Archive: Dec 2003
A Response to Matt Burns
I did not say in my letter that I support underage or binge drinking. I do not agree with either, and I can honestly say that I have never had an alcoholic drink in my life. However, watching my friends last year at UR drink made me realize that the policy at UR is not […]
Christopher Harrington
For the second time in a week the words "Rush" and "drug addiction" have been linked together. Whether it's Oxycontin or Cocaine, it's our responsibility to insist that drug abuse is intolerable.The most disappointing and disturbing part of the article was ADP's reaction to the news that one of their members was caught having serious […]
Hate speaker
I find the speaker on hate a good option for this university, though I find certain specifics to be rather disappointing. First off, this school gets Maya Angelou, a renowned national poet who is recognized worldwide. Yet when this campus decides to get a speaker on hate, they decide to go to one of the […]
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
Author's name: Shannon DavidsAuthor's email:sdavids@mail.rochester.eduAuthor's phone number:274-3781Dear Editor: As a part of our Peer Health Advocacy class, we are implementing a project to promote alcohol awareness on campus. The main goals of our project are to explain the alcohol policy to students, particularly freshmen, and to promote safe drinking habits. Our project will be implemented […]
Security Update
A window of a visitor's vehicle parked in Library was smashed between 3 and 4:10 p.m. on Nov. 16, while the owner was attending a football game at Fauver Stadium, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.Unidentified suspects stole two purses from the vehicle. One purse contained a wallet with check books, credit cards, bank […]
Students react to dining plans
After beginning the semester with new dining plans, locations and hours of operation, Dining Services and ARAMARK responded to criticism from students and administrators by lowering the door price for Douglass Dining Hall and further publicizing changes to dining."I think there's an issue about communication," Senior Purchasing Manager for Auxiliary Operations Jack Noon said. "I […]
Campus Briefs
UR's first use of online registration began on Monday and is continuing with few hitches. By 2 p.m. Wednesday, 2,587 students had registered using the system, for a total of 12,771 courses. "For the first time out, this is a huge success," University Registrar Nancy Speck said. "We are very pleased as to how well […]
Editorial Observer
Filling out an internship application for this summer, I had to put down two professors who were "familiar with my journalistic style." Right away there was a problem. We have a single journalism professor here at UR - Jim Memmott - which, as was attested to previously, is a talented and likeable professor, but holds […]
Fishing for quality
Signs for a new employee program have recently appeared in the Pit. They explain that students will now be able to ask managers to give employees "Wow" cards for excellent customer service or "Go Fish" cards for sub-par performances. The negative "Go Fish" cards are only adding to the already stressed relations between students and […]
Coursing Registration
Online registration, which premiered this past Monday for seniors, is everything we had hoped for and more. Despite a handful of technical problems - including one which forced the unveiling to be delayed a week - online registration turned out to be ergonomic and efficient. The delay, which arose from compatibility issues between the second-party […]