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A committee in the Belgian government came to a unanimous decision to ban the wearing of burkas in public and the Belgian Parliament is expected to uphold the decision.

React to the recently emerging plans to close the Physics-Optics-Astronomy Library in favor of a new computer lab. The University used to have separate libraries for many departments, which have been consolidated into larger libraries (Carlson, Rush Rhees, etc.). Do you think this was a good budgeting move or have we lost out on unique department resources?

What do you think is the future of humanitarian aid both on the part of individuals and institutions?

Where do you get your news? Where do you think most people get their news? What do you think about 24 hour news and our generation, and what is its future?

In light of recent donations, like Edmund A. Hajim’s donation of $30 million, do you think the University is experiencing one-sided growth in favor of … [More]

What do you think about the connection, or lack thereof, between the University and the Rochester community? What are our responsibilities, both as a university … [More]

What do you think about the new statue of George Eastman being unveiled Meliora weekend? Is this the way the University should be spending its … [More]

In the State of the University address earlier this month, President Seligman addressed the university’s response to the challenging economic times in our country. Do … [More]

This week’s question: Do you think that there is a lack of queer studies courses at the U of R and what role do you think queer studies should play in the Rochester curriculum?

This week’s question: Recently there has been a lot of publicity about students getting in trouble for stealing food items from Dining Services. Does this cast a different light on how easy students think it is to steal food from places like the Pit and Douglass? What’s your take on the stealing issue?