Archive: Dec 2008
Coworkers remember UR Dining employee
On Oct. 16, Desiree Curry, a UR Dining Services employee, was murdered in a fatal stabbing in her Remington Street home, where she lived with her 2-year-old daughter, Maz, and her grandmother, Bertha Douglas. She was 22. Curry worked in Wilson Commons on weekend nights and occasionally during the week. She started working for Dining […]
Seligman speaks to U.S. Congress
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, UR President Joel Seligman testified in front of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, offering his suggestions on changing financial regulation in order to avoid a future economic crisis. Seligman is considered an expert on securities law, having authored numerous books and papers about financial regulation.'We are really in […]
Clinton rallies local voters at Monroe Community College
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) urged Monroe County voters, as well as voters across New York State, to support Democratic Party candidates' bids in next Tuesday's elections during a speech given at Monroe Community College on Wednesday. She urged the audience to also take time to encourage others to vote for the Democratic party as […]
Election rouses GLBT rights talk
The Pride Network sponsored a panel of four local activists and politicians to speak about important gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) legislation in New York. Approximately 40 students attended a two-hour panel last Thursday about the importance of GLBT issues in local and national elections.The panel discussed many New York legislation bills, including bills […]
Panel tackles '08 issues
The speakers at Monday night's 'Health Care and the 2008 Election" panel addressed the growing problems with the current U.S. health care system and the effectiveness of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain's proposals to resolve these issues.The Charles Drew Pre-Health Society (CDrew) sponsored the panel of speakers that included Simon Graduate School of Business […]
Institute change
The M.K. Gandhi Nonviolence Institute faces an uncertain future in its second year at UR because, in addition to its founder's sudden resignation last year, Professor of Philosophy Robert Holmes is retiring after this year. Holmes is responsible for piquing University interest in nonviolence. With Holmes gone, the Institute faces the dual challenges of remaining […]
Money matters
A university's endowment goes a long way in fostering growth at a school. At UR, the endowment funds medical research, University renovations and the needs of UR faculty, among other projects. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa recently proposed in an editorial that the 135 schools in the nation UR being one of them with endowments […]
Stress sounds unimportant
It's 10:05 a.m., Monday morning, and you wake up in a panic. You are five minutes late for class because you went to bed at 4 a.m. Why? The night before, you went to Gleason. Hence, what should have taken you two hours exponentially increased to seven as you, your friends and the other 3,000 […]
The dark side of Wikipedia
Technological achievements, especially regarding communication, are often initially regarded as a step back for society. These hesitations are often brushed aside as useless nostalgia in the light of improvement; however, they are important to consider. When writing became increasingly used in teaching, Plato, the classical Greek philosopher, lamented that 'If men learn this, it will […]
Hallow's eve: fun tactics
I have to admit, as a kid I never really liked Halloween much. My neighbors were the types who gave out old pennies and 'bit-o-honey" bars as treats, and my mother was as unenthusiastic a costume provider as they come (meaning that every Oct. 30, my brother and I were scrambling at Party City for […]