Archive: Apr 2002
Organizing undergrads
In a ground-breaking move, residential advisors at the University of Massachusetts -Amherst voted to unionize this month, making them the nation's first unionized undergraduate employees. Undergraduate teaching assistants at Columbia University will hope to join them as they vote later this month on unionization. This is an important move which could open a lot of […]
Letters to the editor
Make D-day open to allThis year it seems that nearly every varsity sports team on campus has a game or meet taking place at another school on Dandelion Day. I don't know if this was planned on purpose, but I think it has been poorly planned nonetheless. It is unfair for student athletes, who work […]
A fresh start
The events of the last couple weeks - a poorly publicized Students' Association election, a corrupt and confusing speaker selection process and a lower than normal voter turnout - have highlighted the need to ratify a new constitution that makes student government less confusing and more accountable to students at UR. That chance for students […]
Constitution vote begins Monday
As the April 8th deadline looms, Students' Association Constitutional Committee members continued to frantically finalize the rewritten SA Constitution last night. After a lengthy discussion on whether the group did not actively involve outside members enough and was overly rushing the document's completion at the beginning of the meeting, a consensus was reached to push […]
Editorial Comic
Editorial Comic
Pride Network holds first annual Day of Solidarity for 'Gaypril'
Members of the UR community wore decorated white t-shirts and jeans in a show of support for the Pride Network's "Day of Solidarity." President of the Pride Network and junior Dan Lioy feels that the Day of Solidarity is important not just to the gay community but to the rest of the UR as well. […]
Security Updates
Student sees own car burglarized from roomAn undergraduate student reported that he heard a car alarm going off in Wilson North Lot on March 30 around 12:16 a.m. and, upon looking out from his room in Chambers, discovered that the alarm was coming from his own vehicle. The student observed an unidentified suspect remove items […]
Multi cultural groups contribute to UR
The wide assortment of multi-cultural organizations on the UR campus make it a better place through a wide array of community service. All of the organizations of the Multicultural Greek Council fit this bill, and four good examples can be found in fraternities Alpha Phi Alpha and Pi Delta Psi, and the Lambda Pi Chi […]
Berry speaks at UR
One person doing one thing every day to further the cause of social justice. This idea may not be new but it could be revolutionary. "The main thing is to do the best you can," said Dr. Mary Francis Berry, chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.Sponsored by the Office of the President and […]
Recent incidents prompt look at Eastman security
Take a look around. Do you feel safe?An incident that occurred this past Monday in the Annex building of the Eastman School of Music has prompted many downtown to feel more like kids in a big city than students at a music school.On Monday afternoon, two female undergraduates reported separate unwanted interactions with what is […]