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Tea Party turns violent
Back in December, during a major protest in Washington, D.C. against the Senate health care bill, former candidate for governor of New Jersey Steve Lonegan mounted the podium to tell his audience, 'We cannot let the pen be mightier than the sword!" In any other forum, Lonegan would have been laughed off the stage, but […]
Op-Eds
Personal recollections on the POA library
It is hard to tell my own academic story without the Physics-Optics-Astronomy Library (POA). If its story is to end with the proposed computer lab, then so ends my academic career. When I first came to the University, I was looking forward to four hard years doing physics and mathematics, and for all my luck, […]
Features
The inequality of world hunger
As I entered the Interfaith Chapel, I was given a ticket with my life story on it I am a middle-income girl from India named Dully. My father beats my mother, but my mother is strong and has joined with other ladies in the community to catch fish. The river-level room of the Chapel was […]
Features
SEA's family atmosphere
Located on Monroe Avenue, SEA Restaurant offers a variety of dishes native to Thailand and Vietnam. A fun fact about its name is that it's actually an acronym, standing for 'Southeast Asian" from which the dishes originate. Entering the restaurant, there's nothing special to see: The walls are pretty bare, the chairs similar to those […]
Pit to close for construction
Students who are still on campus after finals will see the start of renovations on The Pit, which closes for construction on May 8. For the rest returning this fall, they will find the site doubled in size and home to two new food stations Zoca (a Mexican station), and Panda Express.The grand opening is […]
Pagans de-recognized by SA
At the Senate meeting on March 29, a motion was passed for the Students' Association to de-recognize the Pagan Students' Community (PSC) due to a failure to meet deadlines imposed by the Policy and Review Committee. Since that meeting, miscommunication between the two parties has led to strong discontent among current and former members of […]
Security Update
Student struck by vehicleSecurity officers responded to a call in that an undergraduate student was struck by a motor vehicle at the crosswalk of Trustee Road at 10:52 a.m. on Tuesday, April 13. The Rochester Police Department, the Rochester Fire Department and Rural Metro also responded to this call according to UR Security Senior Investigator […]
Wireless Internet comes to Todd Union
On Monday, April 12, Todd Union became the most recent River Campus building to be equipped with wireless Internet access.However, Todd will be joined by several residence buildings that The College of Arts and Sciences is planning to equip with wireless this summer.'Students have made it clear that adding wireless access in the residence halls […]
Tackling tuition rates
At an institution where undergraduates and their families pay over $50,000 annually for an education, students on the River Campus have raised concerns about the value of UR: What is a $50,000 education worth today? When my kids go to college what kind of money will I be paying for their education? Why isn't UR […]
CAB announces OK Go for D-Day
Campus Activities Board (CAB) announced on Monday that OK Go will be the band performing at this year's Dandelion Day. This year posed a challenging search for a band that was within budget and available for the performance.'We went through quite a few bands who were either unavailable for various reasons or significantly over budget […]