Archive: Nov 2011
Op-Eds
Plausibility of ethanol as UR energy source
A student examines the feasibility of UR investing in ethanol as a renewable resource. Read More
News
Towers construction powers through delays
Construction on the new residence hall near Towers experienced slight delays this fall, but Residential Life says that the setbacks should not impact students or the overall progress of the project. Read More
News
UR digitizes collection of AIDS posters to spread awareness
UR's Rare Books Library has digitized a collection of 6,200 AIDS awareness posters to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the identification of AIDS as a disease. Read More
News
Campus/In Rochester Briefs
Fiction award goes to Native American writer The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies at UR has awarded the 2011 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize to author Linda LeGarde Grover for her debut short story collection “The Dance Boots.” Grover, a professor of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, was presented […]
Culture
ASL Club members sign their hearts out
This year's "Sign Idol" featured signers of varying skill levels and experiencing. Read More
Culture
ESM students bang out expert rendition of ‘Assassins’
Eastman School of Music students took the stage at Kilbourn Hall in a production of “Assassins,” presented by the Eastman Opera Theatre. Read More
CT Recommends
CT Recommends MuseScore
MuseScore is a cost-effective option for digital music notation, printing and exporting on par with competing programs like Sibelius and Finale. Read More
Culture
‘Bad as Me’ as good as expected
Tom Waits has been coasting in rather unusual way. Read More
Culture
Characterization in Fox’s ‘Terra Nova’ covers no new ground
The pattern of new television shows this season seems to be that none of them have a wow factor Read More
Features
UR's Forgotten Hours: An exploration of campus between 3 and 6 a.m.
What goes on during those forgotten hours of the early morning on campus? This is a rarely asked question, but one that not many people will truly know the answer to. Maybe you’ve pulled an all-nighter or two, come home late on a Saturday night or just don’t sleep, but I’ll bet my bonnet that […]