Archive: Mar 2004
UR students need inspiration
Last week as I perused our beloved campus tabloid, its musings and opinions evoked in me a veritable rainbow of thoughts and emotions. The content of the Campus Times, like many complaints which ripple across campus, induced at first agreement, then frustration and finally inspiration. From grievances about a political environment rife with apathy to […]
Passion' debate leaves supporters unsatisfied
When is a debate not a debate? That was all I could think of as I left the discussion of "The Passion" this past Thursday night. If you missed it, there was a panel discussion led by Dean Green on "Jesus, The Passion and History" held at the Interfaith Chapel. This was a perfect discussion […]
Tripping to Falls
This Friday, the Class of 2006 Council is sponsoring a bus trip to Canada, leaving at 7 p.m. that night and returning around 3:30 a.m. The price of this trip is only $1. Last semester, over fall break, a day-long trip to Toronto was sponsored by the Campus Activities Board with a slightly higher, but […]
Amending the unamendable – G. Bush
Washington - Late Wednesday. While answering questions about his newly proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit gay marriages, President Bush was caught off-guard by some pointed inquiries raised by a reporter. Early reports indicate that the reporter, whose name and affiliation were never revealed, began his interrogation by posing to the president the seemingly innocuous […]
Nader speaks candidly
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader spoke to a sold-out crowd of students, faculty, staff and community members in Strong Auditorium on March 24. Before the speech, student expectations were high. "I respect him a lot, and I came here to see what he had to say," senior Tom Breene said. "I'm looking to see how […]
Gibson's "Passion" sparks controversy
A panel discussion addressing Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ" and its relationship to the Passion Narratives of the New Testament was held at the Interfaith Chapel on March 18. The Beaven Lecture, "Jesus, The Passion, & History," examined the issues that have ignited emotions and debate, particularly the historical accuracy of […]
Magic' blocks e-piracy
For the recording companies that suffer from illegal downloading and Internet swapping of copyrighted music, a company called Audible Magic offers a way to save revenues in the near future.Audible Magic's development of a new technology, which detects and blocks illegal downloading of copyrighted music in networks or peer-to-peer file-sharing software programs like KaZaA, will […]
To Sleep with Anger' presented by director
Critically acclaimed screenwriter and director Charles Burnett spoke to a small crowd at a special screening of one of his movies, "To Sleep with Anger," on Saturday at the George Eastman House in downtown Rochester. The movie focuses on a middle-class, urban, black family struggling with family problems and an unwanted guest from the past, […]
Bake sale causes controversy
The College Republicans wanted to make a point with their affirmative action bake sale. And as fate would have it, the table they were assigned was next to the table of the Grassroots group. The cookies they were selling for different prices depending on the race, religion and gender of the buyer made a sharp […]
David Heinrich
Response to "2004 Energy reneges on intent":The solution to the US' environmental problems is not more State intervention in the free market -- as Brielle Welzer argues -- but radical privitization and reduction of intervention, as Murray Rothbard has argued in "For a New Liberty".Pollution problems stem from inadequate enforcement of private property rights and […]