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Dan's Papers sets the tone for the Hampton's community

The summer after junior year is when many UR students hope they will find a great internship. Others take an alternative route, preferring to head back to the old painting and babysitting jobs. Juniors may want to follow the lead of UR alum Dan Rattiner '61, who, well, started a newspaper before his senior year. […]

The new Doctor is in with "The Eleventh Hour"

Out of all the TV shows I watch, 'Doctor Who" is the one that has affected me the most. 'Doctor Who" has been a British science fiction staple since it first made its mark in 1963. After 26 seasons of success, in 1989 the 'Doctor" took a bow and left the television screen. In 2005, […]

Seniors coping in tough job market

As graduation approaches, the job market for graduating seniors is not out of the red yet, but it is bouncing back. Despite recent data that employers are hiring 5.3 percent more college graduates than they did last year, many seniors are still searching for employment, and some are using Career Center resources to help them.Associate […]

Cheers and jeers

CHEERS to UR Dining Services for serving as a model in its efforts to solicit and incorporate student feedback. It directly responds to many student concerns through Dining Committee meetings and its interaction with Project and Services.JEERS to professors who still don't use Blackboard. The Web site is a valuable way for students to check […]

Sensible fundraising

The following article contained misinformation in the print edition that has been corrected for the online version. The article misidentified the UR Involved program. The programis managed by the Admissions Office and has nothing at all to do with career networking and alumni event participation, as was stated in the original printing. The CT apologizes […]

So this school is finally getting rid of me

Everything, everywhere, could be better.The University, the College, the students within the College would all be better. You know the phrase.It certainly applies to the Campus Times as well, but just as certainly, we've been getting better. Before I started as opinions editor in 2006 back in the days of the real Meliora Express, back […]

Why McDonald?s will reach the moon first

For those with an eye on science and technology news, this week's stories have featured mission highlights for the space shuttle Discovery, which ferried instrumentation and spare parts for the International Space Station (ISS). The mission proceeded with only minor hiccups, and even the Twitter updates were livelier than usual ('We had the first voice […]

Announcement of transportation fee

I am writing to follow-up on an article about transportation in the April 1 issue of the CT. After carefully reviewing the issue, the College has decided to implement the plan to assess a $25 transportation fee for undergraduates in the College. As had been discussed, there will also be a new Transportation Advisory Committee. […]

C. Dale Young in second person

As the editor of the New England Review, C. Dale Young sifts through 65,000 submissions of poetry per year. Of those 65,000, 65 of them will dawn the quarterly's table of contents. 'Rejection is your friend," Young said in a discussion with English professor Jennifer Grotz's Advanced Poetry Workshop. 'It doesn't take long before you're […]

Athlete of the Week

In a few weeks, senior Melissa Skevington will say goodbye to her college sport: track and field. Skevington is ending her career on a high note with strong performances in her two main events, the long jump and triple jump. This weekend against SUNY Brockport she earned first in the long jump and second place […]