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Contemporary poet Li-Young Lee will be coming to UR this evening at 7 p.m. in the Interfaith Chapel to read from some of his newest poetry. He will also be participating in a student roundtable in the Welles-Brown Room Friday at noon. Lee is visiting UR as part of the 39th Plutzik Memorial Poetry Series […]

When he needs to prove a point during a lesson, piano professor Thomas Schumacher sits behind one of the two pianos in his studio.He?s also sat behind pianos in the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall and Tokyo?s Bunka Kaikan Hall. He has played all over the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, and […]

The No-Sweat Coalition has been putting pressure on the University Apparel Manufacturing Committee to endorse full public disclosure of the locations in which UR apparel is manufactured. Despite this, the committee postponed action on this issue. It questioned whether its charge includes powers to recommend policy changes.However, full public disclosure is clearly within their power. […]

The purpose of military defense for our country is to insure the safety of American citizens. The National Missile Defense System is a specific way to guard against a specific threat that the United States faces. The NMDS would provide protection against ?states of concern.? These are countries that cannot be assumed to act rationally. […]

Students, get ready and reach into your pockets, because the announcement of next year?s tuition, board and meal plans is just around the corner.It is yet to be seen how skyrocketing fuel and health care costs will impact student tuition.In order to understand how the tuition price is set, one must remember that education cost […]

The Wailers, the legendary reggae band originally formed by Bob Marley, will perform April 28 for Dandelion Day.Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer started the band in 1963. When they separated to pursue solo careers in 1973, the name was passed to Aston ?Familyman? Barrett.The current Wailers include seven of the backup band members who […]

Daily Bruin (U. California-Los Angeles)(U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES ? Some minorities may have an advantage on standardized testing, said David Benjamin, founder and owner of Ahead of the Class, a private education company based in Orange County.?The SAT II is not a perfect test ? it hasn?t really been studied before,? Benjamin said.The testsThe SAT II […]

Imagine it?s Wednesday afternoon and you?re hungry. You?re already out of food from your weekly shopping trip aboard the UR Special. You?re tired of eating Pit food, sick of standing in line at Douglass and you just don?t have that Danforth feeling. The Corner Store doesn?t carry what you?re looking for and you don?t have […]

We know the complaints about this campus. It?s bound by a graveyard and a river. There?s no college town. Parking is substandard. It?s too cold to walk anywhere.On a campus that is so isolated from the community, one of the most valuable resources is the UR Special, the Saturday bus that chauffeurs students to Marketplace […]

Among those who are tried on drug-related charges in Brooklyn?s Supreme Court, Yitzchak Fried is not a regular. Nevertheless, the 52-year-old Orthodox rabbi was brought before Judge Plummer E. Lott on charges of selling seven ounces of marijuana to a police informant. The rabbi, who has had a history of trying to help heroin junkies […]