Archive: Feb 2010
Culture
?Lost? premiere balances mythology and characters
BEWARE OF SPOILERS. If you haven't yet watched the season six premiere of 'Lost" (which you really should), do not continue. You've been warned.Flashbacks. Check. Flash forwards. That's right. Time travel. No, I'm not kidding. And just when you thought that Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, the masterminds behind 'Lost," had showed you all the […]
A term abused: The nation that cried crisis
The term 'crisis" has often been used to describe the economic recession of the past couple years. A New York Times headline, for example, read 'Obama Takes Oath, and Nation in Crisis Embraces the Moment" on the morning of the January 2009 presidential inauguration. The United States faces 'an unprecedented crisis, the worst in our […]
Language policy stifles intellectual curiosity
South Africa has 11 official languages, and I cannot get credit to study any of them.Why? UR's language department will not approve credit for any of these languages. I am currently studying abroad at the University of Cape Town where I wished to take a course in Afrikaans (classes start Friday, Feb. 5).I cannot get […]
Big wins force UAA shakeup
It was all about focus this past weekend for the women's basketball team.Take, for instance, UR's overtime victory over the 25th-ranked University of Chicago on Sunday. With just two seconds remaining and the Yellowjackets up by two points in overtime, Maroon guard Jamie Stinson went up for a lay-up attempt that would tie the game […]
2010 sorority recruitment drops slightly, retention grows
The spring Panhellenic Sorority recruitment period ended Tuesday, Jan. 26, representing the start of an incoming class for six sororities on the river campus.On Jan. 22, 167 women entered the recruitment process, and 126 were offered invitations to become a member of one of the Panhellenic Association Chapters. Both of these numbers are down from […]
Security Update
1. Staff members from the UR bookstore contacted UR Security on Jan. 28 at 4:45 p.m. after an individual tried to leave the store without paying for the items that he had in his possession.According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, after staff members approached the suspect he put the items back and left the […]
ACJC upholds SA senator?s impeachment
After his impeachment on Nov. 16, 2009, former SA senator and freshman Chizoba Umesi chose to appeal the decision on the grounds that Article V, Section IV of the Students' Association Bylaws was breached during his impeachment process.The All-Campus Judicial Council released its decision on Monday to uphold the impeachment.A trial was held on Jan. […]
UR wins award for local ties
UR was awarded the Healthy Blocks Partner of the Year Award by NeighborWorks Rochester on Jan. 27. The award acknowledges the UR's continued effort with various programs to foster strong ties between undergraduates and local community members.NeighborWorks is a national nonprofit organization created by Congress to provide financial support, technical assistance and revitalization efforts in […]
Administer this
UR Director of Undergraduate Research and Physics Professor Steven Manly discussed the numerous ways that students can get involved with research on campus in an interview with members of the Campus Times. What is your job and the purpose of your office? Undergraduate research is something where UR [has] a phenomenal niche. Small colleges have […]
Campus Briefs
Professor Jacqueline Williams wins prominent positionJacqueline Williams, Ph.D. and associate professor of radiation oncology at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the UR Medical Center, was recently named as the chair of the Center of Acute Radiation Research (CARR), a part of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute's Scientific Advisory Committee (NSBRI).In addition to […]