Archive: Mar 2010
Poverty harms RCSD
Last week, 19 area college presidents, including UR President Joel Seligman, endorsed Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy's plan for mayoral control of the Rochester City School District. The presidents cited Rochester's perpetually low graduation rates as a call to action to improve schools.We understand Seligman's desire to take action, because a school district that graduates half […]
Traveling plans
Each spring and winter recess, students struggle to find cheap and convenient transportation when they return home. Unlike other schools, UR has not managed to find a successful way to provide affordable and easy transportation during major breaks.SUNY Binghamton University, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Cortland University and Cornell University among a handful of other upstate universities […]
UR alum finds calling in the classroom
There once was a young and rebellious Philadelphia native named Marquisha, who would give her fifth grade teachers heck. Even though she was in the fifth grade, she read at a third grade level perhaps a product of social promotion. From time to time, Marquisha would lead class revolts against her substitute teachers. In one […]
Kevin Smith loses his comedic spirit with lame 'Cop Out'
Kevin Smith fans who cringed at the thought of the one-time indie underdog directing 'Cop Out" a big budget action movie that marks the first time he is working with a script he didn't write himself were perhaps wrong to immediately assume the worst. After all, every movie Smith has directed in the past 10 […]
Culture
Families come together in 'Parenthood' Pilot
Several times throughout the year, my family gets together for the holidays to enjoy the craziness that large family get-togethers seem to bring. There is 'drama" among the adults, tantrums from the children, and my sister and I always get stuck between the kids and adults not quite sure which end of the spectrum we […]
Embarrassed about getting tested? Ways around it
I walked into the suite party entering a world of shirtless girls flailing their half-covered breasts around to the sounds of Kesha's 'Tik Tok." To my right were guys making out with girls they'd hardly remember the next morning. Coming my way was a pretty little brunette girl who, in her attempts at welcoming me, […]
Eric and Ingrid bring strange fun to campus
Some of the most famous songs ever written were about the strangest subjects. The Beatles, after all, sang about a yellow submarine, and Queen has a tune devoted to 'fat bottomed girls." This past Friday, at a performance in Douglass Dining Center, Eric Hutchinson followed suit and improvised a ballad about the infamous Garbage Plate. […]
Brad Berk returns to CEO position
Following long months of rehabilitation after a severe bicycling accident last May, CEO of UR Medical Center Brad Berk returned to his position on Monday, March 1, while still undergoing a few hours of physical and occupational therapy every day. 'My first day back felt amazing. It was very exciting, anxiety-provoking and tiring," Berk said. […]
UR Debate finishes season strong
The UR Debate team had a solid showing at their regional championship last weekend, which included several members making elimination rounds and one earning a Top Speaker award.UR participates in two distinct debate formats Policy and Worlds. In Policy debate, one topic is debated for the entire academic year, and teams must do extensive research […]
Patent income up
Earlier this month, The Association of University Technology Managers released the institutions that received the most royalty revenue from licensed technologies in in early February of 2008.UR ranked in the top 10 for its eighth year, receiving $72.3 million in royalties.This number is at its highest in University history almost $20 million more than the […]