Archive: Sep 2002
Men's soccer defeats Geneseo
On a day when the UR men's soccer team needed more warriors than artists, the warriors came to battle. The Yellowjackets put forth an inspired effort on an overcast day in Geneseo. In an excessively physical game, marred by fouls, cautions and ejections, the Yellowjackets emerged as 1-0 victors thanks to a second half volley […]
A closer look at crew and their fall season
With a rigorous practice schedule, many returning athletes, experienced coaches and the drive to succeed, UR crew looks to a promising 2002-2003 season.The team, comprised of men and women, meets five days a week at approximately 6:00 am and on Saturday morning as well to practice their rowing on the Genesee River. Both the varsity […]
Security Update
Three medical staffers at Strong Memorial Hospital and two UR security officers were injured August 26 after being struck by a car near the Whipple Park Entrance to the Medical Center off Crittenden Boulevard.Two of the five victims were injured critically, according to UR Security.The driver, Laquanna Perry, was arrested by police on a charge […]
Remembering September 11 one year later
A crowd gathered on the Eastman Quad under gray skies yesterday morning at 8:45 a.m., waiting to hear the sounds of the carillon bells that would mark the one year anniversary of the moment when the world was forever changed by the events of September 11. As they were one year ago, the UR community […]
New dean, director make changes at UR
Mary Beth Cooper, the former Dean of Students in The College, and Rob Rouzer, former Director of Student Activities and Wilson Commons, left some big footprints to fill when they left UR last year. The College took a step toward filling them this summer by promoting Jody Asbury to Dean of Students in The College […]
Campus Briefs
UR's history department has become one of the first departments in the country to create a global history degree in its Master's and Ph.D. program. UR will join the University of Hawai, Northeastern University, SUNY Binghamton, Rutgers University, the University of Texas and Ohio State University in exploring the merits of offering "world" or "global" […]
UR wins robot contest
A team of eight undergraduates and their robot Mabel the Mobile Table won the American Association for Artificial Intelligence 2002 Mobile Robotics competition in July. The group was the only team at the Edmonton, Alberta conference to be made up completely of undergraduate students.The team was spearheaded by senior Jonathon Schmid, who attended the conference […]
Meliora registration going fast
Registration is significantly higher for Meliora Weekend this year at 3,540 compared to 2,200 last year. This year's program features both celebrity and controversial figures including Hillary Clinton, Ted Turner, Salman Rushdie and Jon Stewart. This year's theme is leadership."At this point, [registration] has been resounding ? a good deal higher than the last year's," […]
Homotheism
Homotheism
They Twins
They Twins