Archive: Apr 2010
News
Seniors coping in tough job market
As graduation approaches, the job market for graduating seniors is not out of the red yet, but it is bouncing back. Despite recent data that employers are hiring 5.3 percent more college graduates than they did last year, many seniors are still searching for employment, and some are using Career Center resources to help them.Associate […]
Features
Cheers and jeers
CHEERS to UR Dining Services for serving as a model in its efforts to solicit and incorporate student feedback. It directly responds to many student concerns through Dining Committee meetings and its interaction with Project and Services.JEERS to professors who still don't use Blackboard. The Web site is a valuable way for students to check […]
Features
Sensible fundraising
The following article contained misinformation in the print edition that has been corrected for the online version. The article misidentified the UR Involved program. The programis managed by the Admissions Office and has nothing at all to do with career networking and alumni event participation, as was stated in the original printing. The CT apologizes […]
Opinions
So this school is finally getting rid of me
Everything, everywhere, could be better.The University, the College, the students within the College would all be better. You know the phrase.It certainly applies to the Campus Times as well, but just as certainly, we've been getting better. Before I started as opinions editor in 2006 back in the days of the real Meliora Express, back […]
Opinions
Why McDonald?s will reach the moon first
For those with an eye on science and technology news, this week's stories have featured mission highlights for the space shuttle Discovery, which ferried instrumentation and spare parts for the International Space Station (ISS). The mission proceeded with only minor hiccups, and even the Twitter updates were livelier than usual ('We had the first voice […]
News
Announcement of transportation fee
I am writing to follow-up on an article about transportation in the April 1 issue of the CT. After carefully reviewing the issue, the College has decided to implement the plan to assess a $25 transportation fee for undergraduates in the College. As had been discussed, there will also be a new Transportation Advisory Committee. […]
Op-Eds
Importance of listening to others? perspectives
With the spring semester now ending, students across campuses worldwide are clearing their brains. It is important, however, to continue gaining knowledge, or at least pondering its value while we have the free time over the summer. This pursuit of knowledge is what leads minds to new discoveries, philosophies and inventions. The basis of such […]
Opinions
C. Dale Young in second person
As the editor of the New England Review, C. Dale Young sifts through 65,000 submissions of poetry per year. Of those 65,000, 65 of them will dawn the quarterly's table of contents. 'Rejection is your friend," Young said in a discussion with English professor Jennifer Grotz's Advanced Poetry Workshop. 'It doesn't take long before you're […]
Athlete of the Week
Athlete of the Week
In a few weeks, senior Melissa Skevington will say goodbye to her college sport: track and field. Skevington is ending her career on a high note with strong performances in her two main events, the long jump and triple jump. This weekend against SUNY Brockport she earned first in the long jump and second place […]
Sports
The start of a young sports interviewer
It was my first day on the job. The door was locked so I had to buzz in. I just barely pressed the button my hand was shaking. 'Hello?" a voice on the other side of the door said.'Hi, my name is David Weissman, and I am here for the interview."No, I was not going […]