Archive: Nov 2011

UR to drop Courage Bowl, refocus on conference schedule

UR has decided that it will only play one more game of the annual Camp Good Days Courage Bowl-in 2012-before discontinuing participation in the charitable event to focus on the Liberty League schedule. Read More

The party could be barred: Misconduct prompts discussion on policy, future status of bar nights at UR

Due to the increasingly disruptive tendency of bar nights, UR is considering revising its policies. Read More

Meliora Challenge stirs varied responses

Students and faculty expressed a variety of responses about what the Meliora Challenge, publicly launched on Friday, Oct. 21 by UR President Joel Seligman, will mean for the future of UR. Read More

Occupy Rochester clashes with city in slew of arrests

Occupy Rochester, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, is battling Rochester Mayor Thomas Richards over arrests of protesters on Friday, Oct. 28. Read More

Obama's historic student loan reforms could impact UR

U.S. President Barack Obama expedited the passage of two significant reforms to student loans laws on Tuesday, Oct. 25, both of which could have important effects on UR students. Read More

SA looking to increase communication on the national level

The SA has been discussing efforts to expand communication with the White House in an effort to facilitate engagement and an exchange of ideas. Read More

Headlessly horsing around in the stacks

The Scare Fair brings tricks and treats this Halloween. Read More

ABC’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ enchants viewers

Once upon a time, on a network not so far away, a new television show aired with endless potential. It’s a story we’ve heard before, but that’s the point. Inherent in the phrase “once upon a time” is that we will recognize some or all of what we are about to hear, but the alterations […]

Following a 'university on the move'

Despite economic downturns, UR continues its trend of expansion. Read More

The underdogs of UR a cappella show their scary skills

If you told me earlier in the week that I’d soon be seeing a quidditch player and a Pokémon trainer singing at the Interfaith Chapel, I might have been slightly intrigued, but I probably wouldn’t have believed you. Yet both of these fictional characters were present at Trebellious’ Halloween show — appropriately entitled “Spookapella” — […]