Archive: Mar 2001
Hot Ticket: Strong Jugglers
Set your evening on fire with the Strong Jugglers, who are performing their third annual spring show in Strong Auditorium at 8 p.m. tonight. The show, titled ?Strong Jugglers on Fire,? will feature approximately 10 of the organization?s 20 members, who plan to astound the crowd with such feats as throwing knives, juggling torches and […]
Engineer of the year is UR grad
Imagine the opportunity 8212; you have had to wear contacts or glasses most of your life and suddenly with the help of a short laser vision correction surgery, your eyesight is 20/20 overnight. Not only has this surgery become a reality for millions, but the chief inventor of this surgery has a graduate degree from […]
UR to keep SAT
For those hoping that UR will abandon the SATs in its admissions process, don&t plan on it becoming a reality anytime soon. UR will continue to use the tests as one of its many criteria in determining those qualified to attend the university.Standardized tests make it possible to evaluate students on a national scale, said […]
Tuition increases 4.4%
Tuition will increase by $1,020 next year for students attending The College and the School of Nursing totaling $24,150 a year.The tuition increase of 4.4 percent from $23,130 is slightly higher than last year?s increase of 3.6 percent. Since 1990, the cost of tuition at UR has increased from $15,150 a year.While room and board […]
Election affected by senate reform
Empty seats and bylaw changes to the Students& Association Senate will cause some irregularities in next week&s election.The election will attempt to fill four senate seats that were vacated this semester. Two of these are for area senators, who usually have their elections in the fall.Other area elections will also take place now, because election […]
SA president 2001: meet the candidates
Students& Association President Meng Wang will attempt next week to win the vote of the student body for a second year, facing three challengers for his position 8212; juniors John LaBoda and Samay Ghee-wala and senior Mindy Fountain.Despite a sometimes rocky term in office, Wang said he feels confident that he can serve the student […]
Dining plans under final scrutiny
Administrators will meet today to discuss the long-overdue final version of next year?s new dining plans.President Thomas Jackson, Provost Charles Phelps and others will consider the dining committee?s final recommendations, Director of Purchasing Quentin Roach said.This week, students received their residential contracts and tuition increases were revealed, yet there is still no word about dining […]
Dance groups lose Spurrier practice space
The addition of a ?no shoes? policy in the only formal dance space on campus has left many UR dance groups without a proper place to practice.Because of this floor in the newly renovated Spurrier Dance Studio, dance forms such as ballet, tap, jazz and street cannot be practiced there because they require distinct foot […]
Security Update
University-affiliated individuals were threatened with the display of a gun in two separate incidents last week.The first incident occurred outside Java&s coffeehouse at midnight Wednesday, March 14. Two UR staff members were talking in front of their car, parked on Gibbs Street, when they saw a person who was &extremely excited& coming from behind the […]
Reconsidering the technology god
Since before CNN showed us video of Operation Desert Storm?s laser-guided bombs literally going down chimneys and through back doors, the United States has had a collective obsession with fast jets, black-box electronics and ?smart? weapons. There is no doubt that high technology does wondrous things in warfare. It vastly increases the U.S. military?s ability […]