Archive: Feb 2008
Sex & the CT
The "For Your Pleasure Party," hosted by Women's Caucus this past Monday, was unlike any party we had ever been to before. For Your Pleasure, Inc. Regional Manager Liz Seligman (no relation to UR's president, as far as we know?) came to Morey Hall with a wide variety of sex toys and trinkets. The premise? […]
Get To Know Me
Sophomore Japanese major and sophomore Jason Powell is the president of the Pagan Students Community. Powell considers himself Pagan and associates with a religion known as Wicca, a modern revival of an ancient form of witchcraft. Jason hopes the Pagan Students' Community will foster a greater knowledge of less common and often misunderstood forms of […]
Going for the green
A recent wave of green has visibly swept UR in all realms of campus life. From the eager proponents of the RecycleMania project to the soda bottle top collections, students have suddenly become aware of their own consumer habits, what those imply for the environment and how to improve social conditions in other parts of […]
Lincoln letters go online
The UR community can now get a greater glimpse into President Abraham Lincoln's life and policies through letters and other documents that were either written to Lincoln or written by the man himself. These documents were available online starting last Monday, Presidents' Day."The Lincoln Project was conceived by Richard Peek, Director of Rare Books, Special […]
Campus Brief: Lab program seeks ambitious students
UR's Laboratory for Laser Energetics has announced its 2008 High School Summer Research Program. The program will consist of 12 students picked from Rochester-area schools who have finished their junior year.Past projects have led to acknowledgment in national science competitions, including the Intel Science Talent Search. In 2007, two students from the program were among […]
Campus Brief: Eastman Graduate wins Grammy Award
Eastman School of Music graduate Maria Schneider, Master of Music '85, won a Grammy Award on Feb. 10 for Best Instrumental Composition. This is Schneider's second Grammy. In 2005, she won the award for Best Ensemble Album for "Concert in the Garden." Schneider also had Grammy nominations for her debut recording "Evanescence" and her recordings […]
UR breakthrough gets a break
Rochester-based company SiMPore, Inc. will facilitate the transition of cutting-edge molecular filter technology, developed last year by UR scientists, from laboratory research to practical application in the marketplace. The New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation granted UR $473,000, an amount SiMPore will match, to support the state's economic development through investments in […]
Security Update
According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, on Sunday evening, a female student walking along the access drive to Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls reported that she saw a red-colored SUV-style vehicle, which was possibly a Jeep, being driven by someone she did not know. The vehicle pulled up close to her. The driver proceeded […]
Journalist talks of conflicts
Israeli-Arab Journalist Khaled Abu Toameh gave a speech on Tuesday in the Gowen Room in Wilson Commons about the issues concerning the conflict in the Middle East. Toameh, an Arab-Muslim living in Jerusalem, began his career as a translator, before becoming a correspondent and finally editor of a Palestinian Liberation Organization newspaper while he attended […]
D'lions celebrate 50th anniversary
There has been much discussion around campus lately pertaining to the D'Lion Organization. D'Lion Week took place from Feb. 9-16, culminating with a show on Friday night, called The Show, which took place in Strong Auditorium to celebrate the D'Lions 50th anniversary. Even after the week has ended, the topic of D'Lions is still one […]