Archive: Feb 2011
Features
Unity Step Show
A review of the BSU Unity Step Show that took place on Saturday, February 5th 2011. Read More
Op-Eds
Being in community: the aftermath of Jan. 15
I did not personally know Jeffrey Bordeaux, Jr. Nor do I know Daren Venable. So why is it that these past weeks I have found myself struggling with feelings of shock, confusion and grief for the students and everyone involved in this recent tragedy? My only answer is that while neither Bordeaux, Venable nor I […]
Op-Eds
The differences between Egypt and Tunisia
Photos of soldiers shaking hands with protestors and graffiti covered walls announcing unity are slowly leaking out of Egypt. The uprisings in Egypt that call for the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s reign are looking promising. Vice President Joe Biden has said that Mubarak should not step down because he is not a dictator, but […]
News
UR receives massive donation to undergraduate scholarships: $20 million gift is the largest received in UR history
Rich and Martha Handler have donated $20 million to the Alan and Jane Handler Scholarship fund. Read More
News
Challenges ahead as budget cuts continue
The University expects to make adjustments in anticipation of state and federal budget cuts. Read More
Op-Eds
School vouchers would increase freedom
The state of America’s public schools is in dramatic decline; the fact that this generation will be less literate than the last makes this inarguable. The situation is not one that can simply be solved by continuing to throw more money into our schools. Since 1970, total federal spending on elementary and secondary education has […]
News
Memorial Art Gallery plans sculpture park for 2012
MAG discusses the possible construction of a community garden with sculptures populating the grounds. Read More
News
New URMC building combines research and teaching
The new Clinical and Translational Science Building will be completed this coming April and be fully operational by May. Read More
Op-Eds
Political polarization might be a good thing
In 1950, the American Political Science Association’s Committee on Political Parties wrote a report called “Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System.” The report said that party leadership in Congress was far too lenient when it came to dissent within the party ranks, allowing members’ difference in positions to not be as important as they should. […]
Op-Eds
The online revolution
The revolution may not by televised, but it will be viewed on YouTube, shared on Facebook and posted on Twitter. On Dec. 17, 2010, a fruit vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, burned himself alive to protest the Tunisian police. Street vending is illegal in Tunisia, and authorities regularly confiscated Bouazizi’s small wheelbarrow of fruit. He had been […]