Archive: Mar 2001
Hot Ticket:: Sean Curran Company
Did you like Riverdance? Do you want to see more great Irish performances? Then come see the well- known Sean Curran Company which will perform their signature dances on Jan. 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. in the Spurrier Dance Studio. The Sean Curran Company, a New York-based ensemble, consists of nine dancers and founder […]
Record-breaking pilots return from world flight
Almost five months ago, Class of 2000 graduate Dan Dominguez and his friend Chris Wall stepped into a small aircraft to begin living their dream of flying around the world.On Dec. 15, Dominguez and Wall, a 2000 graduate of Rice University, arrived back in Rochester to greet friends, an army of press and a throng […]
Alleged assaulter faces UR discpline
By Todd HildebrandtCampus Times StaffThis week, UR will determine how to proceed in disciplinary charges against a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a UR undergraduate in October. Darren Snelgrove, a post-doctorate student working in the department of chemistry, was charged with sexual misconduct at an arraignment hearing Nov. 21.UR was unsure how to proceed with […]
News Briefs
Actors Danny Glover and Felix Justice will present ?An Evening with Langston and Martin? in Strong Auditorium at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.7.The two-man show will feature theatrical readings by both actors. Glover will perform readings by black writer Langston Hughes while Justice will portray civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. A question-and-answer session will […]
Security Update
Six students were robbed at 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23 on Gibbs Street outside the Eastman Living Center.The students reported that a male suspect approached them and grabbed one of them by the shoulder while pressing a sharp object into the students?s back.The attacker demanded that the other students empty their pockets and said […]
D'Lions mission uncertain
The decision to restrict Residential Quad housing to freshmen had implications on a number of areas of River Campus life, especially special interest housing. The D?Lions program in particular seemed to be in a peculiar limbo, because assisting freshmen is an important part of the organization?s mandate to promote community on halls, in different buildings […]
NAACP chairman to speak on civil rights
He has faced repeated jail time for his activism and has been nominated for vice president. He is the Chairman of the Board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and holds 19 honorary degrees. But for Julian Bond, there is still much to do.?If you measure progress from when I was […]
Corner Store upgrades
The Corner Store is now a late-night option for students who have a declining balance dining meal plan ? and it has seen greatly increased traffic as a result.The change now allows students to use declining balance dollars to purchase non-taxable items.Daily sales have more than doubled at the Corner Store this semester as a […]
New criteria make dean's list more elite
The ratio of students making the dean?s list fell from 50 to 36 percent as a 3.4 grade point average requirement to make the list went into effect for the fall 2000 semester.The requirement in previous years was a GPA of 3.0. Discussion about changing the requirement began in the spring of 1998 and heightened […]
Dining options considered
New meal plans for next fall will be announced on Feb. 5, River Campus Dean of Students Mary-Beth Cooper said.The dining fair that took place in early December gave students the chance to voice their opinions on campus dining. Meal plans were the hot topic, as roughly 35 individuals from the Student Dining Committee suggested […]