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Point-Counterpoint: FDR monument ? tribute or tragedy?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt served the United States as president for more than three terms, leading the country out of the Great Depression, implementing the New Deal and providing a source of strength and stability for Americans during our involvement in World War II.Unfortunately, his strength as a president was not equaled by his physical health. […]
Political oratory is dead
I miss Bill Clinton. I miss him a lot. I?ve more or less grown up with him in office. Elected when I was only in sixth grade, I?ve experienced some of the most important parts of my life with him. Having him leave is like losing a close friend.It?s only made worse by the fact […]
Missing the bus
I know that we?re all a little too old to be having nightmares about things going wrong on our first day of school, but we?re not too old to whine about it when it actually happens.My first day of school after winter break was Jan. 15. I live at UR, but since I?m a dual […]
Exoricising the Republican 'antichrist'
I am a Republican. What do you think about me now? Have you assumed that I am a racist, that I oppose gay rights and don?t care about the poor? Don?t worry, this happens to me every day. If you?ve just made an assumption about me without knowing me personally, then you have engaged in […]
Respect traditions and preserve human decency
I ask you to be citizens.? What an amazing construction of six life-altering words spoken during President George W. Bush?s inaugural address.Six words that the country needed to hear, even though I have a feeling that not many people nowadays understand the weight these six words carry.The man that so many, including myself, thought was […]
Letters to the Editor
As a former student who arrived at the UR with expectations of a liberal arts education and a commitment to students, I was greatly disappointed when the first act I witnessed was the inauguration of a president whose sole qualification was in bankruptcy law.The commitment to education I once saw quickly evaporated into a commitment […]
Editorial Board: D'Lions revisited
With freshman housing near, UR must use the D?Lions organization to help build the sense of community that the new housing model proposes to bring.D?Lions should be placed on the Residential Quad, where they will be sorely needed to offer advice to and program for the freshmen. They do not belong in Susan B. Anthony […]
Editorial Board: Making music
The Eastman School of Music is world-renowned and it brings UR tremendous acclaim. When students think of great musical performances, they usually associate them with Eastman, not the River Campus. But it?s time we appreciate the music emanating from our own backyard.The Midnight Ramblers, the Yellowjackets, Chari Vari, the Mazel Tones and Vocal Point are […]
Industrial capitalism damages civic involvement
The decline of our civic culture has been a central subject of concern for most of the past century. Manifested in falling levels of political and associational activity, in an increasingly atomized conception of individualism and in the commonly held feeling that our sense of community has been lost, the crisis of civic life represents […]
Hold the elevator!
I had thought that my dorm room would be an escape, but I was wrong ? they discovered where I lived and followed me there.I lay huddling in my bed, preparing to flee, but then remembered that I sleep on the top bunk. (An actual escape would take a while.)The weird shrieks came again, tinny […]