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In 1992, five UR students decided to use their Spring Break as an opportunity to give back to the community. Trading beaches and sunshine for hardhats and hammers, these students traveled to Chicago, Ill. to work with Habitat for Humanity.Since then, volunteering over Spring Break has evolved into a full-fledged tradition at UR. Now called […]

As the dirt around them steadily turned to mud, a small group of generally unconnected people convened outside of a Cobb's Hill Park bathroom. All of themmale and female alike came clothed in green dresses. And when the group leader brought out a case of beer from his car, all of them partook.That is how […]

BaseballThe men started off the season hot with a University Athletic Association championship and a 6-2 record. The men's first three games(when? Over break?) were in Vero Beach, Fla., winning two out of three. The next stop for the men was Sanford, Fla. for the UAA tournament games where they continued their winning streak until […]

With a week off of school for the annual Spring Break, it was a time for many students to relax and get away from school. However, for the women's basketball team it was a time for hard work. Against four teams who had a combined nine losses, the women cruised into the final four of […]

Each spring and winter recess, students struggle to find cheap and convenient transportation when they return home. Unlike other schools, UR has not managed to find a successful way to provide affordable and easy transportation during major breaks.SUNY Binghamton University, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Cortland University and Cornell University among a handful of other upstate universities […]

Last week, 19 area college presidents, including UR President Joel Seligman, endorsed Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy's plan for mayoral control of the Rochester City School District. The presidents cited Rochester's perpetually low graduation rates as a call to action to improve schools.We understand Seligman's desire to take action, because a school district that graduates half […]

These days, media outlets are faced with a real dilemma how to stay financially solvent and report the news accurately and with integrity. That these goals conflict with each other has been a well-documented problem in recent years.But after reading The New York Times coverage on recent troop movements in Afghanistan, I think that there […]

Walking through the souk, or market place, next to the al-Husseini Mosque, in the heart of downtown Amman, Jordan, I feel as though I've entered a market straight out of Arabian Nights.The merchants have created a maze of stands and shops filled with produce and people from sunrise until sundown. Some of the merchants even […]

One reason for American resentment towards Congress, and one reason Barack Obama's promises of greater transparency in legislation and government resonated so well with the voting public, is the arcane set of rules, regulations and stipulations that govern debate in the House and the Senate. The latter is where the filibuster has come in for […]

When thinking about the role religion plays in the world, it is important to look beyond examples of religious conflict. This is not to say that religious differences do not lead to contention, because they sometimes do. It is to say that religions do not inherently and inevitably lead to conflict, and religious division is […]