Archive: Apr 2001
More suites released to upperclass
The Office of Residential Life opened all of the remaining reserved suites in Anderson and Wilder Towers Monday night to accommodate the nine groups of incoming juniors who had been denied housing in Thursday?s six-person lottery.A Class of 2003 protest scheduled for Tuesday was canceled when Residential Life appeased juniors dissatisfied with their housing situation.?A […]
Student activities budget for next year proposed
The Students? Association?s student activities budget for the 2001-2002 year has been proposed at $763,542.43, an increase from last year?s budget of $711,087.67.The Student Activities Office received $101,461, ballooning from this year?s $62,730.The increases are due largely to the new cost of the Wednesday UR Special buses, the continuing monthly ?bizzy? calendars and the increasing […]
Gay Catholics to meet, form discussion group
Catholic chaplain Father Brian Cool has always tried to encourage the Catholics who make up 34 percent of UR?s population to maintain their faith. Recently, however, he heard a group of students say they are afraid to enter a church, that they are fearful of walking through its doors, or even that their spiritual life […]
State of the university is ?good,? Wang says
In the last public address of his administration, junior and Students? Association President Meng Wang covered what he considered the key issues of his term ? school spirit, dining services, parking, prejudice on campus and freshman housing.Speaking to a scant crowd of 10 Wednesday afternoon, Wang began by addressing the condition of UR as he […]
Legislation attempts to protect students from credit card debt
College students may soon have the U.S. government as their ally in the battle against credit card debt.Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), whose constituents hail from Monroe County, introduced the bipartisan College Student Credit Card Protection Act (H.R. 184) March 28. Proposed changesThe proposed bill would limit the available credit line that a credit card company […]
Resolution revives on-campus pub idea
Reviving the long-fought battle for a pub on campus, the Students? Association Senate passed a resolution Monday, April 2 supporting the building of a pub. Sophomore and Chief of Staff Lonny Mallach now chairs a new committee to explore pub options.There are no specific plans yet, but Mallach is optimistic.?We who are working on it […]
Dining centers may face change
Campus dining centers may see a vast overhaul next year as a result of freshman housing and a new dining system.Administrators on the Dining Committee are looking into possibilities such as a buffet option for the Douglass Food Court.?There?s a very high probability that the all-you-can-eat option will move to Douglass and a combination of […]
LaBoda set to implement the goals of his platform
Junior and Students? Association president-elect John LaBoda has a vision of a campus with more traditions, increased spirit and more interclass rivalries. This idea, expressed in the form of creating class councils, was a centerpiece of LaBoda?s platform for president.?Currently, we live in an environment that is so pre-professional and serious,? LaBoda said. ?Sometimes we […]
Debate ranks 4th in nation
At last year?s National Debate Tournament, the Debate Union?s flight was delayed on all four legs of the trip and the team missed the first round of the tournament ? but the debaters still managed to finish 11th in the national rankings.The team received a total of 64 vouchers for free flights from Vanguard Airlines.This […]
Eastman student hit by car
A graduate student from the Eastman School of Music remains in intensive care after being hit by a car Sunday.Joanna Wulfsberg was crossing East Main Street toward Eastman against a red light when a car traveling eastbound through the green light struck her, Director of Security Walter Mauldin said.?She was thrown from the impact and […]