Archive: Dec 2004
Cameras cover campus
UR has been using cameras for security purposes since 1996 to improve Security services, but there is now a wide variation in the use and importance of cameras watching students. UR Security has been adding cameras steadily, focusing this year on outlying parking lots and the Medical Center, with eight new cameras in Park Lot, […]
Campus Briefs
Senate creates consolidation committeeThe Students' Association Senate voted 11 to six with one abstention Monday night to create a Group Consolidation Committee to be led by senior and Cabinet member Patrick Brennan. This committee was created due to the growing concern about the number of student groups on campus and their corresponding strain on advising […]
Security Update
Residents of the Delta Upsilon fraternity house notified Security that people were trying to break into their house at 4 a.m. on Oct. 24.According to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty, the suspects first tried to enter through a first floor window but failed. The suspects then pulled down an archway from the house and ripped […]
"Redeeming Our School's Value"
I really enjoyed the piece by Sandeep Madhur ("Redeeming our school's value"--10/21/04).As a UR alum living in the midwest, I get a lot of blank looks when I tell people I went to Rochester or one of the following responses:1. "RIT is a great school. You should be proud."2. "Isn't that SUNY school? My cousin […]
Jim Mack's article
I am one who represents the philosophy of many women who, if they had read Jim Mack's article on feminism, would applaud his courage and boldness. Every response I have read to his article is wrought with insensible jargon and lack of reason, especially comments from the so-called self-wise. I come from an environment and […]
correction
instead of "jag shows" on my previous letter it should be "drag shows"thanks,melanie
UHS restricts flu vaccines
In response to the nationwide shortage of flu vaccines, University Health Services will not be offering flu clinics this year.UHS is strictly following the guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of who is eligible for immunization. "The CDC is very important to our work," Associate Director of Health Promotion Linda […]
mhe editorial- 10/14/04
My response is to your incredible shallow analysis (Campus Times 10/14/04) of the Bush vs Kerry debates, never mind the utter lack of consideration for the facts that your so called editorial is based on. Opinion is appropriate, but it has to acknowledge the legitimacy of fact even if it contradicts ones' views, in order […]
Rochester
Shame on you UR for not going to the Tragically Hip show on the 19th. It was way better than the Hip show in Syracuse on 24 September. Who says nothing good happens in Rochester?Nicholas Moorex42556nm003k@mail.rochester.edu
Should there be a "marriage debate"?
Dear Mr. Heaton,I found article on "Marriage debate not new one" to be offensive as well as distasteful. I am appalled at the bigotry that is allowed to displayed in the campus times newspaper.Who are you to decide who I marry? As well as, insult black women?? I find it ironic that there is an […]