Archive: Sep 2007
Campus Brief: New SA Speaker of the Senate elected Monday
Senior Sam Lehman was elected to the position of Speaker of the Senate on Monday night's Students' Association Senate meeting. Lehman ran against SA Elections Chair and sophomore Lauren Sussman for the position. "Both candidates got a chance to speak toward the Senate and each answered questions posed by the Senators regarding long-term goals of […]
New innovative web portal launched
Students returned to campus this year to find a new, streamlined way to browse the Internet for University news, Webmail and other important sites. The University Information Technology Center introduced a web portal earlier this semester, http://my.rochester.edu, that integrates all the various Web sites and online tools that the University has to offer.The portal is […]
Campus Brief: Chipmunk disrupts power, causes blackouts
The River Campus lost electrical power twice on Saturday night when a chipmunk found its way into the electrical apparatus that controls the power grid. The electrical switchgear is located on Monroe Court in Hill Court, the final system on the power grid.After the power went out at 6:03 p.m., University employees hurried to Hill […]
New Eastman hall to be constructed
On Monday afternoon, Eastman School of Music Dean Douglas Lowry held a press conference in the parking lot behind the Eastman Theatre to announce the University's plan to construct a new building on the lot that will house teaching and performance spaces. "It was space that was desperately needed for the Eastman School," UR President […]
Parking ignored city boot law
Effective immediately, UR Parking & Transportation Services has temporarily halted booting vehicles pending research into a year-old Rochester city ordinance prohibiting the booting of vehicles parked on private property.While some University administrators have been aware of a possible conflict with an ordinance since late 2006, the decision to suspend booting vehicles was not made until […]
Dining introduces changes over summer
In the on-going effort to improve the quality of dining on campus, Dining Services has made a number of changes over the summer to many facets of the dining plan. From the establishment of Pura Vida and Starbucks, to modifications regarding what constitutes a club at the Pit, these changes can be seen across the […]
Safety assured?
The City of Rochester has the highest murder rate per capita in the state of New York. Right over the bridge near the Residential Quad is the 19th Ward, a very unsafe part of Monroe County. When this violence penetrates our campus's "safety bubble," how many students are informed about these crimes? On the evening […]
The breakfast club
After a year of presentations from Dining Services about expanding dining options, students returned to UR this fall to find their complete, healthy breakfast options had been limited, the value of their clubs decreased and two former well-utilized dining options, the Meliora Express and Common Ground Caf, are gone. In fact, of the planned changes, […]
Pulled pork stings students
In case you missed it, the world began falling apart this summer. Piece by piece, the system spiraled downward: College loan scams! Subprime mortgages failing! The stock market plummeting! New Orleans still a mess! Facebook removes the "Courses" section! Hillary Clinton! With each passing day, my frustration grew.Being a savant of repression, I took it […]
Apple's Jobs falls far from shrewd-marketing tree
The recent debacle regarding the pricing of the iPhone illustrates the fundamental shortcomings of the Apple business model. Instead of relying on traditional means to improve sales of this product, such as holiday sales or the occasional rebate offer, Steve Jobs abruptly dropped $200 off the price of the iPhone. This move represents the image-driven […]