Archive: Jan 2007
Local joints practice shady admittance policies
If you were to ask young Rochester residents where they go and hang out on a weekend night after a long week of school or work, they would undoubtedly say the Alexander and East area. There you have your choice of various bars and clubs which adorn the night life atmosphere. Whether it's hanging out […]
Security Update
Prank phone calls raise questions of stalkerish behaviorStudents in Susan B. Anthony Halls contacted UR Security about the most recent of several prank phone calls that they had been receiving for months. They reported that the calls had been occurring about once a month on an ongoing basis. The call in question came from an […]
Female professor honored
Twenty-four years ago, Judith Pipher helped make history.Over two decades ago, Pipher and a group of colleagues set in a little on-campus observatory, found a new way of looking at the moon by mounting a prototype infrared detector onto a telescope in order to take the first infrared photograph of the moon in history.Soon, Pipher […]
Readership plan comes to College
Beginning Monday, Feb. 5 through Friday, March 2, the Collegiate Readership Program will be implemented at UR, providing students with a variety of newspapers, free of charge, in locations across campus."The Collegiate Readership Program is present on over 400 campuses nationwide," Circulation Account Manager for USA Today Liz Rittling said. "The program is designed to […]
Remembrance a must
On Tuesday, it was announced that Khaled Abdelwahhab has become the first Arab nominated for recognition as "Righteous Among the Nations." This is a Holocaust honor that is given to non-Jews who put their lives in jeopardy to save Jews from Nazi persecution. Abdelwahhab hid a group of Jews on his farm in Tunisia, keeping […]
Racks stack news
The Rochester Center for Community Leadership is laying out a challenge for the student body: get informed. By signing a deal with USA Today, The New York Times and the Democrat and Chronicle, RCCL is making it easy. For one month, students will be able to pick up free copies of all of those newspapers […]
Search moves ahead
In a press release on Nov. 9, 2006, UR President Joel Seligman announced that Provost Richard Phelps would be retiring in 2007 after 13 years of service and that a search for a new provost would begin in December."He's been an amazingly important provost on the national scene and is highly respected," Seligman said about […]
Entrepreneur program integrated
In recent years, UR has seen dynamic growth in nearly every facet of its mandate, from new research buildings to larger endowments. Beginning in early 2006, however, UR returned somewhat to its original grassroots progressivism when it began a joint entrepreneurial venture with Thomas Jefferson High School, an inner city school with a troubled history […]
Shooting raises safety concerns
On Friday, Jan. 26, a double shooting occurred outside of a deli on the corner of Genessee and Congress Streets, located in the 19th Ward. The shootings, caused by an apparent argument, resulted in one death and one non-life-threatening wound to the leg. From the investigation undergone thus far, it seems that the shooting was […]
"Children of Men:" visions of a bleak and violent future
Starring Clive Owen as Theo Faron, "Children of Men" takes place in the year 2027 when the human race has lost its ability to procreate and the world, with the exception of England, has fallen into ruinous anarchy. This dismal, infertile future is characterized by extreme brutality and a tyrannical British government that has resorted […]