Archive: Mar 2001
Exoricising the Republican 'antichrist'
I am a Republican. What do you think about me now? Have you assumed that I am a racist, that I oppose gay rights and don?t care about the poor? Don?t worry, this happens to me every day. If you?ve just made an assumption about me without knowing me personally, then you have engaged in […]
Respect traditions and preserve human decency
I ask you to be citizens.? What an amazing construction of six life-altering words spoken during President George W. Bush?s inaugural address.Six words that the country needed to hear, even though I have a feeling that not many people nowadays understand the weight these six words carry.The man that so many, including myself, thought was […]
Letters to the Editor
As a former student who arrived at the UR with expectations of a liberal arts education and a commitment to students, I was greatly disappointed when the first act I witnessed was the inauguration of a president whose sole qualification was in bankruptcy law.The commitment to education I once saw quickly evaporated into a commitment […]
Editorial Board: D'Lions revisited
With freshman housing near, UR must use the D?Lions organization to help build the sense of community that the new housing model proposes to bring.D?Lions should be placed on the Residential Quad, where they will be sorely needed to offer advice to and program for the freshmen. They do not belong in Susan B. Anthony […]
Editorial Board: Making music
The Eastman School of Music is world-renowned and it brings UR tremendous acclaim. When students think of great musical performances, they usually associate them with Eastman, not the River Campus. But it?s time we appreciate the music emanating from our own backyard.The Midnight Ramblers, the Yellowjackets, Chari Vari, the Mazel Tones and Vocal Point are […]
Industrial capitalism damages civic involvement
The decline of our civic culture has been a central subject of concern for most of the past century. Manifested in falling levels of political and associational activity, in an increasingly atomized conception of individualism and in the commonly held feeling that our sense of community has been lost, the crisis of civic life represents […]
Hold the elevator!
I had thought that my dorm room would be an escape, but I was wrong ? they discovered where I lived and followed me there.I lay huddling in my bed, preparing to flee, but then remembered that I sleep on the top bunk. (An actual escape would take a while.)The weird shrieks came again, tinny […]
New groups ushers in new century
The Gibbs Street Chamber Orchestra, established and run by students at the Eastman School of Music, will give its first performance tomorrow, Jan. 26, at 9 p.m. On the program are Beethoven?s ?Seventh Symphony? and Maurice Ravel?s ?Mother Goose Suite.? This concert will take place in Kilbourn Hall and be the first orchestral performance of […]
Ying to ring in New Year
The Chinese Millennium Council is extending an invitation to one and all to celebrate the Chinese Millennium New Year, 2001. They will be presenting Mr. Phillip Ying as their celebrity keynote speaker, violist of the Ying Quartet and assistant string professor at Eastman. The event will be held on Monday, Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. […]
UR Notable Yellowjacket: Liz Conway
Lizzy was nominated by track coach Barbara Hartwig following her performances in UR?s meet this past weekend against the Rochester Institute of Technology and Alfred State University. She won the 200-meter dash and 55-meter hurdles. She also earned a second place in the 55-meter race, as well as running the lead-off leg on the winning […]