Archive: May 2007
Commencement Update: Looking back at moments of change
For four years (or five, if we count all those Take-5 and 3-2 kids), the class of 2007 has endured many changes at UR, and a number of awful UR puns. I have only been around to experience two years of this, and as a rising junior I'm looking forward to another two years of […]
Commencement Update: Senior shines (black)light on freshman year
As a prelude to this article, I'd like to share my first memory of college with you. While I was settling into my room during my first day of Freshman Orientation, a drunk student suddenly threw open the door. "Get the hell out of my room," he demanded angrily."Actually, this is my room," I defiantly […]
Commencement Update: After graduation, don't disregard your alma mater
With an average life expectancy of four years, the kangaroo has just enough time to grow up, meet a mate and pass on without accomplishing much more.College isn't far from the life experience of the average marsupial. I swear some classmates have aged 10 years since freshman orientation, despite still occasionally wetting the bed. I […]
Commencement Update: Admissions releases 2011 statistics
This year has produced record numbers for the admissions department as they try to keep the class size at a reasonable size following last year's spike in freshmen.UR received roughly 11,650 applications this year, a record high. Last year's total was 11,195. The admissions department has given out roughly 4,800 offers of admission, a record […]
Commencement Update: Prof. Pizer to retire
Math professor Arnie Pizer will retire at the end of the academic year after more than 30 years at UR. Pizer has been associate chairman of the math department since 1988, and he developed the WeBWork system that many UR students and students across the country still use.Pizer arrived at UR in 1976 after receiving […]