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Visiting speakers address Tibet issue
The following article contained an error in the print edition that has been corrected for the online version. The article originally stated that Holi was held by the Association for the Development of Interest in the Indian Subcontinent (ADITI), although the event was held by the Hindu Students' Association (Updated: April 18, 2015) A panel […]
Ed Observers
Harder and harder to breathe
Maybe it’s just the sewage vent across the street that’s been spewing constantly for the past week, but something is smoky outside ITS. You can even smell it inside the airlock by Connections. You can smell it around the block. It’s gotten so bad that you can smell it when it’s not even there. Or, […]
News
UR students protest decisions in Ferguson and New York
UR students, faculty, and community members have engaged in a series of protests against recent decisions by grand juries in St. Louis County, Missouri and Staten Island, New York not to indict police officers Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo for, respectively, the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Most recently, on Friday, Dec. 5, […]
Security Update
Former student tries to get into Drama House
1. On Dec. 7 at 2:52pm, residents of Drama House called and reported a suspicious male trying to gain access into the house. Responding Public Safety officers located a male entering a car on Fraternity Road. The male asked officers if they were looking for him. The male was asked if he was trying to […]
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Ferguson protests on campus continue into second night
UR students and Rochester community members gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 25 for a second time to protest the decision by a St. Louis County grand jury not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Immediately after the jury’s decision on Monday night, UR students had gathered and marched through […]
Security Update
Laptop and iPad stolen from Gilbert Hall
1. On Friday, Nov. 14, two thefts were reported in Gilbert Hall. The first was reported at 11:22am after an iPad was taken from a lounge area. The student stated that they left the iPad for only a few seconds while they went to their room for something. When the student returned, the iPad was […]
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Mock Trial holds fifth annual Yellowjacket Invitational
UR’s mock trial team hosted the fifth annual Yellowjacket Invitational on Nov. 15 and 16 in LeChase Hall, accommodating 22 teams and a total of over 200 people, including several local attorneys and president of the American Bar Association William C. Hubbard. The general consensus among Mock Trial team leaders is that the event was […]
Humor
Study: Gym closing caused weight gain
A study released this week by the University Health Services (UHS) reports that UR students gained an average of 13 pounds during the closing of the Bloch Fitness Center from Sept. 8 to Sept. 17. The Fitness Center was closed for renovations on the floor that absolutely could not have been done during the summer […]
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Pulitzer Prize-winning former UR student delivers Neilly Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar delivered a lecture entitled “American Dervish: Muslim American Culture and Family Life” on Monday, Nov. 10. The lecture was part of the Neilly Series hosted by River Campus Libraries. Akhtar attended UR during the 1989-1990 school year before transferring to Brown University, where he finished his degree in theater. Akhtar […]
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Tibetan politicians and refugees address UR
Author Gordon Chang was joined via Google Hangout by two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and two Tibetan refugees living in Nepal in a panel held on Thursday, Nov. 6 to discuss the political state of Tibet. The talk, entitled “Understanding the Tibetan Issue: Dialogue and Unity,” was organized by […]
