Archive: Mar 2008
Diversity issues draw commentary
Students gathered for an open forum on diversity, sponsored by the Minority Students Advisory Board, on Thursday, Feb. 28 to try to determine why students have not rallied around the issue of diversity, even though administrators have addressed it as an issue of great importance. At the front of the Gowen Room in Wilson Commons […]
Gandhi offers closure
The opening remark by founder and former head and founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence set the somber tone for "Dialogue With Arun Gandhi," an event hosted by WRUR. "I won't say it's a pleasure to be here this evening because it's not a very happy occasion for me," he said. The discussion […]
Finding tasty eats on a UR student's budget
I have learned from writing these columns Breakfast: I tried a place named Pat's Coffee Mug, located on the corner of Clinton and Averill. This modest Mom and Pop restaurant serves breakfast starting at 6 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and boasts some of the best bargains I've ever come across. They will deliver to you: […]
How hair highlights true persona
The first thing I notice about people when I look at them is their hair. Way of dress comes in a close second, but nothing sticks out quite like the mop of protein outgrowth on top of their head.A person's hair says multitudes about his personality, perhaps more so than any other feature. As a […]
Don't kill D-Day: reviewing and reconsidering CAB's decision
To anyone who is not a junior or senior, the loss of D-Day means almost nothing. Being a sophomore myself, I was unsatisfied by last year's D-Day and thus was not immediately alarmed by CAB's decision to no longer support it. My memory of last year was mostly marred by cold and damp weather, swarms […]
Meal plan stirs action
As of late Wednesday evening, 1,027 individuals have endorsed an online petition, detailing their objections to next year's new Meal Plan system. The petition, along with a memo released Monday night by the Students' Association Senate, reflects the general level of students dissatisfaction over the meal plan, which assigns minimum Club meals according to a […]
Reed's "Black in America" exhibit showcases pride
Magnum photographer and University of Texas Clinical Professor of Photojournalism Eli Reed's exhibit, titled "Black in America," captures the community and a wide range of emotions, from pain and sorrow to joy and triumph, and shows what it means to be alive in the diverse culture of black America. Reed has traversed the nation, visiting […]
To Serve and Protect
They're everywhere, jangling a mass of keys and thudding heavy boots, lurking behind doorways that cleverly conceal their ominous presence, emitting random scratchy whispers from their walkie-talkies. They frequent all the student-loved zones of the school: Wilson Commons, the Academic Quad, the Fraternity Quad. Students standing casually outside a fraternity, drinking out of an unmarked […]
Teacher Feature: George Grella
George Grella is an English professor at UR and author of hundreds of reviews of films and books, both fiction and nonfiction. His interest lies in popular literature and culture, connecting the high and low. He has written numerous articles on subjects ranging from baseball to gangster novels. Grella's classes cover American and British literature […]
Eastman's Big Band gets students and community swinging
Douglass Dining Center was converted into a dance floor when the Eastman Big Band played at the Big Band and Swing Dance. The event, which took place on Friday, Feb. 29 from 9 p.m. to midnight, drew in both students and Rochester community members. The night was sponsored by the Ballroom Dance Club, Eastman School […]