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Electronic medical records are widely believed to reduce error, save money and improve patient safety by eliminating the paper trail. On Monday, the eRecord Extended Implementation Team, a group that oversees the implementation of medical software programs, informed 400 to 450 UR Medical Center community members about UR's plans to implement an electronic medical record […]

Between the opportunity to improve sustainability, enhance connections between the River Campus and the Eastman School of Music, increase student awareness of the Students' Association and improve transportation, there was plenty for the SA to accomplish this semester. While SA leadership claims that a good deal of progress has been made toward the completion of […]

Nothing good plays on the radio at 4 a.m. It's too bad, because as I drive through town on my way to the mall, I could use some adrenaline-generating music. No one ever suggests psyching yourself up for Black Friday with James Taylor. But after failing to find either 'Final Countdown" or 'Live to Win" […]

Liesel Schwarz just might save the world. A sustainability planning and development major at UR, this junior has made great strides to motivate her peers to go green in Rochester. What are you involved in on campus?I am co-president of Grassroots. I was Earth Day coordinator last year, and I work for Dining as a […]

I really only wanted to sit on Dave's couch and kiss. This wasn't a big night, I already knew, as Johnny Six was already two-beer-queer drunk swinging his Polaroid camera, members of my awkward high school graduating class were pooling around the beer pong table and I was standing there bored, chatting with an old […]

The UR Debate Union has its roots in the early days of the University it was founded the day before the school was even created in 1850. More than 150 years later, the team is thriving, complete with new coaches, members and victories.'One major accomplishment we've had is winning the University of Vermont Tournament," publicity […]

The Great American Smokeout Challenge is an event sponsored by the American Cancer Society as part of their Great American Health Challenge initiative, a year-round venture that encourages Americans to adopt healthy lifestyles to reduce the risk of cancer.Colleges Against Cancer instituted this event on the UR campus as one of their three annual awareness […]

Investing in the stock market does not have such great associations for the college generation. Perhaps the first prick of our collective consciousness in that area was the disastrous dot-com bubble burst back in elementary school and from there it was only rough sailing all the way to the financial crisis and Madoff's Ponzi scheme.These […]

In the first moment after the ending to The Opposite of People final performance of this semester, 'Address Unknown," I sat and thought about the group of students who had just created and delivered this remarkable success. Was it possible that this performance was the product of a student-run group in only its fifth semester […]

It's a bone-hard medical fact that every Weezer fan has been baffled, disappointed and/or horrified by at least one album the band has released in the past decade. One can only pity the loyal nostalgics who buy every new release hoping for the next 'Blue Album" or 'Pinkerton."Although some of the band's latter day works […]