Archive: Sep 2007
Campus Brief: IT introduces changes to email and wireless
University IT has been busy over the summer working to improve the University's e-mail and wireless Internet systems. The first changes have come in the area of spam control, as IT works to combat increasing volumes of the annoying, unsolicited messages that are becoming ever harder to detect. While IT has always had spam protection […]
New name could boost fame
The UR Office of Communications recently raised an epic publicity storm to unveil UR's new logo. The logo was a great idea and the publicity warranted - this University needs a fresh and unique identity to be proud of. Still, our great institution is mired in relative obscurity compared to the names above and below […]
Access denied
UR Wireless is the service that keeps most academic buildings, the library and freshman dorms connected to the Internet - a laptop can connect to the Web even in the middle of the Eastman Quadrangle. However, this service does not span the entire River Campus.Some of the black spots on the wireless coverage map are […]
From the Pressbox
With Tiger Woods wrapping up the PGA Tournament this weekend, the prevalence of dynasties in modern sports became even more conspicuous. Despite the likeability of most athletic dynasties, such as Roger Federer, Woods and the Pittsburgh Steelers (okay, maybe they aren't a dynasty, but let's just say I own a Terrible Towel), you can't help […]
Life, Love… Sport
Hola, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another Life, Love... Sport (Embarrassment Edition). It has been a big week in the world of sports. From the endless debates of how the Patriots should be punished and their subsequent wrecking-ball performance of the Chargers, to the Yankees-Red Sox race getting a bit too close for comfort […]
Letter to the Editor: Communication is the keystone
The Campus Times' Sept. 13 editorial questioned if the University was doing enough to alert undergraduates to criminal activity on or bordering our campuses. The Board called for "a concrete e-mail system...to alert students of immediate safety concerns." We couldn't agree more. In fact, it exists now. All students in the College are sent every […]
Letter to the Editor: Catholic's article causes
At the end of Adam Ramey's opinion piece, Ramey asks for "all of those in our community who have insisted on insulting the Catholic Church to cease and desist." The author details a recent experience with this kind of "bigotry" involving a picture on campus of a Catholic nun smoking out of a crack pipe. […]
VT shooting brings forth anti-Muslim prejudices
As the emotions generated by the Virginia Tech massacre settle and experts decipher what went wrong, let us look back and critically analyze this tragedy from a different perspective. It is interesting to note that Seung-Hui Cho escaped the "terrorist" tag, even though terror is exactly what he sought to inflict. Furthermore, this incident is […]
Letter to the Editor: Objections to anti-Catholic
I commend Adam Ramey for his thoughtful and courageous letter on the subject of anti-Catholic sentiment and the way it is tolerated on the campus. I'm a lifelong Catholic who worked at UR for 18 years. It's a wonderful place, and I was blessed with terrific friends, coworkers and students. The old anti-Catholic sentiment did […]
Letter to the Editor: "Economics of drinking"
Last issue, Marc Epstein wrote an article with the eye-catching title "Book spurs analysis of the economics of drinking." While I applaud the author's effort to use economics to uncover surprising facts, he should have done more than read "More Sex is Safer Sex," an armchair economist book by Professor Landsburg.His analysis on the costs […]