Archive: Jan 2009
Get to Know Me: Jenn Hoffman
by Willie ClarkA'E EditorAt a school renowned for its sciences, the few and the brave English majors sometimes get the short end of the stick. Undergraduate English Council President and sophomore Jenn Hoffman isn't going to use that as an excuse. She has worked diligently to expand the council, as well as to remind all […]
UR qualifies many against RIT
The UR track and field teams traveled to Rochester Institute of Technology on Jan. 17 for their first meet since before winter break.The solid performances of both the men's and women's teams were exemplified by the 51 athletes who qualified for the New York State championship meet and the three athletes who qualified for the […]
Squash drops close matches to highly ranked opponents
The UR squash team has something it hasn't seen much of since head coach Martin Heath took over the job depth.Following a season last year that showcased the talents of the top positions, UR finished the season ranked 10th in the country according to the final poll produced by the College Squash Association.This season, the […]
UR?s Steven Chu selected by Obama
In 1997, UR alumnus Steven Chu received the Nobel Prize in physics for his work using lasers to trap and cool individual atoms. Now, Chu hopes to use his scientific expertise to help lead the nation to new heights. President Barack Obama named him Secretary of Energy in early December. Chu graduated from UR in […]
Students board bus to capital
On Monday night, over 150 UR students met outside the Information Technology Center and boarded three coach buses headed toward Washington, D.C. to witness the 56th Presidential Inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama.The buses arrived at 4 a.m. in Largos, Maryland. Students then rode the Metro into the city and made their way toward the National […]
Stolen Social Security
The names and Social Security numbers of 450 current students and alumni were accessed illegally from the UR Student Employment Web site a nonacademic database and copied to an off-campus IP address on Jan. 7.According to Chief Information Security Officer Julie Myers, Student Employment immediately called for a security investigation when a potential breach was […]
Campus Climate survey discussed
UR groups sponsored special events in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. for the week of Jan. 16 to Jan. 23.On Jan.19, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Campus Diversity Roundtable held a Campus Climate Conversation from 1 to 5:30 p.m. in the Simon School of Business. The event consisted of a series of presentations […]
UR and America
Newly inaugurated President Barack Obama declared his priorities for stimulating the economy in a speech on Jan. 8, including goals such as doubling the production of alternative energy technology, which will depend on discoveries from research. As a research university, UR must make it a priority to take part in this new age of science […]
Secure Data
In lieu of the recent security breach of the Student Employment Web site, members of the UR community have voiced concern about the University's ability to protect their personal information. The situation is undeniably serious it is upsetting in any sense to know that an identity has been 'copied."But while stolen identities certainly warrant students […]
Editorial Boards
Look on the bright side
Do we ever contemplate life? So many people don't. They live life in a day-to-day shallowness that results in a boring monotony.This is our transitory existence, which will one day be gone. We live and often never acknowledge our own mortality a concept that is so absent from our daily thoughts and conversations that it […]