Archive: Feb 2008
Anchors For Life
This July marks the 65th year of the United States Navy's relationship with UR. After its predecessor (a "V-12 Unit") was deemed a success, the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps was founded in 1945. Though the fine men and women join the NROTC for a variety of reasons, ranging from the leadership skills, discipline and […]
Eating Disorder Week educates
The primary objective of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week's events is to educate people about how eating disorders affect people from all walks of life and how these disorders are serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses rather than choices that people make. The goal is to connect people struggling with eating disorders, as well as their […]
Responsibility is essential for secure campus living
Last Thursday, Steve Kasmierczak walked into an afternoon science class at Northern Illinois University and opened fire, injuring 18 and killing six, including himself. This horrible tragedy marks the second campus shooting in less than a year, forcing universities across the country to ask themselves, "Are we doing enough?"What makes Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois […]
Letter to the Editor: Administration takes action on faculty diversity
Marquis Harrison and Brittany Carter, in the article titled "University is obligated to renew efforts at diversity," are right to ask whose responsibility it is to strengthen the diversity of the faculty and to ask what steps we are taking to achieve that. I am responsible for these efforts in the College, which are coordinated […]
Approaches to faculty diversity must be reassessed
This is the second of three articles by the Minority Student Advisory Board.In continuing the conversation that was begun last week about the challenges to diversifying and making this institution more inclusive, I'd like to closely examine the faculty diversity initiative that the University is currently undergoing. Again, while we applaud the efforts of the […]
Letter to the Editor: Successful URos program should ideally partner with businesses other than dining outfits
The URos program was created with one major purpose in mind: to better connect UR students to the city of Rochester by enabling the use of URos (formerly Flex dollars) at area businesses. With the enormous success of the program over the past year, the Editorial Board is right to call for its expansion.It is […]
Letter to the Editor: Graduate experience varies from community-based undergraduate
I think you hit the nail on the head regarding graduate students feeling disconnected. I completed my undergrad at UR in 1998 and had a wonderful experience. I entered the workforce and, three years later, returned to school to do a master's degree at another university.Upon arrival, I was craving the same experiences I had […]
Letter to the Editor: Specific efforts at University diversity continue
In the Feb. 21 issue, guest columnists Marquis Harrison and Brittany Carter wrote that diversifying the faculty, staff and students "will take the entire University community to not simply talk about it, but to also be about it!"The Office of Faculty Development and Diversity agrees and, as such, has taken significant measures to attract and […]
Squash falls short in Hoehn Cup
This past weekend, the UR squash team traveled to Boston for the Men's College Squash Association National Team Championships. The weekend started out with controversy in the seeding for the tournament. The tournament is divided into six divisions, each of which is made up of eight seeds. At the top is the Potter Division, followed […]
UR ends three-game rut with win at NYU
It was a bittersweet weekend for the UR women's basketball team, as it suffered a 71-64 loss on Friday at Brandeis University and followed it with a vital 73-65 win against the Violets of New York University on Sunday. Their 1-1 weekend record gives the 'Jackets an 8-3 conference record and puts them in a […]