Archive: Feb 2004
Security Update
Textbooks stolen from Susan B. Anthony HallAn unidentified suspect entered a room in Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls sometime between Feb. 2 and Feb. 4 and stole three physics textbooks.The books are valued at $280, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.There were no signs of forced entry in the room, and the student told […]
CEIS Tech Showcase celebrates professors
The annual Center For Electronic Imagining Systems University Technology Showcase offered a dinner award ceremony which honored three inventors, David Williams and Mark Bocko of UR and Mark Fairchild of the Rochester Institute of Technology. This was in addition to the usual university faculty and industry-supported research presentations and demonstrations. The showcase, which was held […]
Masquerade Ball receives rave reviews
The Masquerade Ball, the most important part of the annual Winterfest weekend, had a lower turnout than expected. But even so, "It went very well," said junior Brian Goldhagen.Goldhagen was one of two co-chairs of the event. "That's everything from planning to organizing to running the event," he said. "The people who went seemed to […]
The Catholic Church's Rights
I am responding to Thomas Paris' article entitled "Pope Intrudes On American". This article is malformed, ignorant, and arrogant.In his article, he states "I take umbrage at both the [church's] document itself as well as their regular attempts to force their beliefs on a sovereign nation that is founded on the idea of separation between […]
Thomas Paris and the Vatican
I've held some pretty stupid opinions in my day, but I've never had the balls to actually see them in ink. Thomas Paris boldly rushes in where I'd just as soon shut up, as last weeks editorial on the Vatican demonstrates. Condemning the Pope for urging all American politicians to ban gay marriages, Paris concludes […]
michio shirasawa
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UR signs deal with Napster
UR has reached an agreement with the online music company Napster to give students access to its legal online music catalog before the end of the semester in an effort to curb the widespread downloading of copyright-protected music. While Penn. State was the first university to reach an agreement with a digital music provider, UR […]
Monster' earns praise, acclaim
Much of the hype in the media, amongst film critics and in social circles surrounding the biopic "Monster" has been limited to the unbelievably gripping performance of Charlize Theron. While her performance justifies and deserves all of the acclaim and praise she receives, one should not focus solely on this character and risk missing the […]
Tracy Morgan gets guilty laughs
Two Campus Times reporters went to see Tracy Morgan in his Jan. 30 show at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Here are their thoughts.Greg Dubinsky - When Brian and I showed up to the snow-packed, hellishly cold RIT campus, we were ready for anything. Brandishing our special pink show passes and the fried chicken we […]
TV club resurrected at UR
After four years of little or no activity, the student group URTV is in the early stages of a revival. Sophomore and URTV President Dan Bromfield saw that pieces produced by students in video production courses were never used after the course was over. He also realized that UR has an inactive television station. "I […]