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1. A faculty member reported a case of indecent exposure on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 12:35 p.m. According to UR Security Investigator Roger Keirsbilck, the faculty member had been riding her bicycle in Bausch and Lomb Riverside Park adjacent to River Lot when she saw a man standing on a nearby picnic table. The faculty member told Security officers that as she approached the male, he unzipped his pants and made a sexual comment. She continued cycling and did not see if he ever exposed his penis.

Security officers and Rochester Police responded to the scene of the incident and located the suspect. After determining that he was not affiliated with the University, police officers warned the man to leave the property. The faculty member did not press charges.

Hurricane Sandy hits UR, blows down tree

2. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 12:55 a.m., Security officers responded to a report that a tree had fallen down near Fauver Stadium.
The tree, approximately 50 feet tall, had uprooted due to gale-force winds, blocking a service road near the south end of the stadium. The fallen tree also damaged a chain-link fence, Keirsbilck said.

No injuries were reported.

Delivery truck gets stuck in muck

3. On Monday, Oct. 29, Security officers found a car stuck on the lawn near Southside Living Center.
Identifying himself as a delivery person, the driver told Security that he had wanted to take a shortcut through the lawn but got stuck due to a torrential downpour and the resulting mud.

According to Keirsbilck, Security waited while the driver called a towing service.
No charges were filed.

Man flashes students, walks away

4. On Thursday, Oct. 25, at 4:15 p.m., a man flashed two undergraduate students sitting on a bench on East Avenue near the Eastman School of Music.

The students told responding Security officers that the man had made no comment while passing with his pants unzipped and penis exposed.

According to Keirsbilck, the students called Security within minutes of the incident, nothing that they had never seen the man before. Security searched the area but was unable to find him. One of the students filed a police report.

Gould is a member of the class of 2014.
Information provided by UR Security.



Students’ Association passes resolution on administration’s response to “wanted” posters, demands charges dropped

On Monday evenings, the Gowen Room is usually nearly empty aside from the senators at the weekly Students’ Association Senate meeting. But on Nov. 18, nearly every seat was filled.

The ‘wanted’ posters at the University of Rochester are unambiguously antisemitic. Here’s why.

As an educator who is deeply committed to fostering an open, inclusive environment and is alarmed by the steep rise in antisemitic crimes across this country and university campuses, I feel obligated to explain why this poster campaign is clearly an expression of antisemitism

Notes by Nadia: I’m disappointed in this country

I always knew misogyny existed in our country, but I never knew it was to the extent that Americans would pick a rapist and convicted felon as president over a smart, educated, and highly qualified woman.