish expectations, proof that last year laid down the gauntlet in the fourth with 12-under, a personal was no fluke. Not only is he good: golfing world the moment he best for the world’s number one he’s humble too, crediting much walked up to that first tee. The still seeking the elusive Masters of his success to his sister. His 21-year-old became the second- title. Mickelson had high hopes father, Shawn Spieth, told Golf youngest player to win at Augusta after eagling the 15th, Digest, “If Jordan doesn’t and only the fifth man to lead but shuffled home ever become number from start to finish, an open-and- with pars on the one, he’ll know that’s shut first-class performance with last three holes only a piece of life, a record-breaking four rounds. to finish at 14 not all of life.” Unlike last year, when he under with Rose. Conway is a PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS threw away the lead just before If you knew member of Junior Jeremy Hasset focuses as he pulls ahead of the pack. the ninth-hole turn on the last anything about the class of sophomore Brittany Schutrum, teams’ potential entering the day, there was nothing but golf 2017. juniors Emily VanDenburgh upcoming championship meets.” time between him and that and Cameron Edwards and Both the Women’s and Men’s prestigious green jacket this year. T5 Becky Galasso qualified team have immense potential A birdie on the 15th hole for the ECAC meet as well. and strong tune-up performances made him the first player to The meet was filled with are anticipated at Cortland reach 19-under-par at the exemplary performances on this upcoming weekend and at Masters, totaling 28 birdies in the men’s side. Sophomore St. John Fisher the following tournament. An unfortunate Dan Nolte and senior Mark weekend. Numerous individuals but forgivable bogey at the Rolfs had impressive 10,000m have qualified for the NYSCTC last meant he finished even season debuts, and sophomore meet, ECAC meet and the with the champions mark at Brant Crouse and senior Max national meet. Both teams 18-under, and four shots clear Sims had great 400m races. have the depth across the board of his closest competitors, Phil Sophomore Wilfed Wallis and to place very highly at their Mickelson and Justin Rose. freshman Cory Peruffo marked respective team conference Weary after two months of season bests in the 800m. Senior meets, and the upcoming reviving his fading game, Woods Clayton Stumpf had a season weeks will be used to work was wayward from the tee and best in pole vault, and junior towards realizing this potential. injured his wrist playing from Jeremy Hasset had a personal Kuhrt is a member of the rough in the trees. Despite record in the 1500m. Hasset, the class of 2017. an eagle at the par-five 13th EMMA GUILFOYLE / STAFF ILLUSTRATOR THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / SPORTS campustimes.org / PAGE 15 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Eleni Weschler - Softball

BY DANI DOUGLAS 3. How do you stay calm on and offensively, and we are season? SPORTS EDITOR the mound? finally gaining confidence in Last season was one of the I used to be a nervous wreck on the players behind us. At the best seasons our program has 1. How did you first get the mound earlier in my pitching beginning of the season, we ever had, and experiencing that involved in softball? career, but I came to realize knew we had one of the most as a freshman really set the bar My parents had me hitting off that the batter is the player that talented teams in the country high for my next three years. of a tee as soon as I could stand has all the pressure. They don’t and that our success would all I saw what it took to go that up on my own. When I was five, I know the location, movement depend on our ability to work far into the postseason, and started playing in a tee ball league or speed of the ball until mere together and use each others’ every part of me believes that and haven’t stopped playing since. milliseconds before they have to strengths. We have finally begun this team can do just as well, if 2. What do you consider to swing. As a pitcher, you have all to play as a team with everyone not better. We practice hard all be your greatest strength as a the control, and that power is contributing, and I think that year round because we know player? what allows me to stay relaxed our team has been stronger we can make it to nationals. I think my greatest strength on the mound. Every pitch is my now than it has been all year, Going to nationals again is what as a player is my ability to see battle to win, and knowing that, and that we can only get better. I hope to accomplish most. softball for what it really is: a even if they do hit the ball, I have 5. What is the best advice 7. Would you rather be a co- game. A lot of players take it way a very strong defense behind me that you have been given by pilot with Teddy Roosevelt or too seriously, don’t have fun and that makes it that much easier a coach? Kendrick Lamar? eventually lose their love for the to remain cool and collected. The best advice I have I guess I would just choose game. I appreciate the skill and 4. How has the team progressed been given by a coach was Kendrick Lamar because he has dedication that it requires to do throughout the season? never to say, “I know.” You had such an influence on the well but also make sure to enjoy At this point in the season, always have something to current music industry, and I have every step of the way. When we are finally getting to a learn, and you can always get always really admired those who you’re having fun and can be point where we are becoming better. Let people help you. can understand and create music. PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS relaxed and confident at all points comfortable with each other 6. What do you most hope to Douglas is a member of Weschler winds up for a pitch. of the game, it’s hard to lose. as players, both defensively accomplish by the end of the the class of 2017. LAST WEEK'S SCORES Men’s Tennis has hard- FRIDAY, APRIL 10 • Women’s Lacrosse vs Bard College - W 11-2 fought weekend SATURDAY, APRIL 11 • Softball vs Union College - W 16-8 •Baseball vs Skidmore College - W 4-2 • Women’s Lacrosse vs Vassar College - W 10-6 • Softball vs Union College - W 9-1 •Baseball vs Skidmore College - W 13-3 SUNDAY, APRIL 12 • Baseball vs Skidmore College - W 4-3 • Softball vs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - W 4-0 • Baseball vs Skidmore College - W 13-7 • Softball vs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - W 4-2 TUESDAY, APRIL 14 • Softball vs Nazareth College - W 4-0 • Softball vs Nazareth College - W 9-0 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 • Softball vs Utica College - W 4-0 • Softball vs Nazareth College - W 9-5 THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE FRIDAY, APRIL 17 • Men’s Golf at University of Rochester Fred Kavetz Invitational - Day 1 - Pittsford, NY - 9:30 A.M.* • Men’s Track at SUNY Cordland Classic - Day 1 - Cordland, NY - 3:00 P.M. • Women’s Track at SUNY Cordland Classic - Day 1 - Cordland, NY - 3:00 P.M.

• Women’s Tennis vs Rochester Institute of Technology - 4:00 P.M.* PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS Clockwise from top left: Freshman Andrew Nunno, sophomore Jonny Baker, • Women’s Lacrosse vs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institue - 4:00 P.M. senior Julian Danko, junior Ian Baranowski, freshman Aaron Mevorach and junior SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Ben Shapiro. BY EMILY LEWIS After doubles, the ‘Jackets • Women’s Rowing at Kerr Cup - Philadelphia, PA - 9:30 A.M. STAFF WRITER won five consecutive singles • Men’s Track at SUNY Cordland Classic - Day 2 - Cordland, NY - 3:00 P.M. matches with Mevorach, The University of Rochester Shapiro, Danko, Baranowski • Women’s Track at SUNY Cordland Classic - Day 2 - Cordland, NY - 3:00 P.M. men’s tennis team took on St. and Baker all picking up wins. • Men’s Golf at University of Rochester Fred Kavetz Invitational - Day 2 - Pittsford, NY - 11:00 A.M.* Lawrence University (SLU) and Rochester fell to RPI the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute following day at the Lyman • Baseball vs Vassar College (DH) - Poughkeepsie, NY - 1:00 P.M., 3:30 P.M. (RPI) this past weekend. The Tennis Center in Albany, NY. • Softball vs Clarkson University (DH) - Potsdam, NY - 1:00 P.M., 3:30 P.M. Yellowjackets, who are now The ‘Jackets had a tough start to ranked 40th overall, move to 8-8 the match, finishing 0-3 at the end • Women’s Lacrosse vs Skidmore College - Saratoga Springs, NY - 3:00 P.M. on the season after this weekend. of the doubles round. However, SUNDAY, APRIL 19 Against the Saints, Julian Danko, they were able to fight their way Ben Shapiro and Jonny Baker each back to a 4-4 score once singles • Baseball vs Vassar College (DH) - Poughkeepsie, NY - 12:00 P.M., 2:30 P.M. won two matches. These doubles began with wins coming from • Softball vs Skidmore College (DH) - 1:00 P.M., 3:00 P.M. victories created a 2-1 lead for Baker, Shapiro, Mevorach and the ‘Jackets. Danko went on to Danko. Baranowski then fell to TUESDAY, APRIL 20 compete with Sam Leeman and RPI’s McKinley Grimes with a score • Softball vs Ithaca College (DH) - 3:00 P.M.*, 5:00 P.M.* defeat Rhonny Rosario and Paul of 7-5 after a tie-breaking round. Barret of SLU. Baker and Shapiro UAA Championships will WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 then took down Tom Luchars take place in Florida later • Softball vs Buffalo State (DH) - Buffalo, NY - 3:30 P.M., 5:30 P.M. and Elliot Solandt with a score of this month, and Rochester 8-5. Rochester’s Ian Baranowski will look to secure the title. *DENOTES HOME GAME and Aaron Mevorach then fell Lewis is a member of (DH) DENOTES DOUBLEHEADER 8-3 in the next round of doubles. the class of 2016. PAGE 16 / campustimes.org THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / SPORTS SPORTS Discovering UR sports: A look into recruitment BY JESSE BERNSTEIN in Division III is a far, far put together by the recruits relationship with a coach when it comes to an athlete’s STAFF WRITER different animal than it is in themselves. This is more is a huge factor in deciding application, this varies school- Division I. common today, according to which schools are real options. to-school and player-to-player. The following description George VanderZwaag, head of “Sometimes it’s a school,” A freshman swimmer told CT The recruiting process for of the process is based on the UR Athletic Department, he says, “but usually, you get that his coach let him know collegiate athletes has been interviews with Rochester as recruiting has increasingly attached to a coach.” It should he’d been admitted three days mythologized, debated and athletes and administrators. become a more national be noted that this athletic before official acceptance challenged so many times We were unable to get in touch endeavor (though some sports, courtship isn’t extended to letters came out, but that he in recent years that it can be with coaches concerning this like softball and soccer, have all recruits—some, like a believed that his team has tough to separate fact from topic. summer showcases that are freshman softball player who “very little sway” within the fiction. Whether or not Recruits start to vital to a coach’s perception of spoke to the CT, said that she admissions department. A you’ve been heavily exposed be contacted by an athlete). If a school decides sent out recruiting videos to freshman soccer player noted to the lurid tales of ill-gotten to pursue a recruit, schools that she had already that at the Division III level, Hummers, one too many text they’ll contact applied to, but the response the question of academics is Sophomore Ryosei Kobayashi stretches to save a ball. messages or the high drama them in the was, “Yeah, if you get into the far more important than at a of fax machine malfunctions, form of school, we’ll start talking”. Division I school. He said that, what you’ve heard has been Once a mutual interest has “[i]f you’re not even within a almost exclusively about been established, an invitation certain range, even at a low- the recruiting process of will be extended to a recruit ball range, it’s just not even Division I schools. But to make an official visit to gonna work, even if you’re the what about the little campus. During this time, a best player.” guys? recruit will receive a tour of He believes that a coach’s The University of the campus and the athletic influence within admissions Rochester plays, facilities from either the head processes has a lot to do almost exclusively, coach or an assistant and with the sport and the skill at the Division III possibly meet the Athletic of the player. He also noted level (the men’s Director as well. Later, a that, while schools can’t offer squash team is recruit will be assigned to a athletic scholarships, they do in Division I). current player on the relevant offer academic grants to players There are enormous team and stay for a night or who otherwise wouldn’t be differences between two in order to get a gauge able to attend the University. the recruiting process on the culture of the team VanderZwaag said that UR bandied about in the and the school. If the visit is seeks to “identify students news and the one successful and the interest is who will make a positive here at the U of R, still high between the recruit impact on our teams,” and the biggest being obvious: and the coach, the recruit that he hopes “athletics money. Last year, Rochester will be encouraged to apply will be a small, significant spent $143,234 on recruiting, Early Decision to the school. difference for some…in the while University of Alabama, emails, letters, Though this doesn’t guarantee recruiting process.” Several for example, spent $2,193,655 CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR packages or anything, as many athletes players disputed this, sharing during the same period. Nick text messages. made clear in interviews with that they felt that they had Saban, Alabama’s head football coaches who have Athletes soon find the CT, it’s usually a good sign teammates who fell far short of coach, is paid $7 million either seen them play or have themselves bombarded with that admission will be granted. the academic prowess required per year, the highest annual heard about them on the communication, though, as Unlike Division I schools, by UR, and that athletics had Division III schools can’t hand been the only reason, or the salary of any public employee recommendation of another a freshman swimmer told AARON RAYMOND / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER in the country. Meanwhile, coach during their junior year the CT, the schools that are out full scholarships in return most significant reason, that the average salary for a head of high school. If the coaches serious about recruiting the for committing to a team. a recruit had been admitted to coach at UR is about $46,000. haven’t seen the recruit play athlete will send more personal Though a strong and well- the school. So, it should be pretty clear in person, they can turn to mail. According to a freshman established athletic department Bernstein is a member of that the recruitment process highlight videos, usually football player, the recruit’s can have sway in admissions the class of 2018. As weather heats up, so does UR Baseball BY JACKIE POWELL He went 2-2, and one of those this time with an offensive surge began with the ‘Jackets putting as the ‘Jackets won the game by a STAFF WRITER hits drove in one of the four as they came on top 13-3. The together four runs off of a home score of 13-7. Schultz hit a three- Rochester runs scored. Janifer offensive effort of the ‘Jackets run by Garry and a 2-2 hitting run jack, and Schmidt went 4-5. After starting their season 4-6, the was the game’s starting pitcher was evenly distributed as junior performance by senior left fielder “It’s good to start off like we frozen rope-hitting Yellowjackets for the Yellowjackets, pitching six catcher Nolan Schultz, center Sam Slutsky. Junior Josh Schulman have, but we need to focus on have turned around their season and one-third innings, striking fielder Lance Hamilton, junior pitched five and two-thirdsstaying consistent and improving

and are continuing their season out seven, allowing nine hits and shortstop Tyler Schmidt and innings, gave up three earned throughout the second half of the CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR with a comfortable overall record surrendering two earned runs. junior right fielder Jake Meyerson runs and struck out five, proving year,” Garry said after sweeping of 18-7 and a conference record Janifer was pretty evenly matched, had two RBIs apiece. UR’s to be enough as the Yellowjackets Skidmore. “We have some good of 11-1, which puts them at the as his opponent, Skidmore starter offensive splurge overshadowed walked away with the 4-3 victory. opponents coming up, and top of the Liberty League. This Nick Petrella, surrendered two the fact that UR’s defensive squad The last competition against the we’ll have to play our best if we recent dominance put itself on full earned runs, allowed four hits and committed three errors during Thoroughbreds was parallel to the want to continue our success.” display this past weekend during struck out six Yellowackets while game two of the first doubleheader. last game in the first doubleheader. Powell is a member of a pair of doubleheaders against pitching for a full six innings. What The second doubleheaderAnother offensive surge ensued the class of 2018. division rival Skidmore College. broke the even pitching match up, On Saturday April 11, during of course, was the less efficient game one of the first double defensive play from the Skidmore header, the ‘Jackets proved their Thoroughbreds; there was an error fundamentally efficient andfrom second baseman Matt Barra aggressive play style by posting no and a wild pitch from Janifer. errors and racking up six stolen A couple of hours later, bases throughout the nine-inning the ‘Jackets sent junior Dan contest. Difference-makers for UR Warren to the bump to take on in the first contest on Saturday opposing starter Joe Warner. included senior Brendan Garry Rochester’s Warren pitched and junior Evan Janifer. Garry, seven innings, allowing three hits usually positioned at first base and two unearned runs while or catching behind the batter’s striking out six Thoroughbreds. box, was put into the lineup as In contrast to the earlier contest, PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS UR baseball’s designated hitter. the Yellowjackets were victorious UR Baseball put out a terrific showing in Saturday’s doubleheader against Skidmore College.