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Dance groups lose Spurrier practice space
The addition of a ?no shoes? policy in the only formal dance space on campus has left many UR dance groups without a proper place to practice.Because of this floor in the newly renovated Spurrier Dance Studio, dance forms such as ballet, tap, jazz and street cannot be practiced there because they require distinct foot […]
Security Update
University-affiliated individuals were threatened with the display of a gun in two separate incidents last week.The first incident occurred outside Java&s coffeehouse at midnight Wednesday, March 14. Two UR staff members were talking in front of their car, parked on Gibbs Street, when they saw a person who was &extremely excited& coming from behind the […]
Reconsidering the technology god
Since before CNN showed us video of Operation Desert Storm?s laser-guided bombs literally going down chimneys and through back doors, the United States has had a collective obsession with fast jets, black-box electronics and ?smart? weapons. There is no doubt that high technology does wondrous things in warfare. It vastly increases the U.S. military?s ability […]
Banning soft money donations
One of the greatest things about the United States is the First Amendment right to the freedom of speech. It is central to everything that is American.Regardless of ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, you have have the right to say your opinions in America. Simple enough, right? Wrong.It is becoming evident that the ability to […]
Campus Briefs
Ian Walmsley, professor and director of the Institute of Optics, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society, an honor that goes to less than one-half of one percent of the membership of the organization.?It?s wonderful to have one?s colleagues think so highly of one?s work,? Walmsley said. ?There has been a long […]
Campus Times endorses Mindy Fountain for President
It is time for results from the Students? Association government. Amidst great controversy this year, the student body has suffered because of a lack of leadership. Three students have stepped forward to fill this void ? Samay Gheewala, John LaBoda and Mindy Fountain. While all three represent a positive force for change, Fountain stands apart […]
Show some respect
Respect was one of the first lessons that we learned in kindergarten 8212; at least some of us. After partying on St. Paddy&s day last weekend, I realized that maybe students should take a remedial course in it.I think it is easy to take things that are free for granted. When we first come to […]
Flawed justice
I&m against the death penalty. Previously, I was ambivalent about the topic. I could see validity in the views of both sides. It was one of those random occurences that happens late at night when I&m about to go to bed. I realized I didn&t find any of the arguments for the death penalty particularly […]
Letters to the Editor
Florida didn?t benefit everyoneIt?s great to to have debates on events of historic proportions in Florida. Yet no discussion benefits when a side bases its arguments on information that is, at best, flawed. In his March 15 editorial, Damon Dimmick claims that all ?clear? votes have been counted. It?s not true. In many counties machines […]
?Mexican? easy to find, very difficult to hold on to
I walked into the theater where ?The Mexican? was playing atypically on time and realized that the film had already begun. It was an empty theater, a rare occasion on an opening night. Inhale ? at the least this will be a successful romantic comedy, I convinced myself.I was wrong. Director Gore Verbinski of ?Mouse […]