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New groups ushers in new century
The Gibbs Street Chamber Orchestra, established and run by students at the Eastman School of Music, will give its first performance tomorrow, Jan. 26, at 9 p.m. On the program are Beethoven?s ?Seventh Symphony? and Maurice Ravel?s ?Mother Goose Suite.? This concert will take place in Kilbourn Hall and be the first orchestral performance of […]
Ying to ring in New Year
The Chinese Millennium Council is extending an invitation to one and all to celebrate the Chinese Millennium New Year, 2001. They will be presenting Mr. Phillip Ying as their celebrity keynote speaker, violist of the Ying Quartet and assistant string professor at Eastman. The event will be held on Monday, Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. […]
UR Notable Yellowjacket: Liz Conway
Lizzy was nominated by track coach Barbara Hartwig following her performances in UR?s meet this past weekend against the Rochester Institute of Technology and Alfred State University. She won the 200-meter dash and 55-meter hurdles. She also earned a second place in the 55-meter race, as well as running the lead-off leg on the winning […]
Hot Ticket:: Sean Curran Company
Did you like Riverdance? Do you want to see more great Irish performances? Then come see the well- known Sean Curran Company which will perform their signature dances on Jan. 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. in the Spurrier Dance Studio. The Sean Curran Company, a New York-based ensemble, consists of nine dancers and founder […]
Record-breaking pilots return from world flight
Almost five months ago, Class of 2000 graduate Dan Dominguez and his friend Chris Wall stepped into a small aircraft to begin living their dream of flying around the world.On Dec. 15, Dominguez and Wall, a 2000 graduate of Rice University, arrived back in Rochester to greet friends, an army of press and a throng […]
Alleged assaulter faces UR discpline
By Todd HildebrandtCampus Times StaffThis week, UR will determine how to proceed in disciplinary charges against a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a UR undergraduate in October. Darren Snelgrove, a post-doctorate student working in the department of chemistry, was charged with sexual misconduct at an arraignment hearing Nov. 21.UR was unsure how to proceed with […]
News Briefs
Actors Danny Glover and Felix Justice will present ?An Evening with Langston and Martin? in Strong Auditorium at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.7.The two-man show will feature theatrical readings by both actors. Glover will perform readings by black writer Langston Hughes while Justice will portray civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. A question-and-answer session will […]
Security Update
Six students were robbed at 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23 on Gibbs Street outside the Eastman Living Center.The students reported that a male suspect approached them and grabbed one of them by the shoulder while pressing a sharp object into the students?s back.The attacker demanded that the other students empty their pockets and said […]
D'Lions mission uncertain
The decision to restrict Residential Quad housing to freshmen had implications on a number of areas of River Campus life, especially special interest housing. The D?Lions program in particular seemed to be in a peculiar limbo, because assisting freshmen is an important part of the organization?s mandate to promote community on halls, in different buildings […]
NAACP chairman to speak on civil rights
He has faced repeated jail time for his activism and has been nominated for vice president. He is the Chairman of the Board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and holds 19 honorary degrees. But for Julian Bond, there is still much to do.?If you measure progress from when I was […]