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Aries (March 21 ? April 19) ? Don?t be so superstitious. There is more to life than messages in a fortune cookie or on a Magic 8 Ball, so don?t let negative predictions get you down.Taurus (April 20 ? May 20) ? You were in a financial tight spot, but that will soon be over. […]

Rochester resident Eddie Gantt was arrested at 10 a.m. Friday, April 6 for burglary and grand larceny, following a report by students and staff at the Eastman School of Music of a suspicious person in the area. A UR Security officer who responded to the report found Gantt fleeing the Eastman Living Center, Security Investigator […]

The Office of Residential Life opened all of the remaining reserved suites in Anderson and Wilder Towers Monday night to accommodate the nine groups of incoming juniors who had been denied housing in Thursday?s six-person lottery.A Class of 2003 protest scheduled for Tuesday was canceled when Residential Life appeased juniors dissatisfied with their housing situation.?A […]

The Students? Association?s student activities budget for the 2001-2002 year has been proposed at $763,542.43, an increase from last year?s budget of $711,087.67.The Student Activities Office received $101,461, ballooning from this year?s $62,730.The increases are due largely to the new cost of the Wednesday UR Special buses, the continuing monthly ?bizzy? calendars and the increasing […]

Catholic chaplain Father Brian Cool has always tried to encourage the Catholics who make up 34 percent of UR?s population to maintain their faith. Recently, however, he heard a group of students say they are afraid to enter a church, that they are fearful of walking through its doors, or even that their spiritual life […]

In the last public address of his administration, junior and Students? Association President Meng Wang covered what he considered the key issues of his term ? school spirit, dining services, parking, prejudice on campus and freshman housing.Speaking to a scant crowd of 10 Wednesday afternoon, Wang began by addressing the condition of UR as he […]

College students may soon have the U.S. government as their ally in the battle against credit card debt.Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), whose constituents hail from Monroe County, introduced the bipartisan College Student Credit Card Protection Act (H.R. 184) March 28. Proposed changesThe proposed bill would limit the available credit line that a credit card company […]

Reviving the long-fought battle for a pub on campus, the Students? Association Senate passed a resolution Monday, April 2 supporting the building of a pub. Sophomore and Chief of Staff Lonny Mallach now chairs a new committee to explore pub options.There are no specific plans yet, but Mallach is optimistic.?We who are working on it […]

Campus dining centers may see a vast overhaul next year as a result of freshman housing and a new dining system.Administrators on the Dining Committee are looking into possibilities such as a buffet option for the Douglass Food Court.?There?s a very high probability that the all-you-can-eat option will move to Douglass and a combination of […]

Junior and Students? Association president-elect John LaBoda has a vision of a campus with more traditions, increased spirit and more interclass rivalries. This idea, expressed in the form of creating class councils, was a centerpiece of LaBoda?s platform for president.?Currently, we live in an environment that is so pre-professional and serious,? LaBoda said. ?Sometimes we […]