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“Hey Matthew, how was your day?” “My name is Matt.”

October 27, 2011

My roommate’s name is Matt. Strictly Matt—nothing more, nothing less. He prefers that I call him ‘Matt’ and not ‘Matthew’ because he is under the impression that the latter sounds…

Courage Bowl!

October 26, 2011

So it is common knowledge that everyone who comes to the University of Rochester to be a student comes for the academics and is very smart. It’s what gives the…

Dining Options at the University of Rochester

October 21, 2011

Hi! Follow me around campus as I visit the different dining halls and cafes, covering the many eating options at the University of Rochester. There were a lot of new…

Our New Lives

October 19, 2011

So now after several weeks of classes, most of us freshmen are finally getting into the groove of our schedules. We know where to go for classes, where to go…

Fall Break in the Big Apple!

October 17, 2011

I've made it a tradition to go to New York City every fall break, especially since a lot of my upperclassman friends graduated and went to the city to…

Sophomores and Soufflés

October 14, 2011

So far, being a sophomore is vastly different from being a freshman in every way possible. It’s surprisingly similar to the progression of independence that is also granted high school…

The first month is already gone! It is indeed a fast semester.

October 13, 2011

The moment I stepped into the University of Rochester again, all the images that I had stored in my mind from my previous visit hit me: the welcoming that I…

From the River Campus to Toronto, Canada

October 12, 2011

Coming to the University of Rochester is an important step in the lives of most U of R students, who choose to embrace it for various reasons. Conversations I have…

A Little About Myself

October 12, 2011

Hey, my name is Devin Embil, and I am a student of the Class of 2013 at the University of Rochester. I was born in Florida but have lived most…

Extracurriculars

THE SING-OFF!!!!

October 10, 2011

So if you didn’t hear (which seems to be quite impossible), the University of Rochester’s own all-male a cappella group, the YellowJackets, are on The Sing-Off, NBC’s reality TV show…

Akan’s Bio

October 10, 2011

Akan Nelson is an an udergraduate student in the University of Rochester’s Class of 2015. Akan has lived in Lagos, Nigeria, for all of his life but spent his last…

About me!

October 10, 2011

I'm Kristen, and I'm a senior! I transferred to Rochester as a sophomore, and I absolutely love it here! I'm a psychology major and a Spanish minor, and I completed…