Archive: Apr 2001
Women?s track defeats soggy competition
The women?s track team did not let the less than ideal conditions affect its performance this past Saturday.It steamrolled over SUNY Oswego, Hamilton College and the Rochester Institute of Technology with a score of 220 points. Oswego came in second with 160 points, just over third-place Hamilton with 154 points. RIT struggled throughout the meet, […]
Women?s lacrosse picks up two conference wins
The women?s lacrosse team faced two tough opponents this weekend ? Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Vassar College ? but walked away with two convincing victories. The Yellowjack-ets improved their record to 4-1 with a score of 16-4 against RPI and 11-7 against Vassar.RPI was the first Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association team that the Yellowjackets faced […]
Cost of parking
Why is parking at UR so expensive? This is a popular question among students. Tired of all the empty complaints, I decided to pay parking services a visit. Before the meeting, I investigated to see if it was true that there is cheaper parking at other schools. I called University of Buffalo, Cornell, Rochester Institute […]
Maximizing the SA presidency
Congratulations, John LaBoda. You just won the Students? Association Presidency by more than 200 votes and have the closest thing to a mandate that an SA president-elect has enjoyed in recent memory. But how do you go from being a popular candidate to being an effective president? After all, current president Meng Wang was widely […]
Editorial Board: Forget apathy
Speak together and they shall hear. Sophomores came together last week on this campus to protest their housing situation after nine six-packs did not receive suites.Students organized measures for a protest to the Office of Residential Life and the administration. For the first time in recent memory, the administrative bureaucracy responded to the students? requests […]
Editorial Board: Meliora
One of the main facets of Students? Association president-elect John LaBoda?s campaign platform was the concept of class councils. The implementation of freshman housing next year makes it the ideal time to create these councils. The councils would not be a part of student government, and instead would be run by students who are simply […]
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Class Councils
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Class Councils
Letter to the Editor: UR listens
I read the column by Jenn Sefardis titled ?Recent snowfall a factor in sofball?s cold start to season? in the April 5 issue of the CT with a mix of support and confusion. I support her assertion that the athletic department has been tremendously supportive of its athletes. I support her notion that athletic administration […]
Missing technique
The Ballet Performance Group had its spring performance in Strong Auditoriumthis past weekend. There are two necessary components for a successful ballet performance. The first is rehearsal, so dancers can master the choreography. The second requirement is the technique class that all ballet students take ? from a six-year-old girl in a swan costume to […]