Administration
Students react to January classes moving online, guidance to remain off-campus
Many students voiced their thoughts about the decision on social media and in interviews with the Campus Times.
advice
Ask Riley: Hello and welcome!
Everyone needs help from time to time. Yet, not everyone has someone they can turn to for guidance. What I’d like is for people to feel heard and understood. I want them to know that there are other people out there who may be just as confused as they are.
advice
Five outdoor activities to combat the Rochester winter blues
Take some time this semester to explore one (or more!) of my many winter activity suggestions in and around Rochester.
COVID-19
Publications and pandemics
We had finally adjusted to the new “normal”. And then it changed once again.
remote learning
UR is online, again
Now, there is no excuse. At the least, we deserve decisive policymaking and actual communication to back the administration's decisions up.
News
COVID-19
UR online until at least Jan. 31, students without approval to remain at home
Students will not be allowed on campus early unless granted permission by the University.
booster shot
Booster shots, negative COVID-19 test required for spring semester
A COVID-19 booster shot will be required to return to campus in spring for all students eligible to receive one.
AS&E
Professor suspended after saying n-word in class
On Sept. 21, white English professor David Bleich read aloud an article containing multiple instances of the n-word in front of his class.
Features
black barber
UR Alum’s app brings barbers to POC students at PWIs
“There was always someplace that we could go to and just congregate and get things off our chest. [...] That's how the barbershop [became] a cultural institution.”
SA
Students react to SA’s latest statement
The aim of this email, as stated in the opening paragraph, was to “clear up some misconceptions/share some important answers to [common] questions.”
nationals
Men and women’s Ultimate Frisbee qualify for nationals, raises funds within the week
Rarely can the words “Nationals Qualifying” and “UR sports” be said in the same sentence, but both the Men’s Ultimate Frisbee and Women’s Ultimate Frisbee teams have made the impossible happen. As soon as UR finals end, the EZs (women’s) and Piggies (men’s) will be traveling to Norco, California for the national USA Ultimate College Championships.
