Archive: Feb 2003
Drinking the water
Students should be able to depend on UR to inform them of potential dangers and offer advice when an emergency occurs. When the water supply was polluted with a rust inhibitor on Friday, many students were poorly notified, if at all. Administration also failed to notice the contaminant until Saturday evening, an entire day after […]
Letters to the Editor
DVD project successDespite funding problems and Students' Association Senate roadblocks the DVD Collection has seen remarkable growth and unparalleled usage this semester. With a collection of nearly 1,000 discs any undergraduate can take out, free of charge, 2 DVDs for a period of 4 days. The fall semester saw nearly 6,000 discharges, making it one […]
Eastman could provide housing possibilities
Rochester is the archetype for urban decay. It is the poster child for the ill effects of urban sprawl. In this light I was very amused with the recent article discussing whether the Eastman school should remain as separate housing and as a separate campus. I think that best option would be to give students […]
Individuals responsible for creating positive change
There is a major difference between the way things are and the way they should be. As one obviously knows and understands, the way things are aren't necessarily the way they should be, and vice-versa. Since each one of us perceives things differently, one person's view of life may not be another person's view of […]
Russia a key player in U.N. Security Council vote
During the first Gulf War, Mikhail Gorbachev was too busy trying to hold together a disintegrating Soviet Union to focus on events in the Middle East. Ritual protests were voiced about America's undue haste, but no serious attempt was made to change the course of events. Tensions were higher in 1998 when Boris Yeltsin and […]
Cinema group brings big screen to campus
On a typical Friday or Saturday, around 250 students trudge through snow and tunnels to get to Hoyt Auditorium to see the latest films put on by the UR Cinema Group.The UR Cinema Group, with 33 official members, has been providing on-campus entertainment for students for 31 years."All members provide input for the movie schedule, […]
Talk of national draft stems from Iraq conflict
It is highly unlikely that the military draft will be reinstated in the U.S. However, if America finds itself at war, with Iraq or any other nation, UR students may find themselves facing draft boards, the first youth to do so in thirty years. Unlike the draft in the Vietnam War, college students would not […]
Busing options expanded
In addition to the popular UR Special bus, two new bus routes have been added to provide more off-campus transportation options for UR students. On every Friday through the end of February, a bus to the Greece Ridge Shopping Center and one traveling to various Mt. Hope locations is now offered.Sophomore Lauren Prusnofsky noted that […]
Security Update
A student was reportedly assaulted by other students outside Sigma Chi Fraternity around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday. Security responded and the student was taken to the emergency department at Strong. "After creating an incident in the house the night before, the kid came into our house again the following night," President of Sigma Chi Dustin […]
Infrared telescope to be launched in Florida
The Space Infrared Telescope Facility, or SIRTF, an orbiting telescope -- part of the same program as the famous Hubble telescope -- will be launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on April 15, 2003. UR astronomy professors Judy Pipher William Forrest and Dan Watson have played important roles in implementing this program since it began in […]