UR employee Travis Ichikawa and sensei Jose Rivera, members of the Rochester Kendo Club, display tactics in the Japanese form of fencing, Tuesday, March 4. A group of students invited the RKC to give a demonstration in the hopes of starting a kendo club at UR. RIT recently started a kendo club and every Ivy League school has one.
DEI
Now is the time to stand for our students: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
While we understand that the University receives federal funding and has to follow federal regulations, the University has an immutable obligation to their diverse body of students to ensure their safety on campus.
America
The issue with renaming the “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America”
It reinforces the idea of American exceptionalism, and furthers the increasingly accurate worldwide perception that the U.S. has no regard for its neighbors and allies.
Congestion Pricing
Congestion Pricing: Not as good as it seems
Congestion pricing is a promising idea, and I have no problems with it in and of itself, but the MTA should have expanded its service and responded to its underlying safety issues before pushing people into its system.
