Archive: Apr 2001
Security Update
Two men impersonating ResNet consultants entered a locked second-floor room in Tiernan Hall without permission on Friday, Sept. 8. One of the room?s residents found them when she returned to the room around 3:30 p.m. She asked the men why they were there. They told her they were ResNet consultants who had been called to […]
Pub left hanging due to dining hall changes
Plans for a pub on the third floor of Wilson Commons have been put on hold indefinitely.Quentin Roach, director of purchasing and auxiliary operations for the university, said that the pub has been put on the ?back burner? because of the recent remodeling done to Danforth Dining Center and Douglass Food Court.?The main priorities [over […]
UR becomes more selective as application and test scores soar
The largest number of applicants in university history applied for admission this year ? 10,080 students, up 17 percent from 8,656 last year. The number of applicants who filed for early decision also increased to 17 percent of all applications, up from 12 percent last year.Many colleges are receiving more applications, but UR?s numbers are […]
UR brings back Frederick Douglass Institute
In the aftermath of a student protests from the spring of 1999, the university this year has reinstated the Frederick Douglass Institute, UR?s center for African and African-American studies.Founded in 1986 by Professor of Religion Karen Fields, the institute intended to promote the development of African and African-American studies through research.Its formation followed a 1985 […]
Convocation introduces new Dandelion Square
With clouds lingering above, the university formally dedicated the new Dandelion Square at its 151st convocation last Friday. The ceremony, which kicks off the academic school year, was also a time to recognize faculty and departments for their contribution to undergraduate education.UR President Thomas Jackson said in his opening remarks that the newly dedicated square […]
4 students file suit agianst UR
One current and three former students filed a lawsuit against the university in late April after being arrested last year in an incident outside CLARC that some believe was racially motivated.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, charges the university and UR Security officers James Clukey and Raymond Pipitone with seven causes of action: false […]
Freshman barred from interest living
All-freshman housing will replace all of the special interest housing on the Residential Quad next year. In addition, freshmen will no longer be able to live in special interest housing as a result of the Freshman Housing Implementation Committee?s recent decision. This decision counters the Residential College Com-mission?s spring 1999 recommendations, which praised special interest […]
Campus Briefs
Hispanic Business magazine named the William E. Simon School of Business Administration the No. 1 U.S. graduate business school for Hispanic students seeking their master?s degree in business administration in its September 2000 issue.The magazine recognized the Simon School for its participation in diversity programs, its efforts to recruit highly qualified Hispanic students and its […]
Aramark changes met with mixed opinions
Upperclassmen returning to UR have come back to a medley of changes ? most noticeably in dining services.?We have made a concerted effort to focus on the food and on the service,? said Paul Palmer, Aramark regional district manager. ?We wanted to make the food better, fresher. We believe we?ve succeeded.?The Danforth choiceIn Danforth Dining […]
All freshmen to be housed on the quad
The Freshman Housing Implementation Committee announced Aug. 12 that all freshmen and only freshmen will be housed on the Residential Quad beginning with the next academic year.After considering the possible models, ?it became unanimously clear that if we were going to do this right, there is only one space for it and that?s the quad,? […]