Archive: Jun 2002
Which Future for Ground Zero?
If allowed to stand, the decisions made to date around the rebuilding ofGround Zero will doom it forever to what verges on a national disgrace.The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and The Port Authority of NewYork and New Jersey, the rebuilding authorities, have already failed thenation in its expectation for a unique, uplifting and visionary project […]
Wilson Blvd. to be reopened
Ten years ago, UR announced it would close a portion of Wilson Boulevard as part of the creation of Bausch and Lomb Riverside Park. Now, a plan is in the works to reopen the road as part of major improvements to the park area. The Rochester City Council on April 16 approved the plan, which […]
Fighting the need for an enemy within
The attacks of Sept. 11 have caused me to reevaluate my understanding of race and race relations in America. In a New York Times article dated Oct. 10, 2001, Somini Sengupta argued that, "the way New Yorkers perceive one other across color lines has changed." She argues for the presence of racial harmony after the […]
Exercise the right you have to assemble and protest
People are dying to give you the right to do this." This mumble was directed to me by a lanky man pushing a baby carriage as he walked by. I was standing on the street next to the liberty pole with a group of fellow protesters, holding a sign with a quote from Gandhi reading, […]
Personalized hate
With fervored excitement, I tore open the single letter I found waiting for me in my CT mailbox. I was shocked and disappointed when instead of a helpful or useful insight I found a leaflet entitled "Anti-semitism found." It was a grim reminder of how old feelings of hate continue to penetrate our society.The bigoted […]
Strong problems
The halls of Strong Auditorium have been filled with music, speakers and cultural events since its construction in 1930. Unfortunately, not enough has been done in the past 72 years to keep the now-dilapidated building up to par as a performance space or even a lecture hall. Student performers were not surprised to hear of […]
A clean start
The Fraternity Presidents' Council's decision to recharter the Theta Delta Chi fraternity after a twelve year absence was watched closely by administrators, students and alumni. Bringing back the fraternity that once caused this campus so much pain allows the new brothers of Theta Delt to cleanse the name of their fraternity, and bring new connotations […]
Would you like a serving of freedom with that?
Freedom is the soup du jour. Even before "Operation Enduring Freedom" replaced the less apt moniker of "Operation Infinite Justice" as the name of the U.S. offensive in Afghanistan, it was clear that freedom was experiencing a renaissance in American discourse.On Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush said, "Freedom has been attacked and freedom […]
Eat pizza and join the CT
You know the old clich ? the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. That's how the Campus Times got me.My friends and I thought we would be clever. We were hungry one night early in our freshman year, and we had already grown tired of ARAMARK cuisine, so we decided to go […]
The best of security update 2001-2002
Security officers went to the basement of Fairchild at 1:57 a.m., April 8, in response to a student security aide's report that a room appeared to have been broken into.En route, an officer encountered four individuals carrying two "microfridge" units in the tunnel, according to UR Security investigator Dan Lafferty. After arriving on the scene, […]