Archive: Feb 2005
Letters to the Editor
Meal plans bothered students beforeI read with amusement Allison Goldstein's op-ed "Meal plans club students" in the Jan. 27 issue of the Campus Times. It sounds exactly like something I would have written when I was a freshman in 1998. The more the meal plans at UR change, the more they stay the same.There was […]
Process concerns
The Students' Association Senate is in the process of verifying signatures in order to ratify its new constitution. Although the new constitution is a positive step towards a more efficient student government, aspects of the ratification - especially steps taken to hurry the signature gathering and verification process - raise cause for concern.Last week, SA […]
Bush liberally disavows conservatism
On Inauguration Day a few weeks ago, I listened intently to President George W. Bush's address to the American people. As a man with romantic notions of times long passed, I frequently lapse into daydreams of them. That particular afternoon, I felt as if I was in the days when the German Kaiser, Austrian Emperor, […]
Program funding, logic exiled from Bush's agenda
It only took four years for President George W. Bush to turn a record surplus into an annual deficit nearing $427 billion. It only took four years to establish an education policy based on measuring results rather than attaining them and premised on punishing crumbling schools rather than funding them. It only took four years […]
Easy Dorm Delicacies
It's no secret that Valentine's Day sucks when you're single. Seeing couples around campus, loving each other, can be pretty annoying. And don't forget the fact that on the one day of the year that you're supposed to be guaranteed sex - you're not going to get any. But what if you could purchase the […]
Ask Us: Who's Official?
Thanks to Nancy Speck, UR students can always expect to be kept up-to-date about university happenings or official news. Her e-mails are timely, informative and a delight to receive.Four and a half years ago, Speck burst onto the UR scene as the University Registrar and Assistant Dean for Institutional Research. Most students associate the registrar […]
Passion strikes Cupid
It's that time again, Valentine's Day - the time to get your significant other chocolates and roses. Why not sit down to a romantic candlelit dinner as well? Maybe even read some of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Whether your lover is overseas or just a quick skip away, […]
Commercials lose flavor
There was a time when Super Bowl advertisements made waves or herded sheep on their way to a viewer's subconscious, but those days are over. Last year's ads had a few highlights. This year's were just a waste of money.Costing a whopping $2.4 million for every 30-second spot, advertisers around the country burned their money […]
Eastman vocalist wins pageant
Eastman School of Music junior Lindsay O'Neil won the title of Miss Greater Rochester on Jan. 30. Thirteen contestants competed for the title of Miss Greater Rochester 2005. The competition consisted of five different phases, each scored by a panel of selected judges and broken into a percentage. During the extensive interviewing phase, worth 40 […]
Horoscope
Aries (March 21-April 19) - Open up a gym in an alley somewhere. You'll need an old punching bag with duct tape all over it, a lot of weights and no bars. Now, go find a whole lot of nuns. Taurus (April 20-May 20) - The place is heating up a little bit - making […]