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From the pressbox: Remember the band
Four years ago, I ran out of the tunnel in Fauver Stadium and onto the field to play in my first-ever college football game. As a freshman, I spent a majority of the time on the sidelines, not really getting much of an opportunity to play. It gave me time to look around in the […]
View from a Starr: November 6
The first 10 weeks of the NCAA football season have been nothing less than spectacular. Every week we are treated to yet another marquee matchup between top-ranked teams, and every week the results shed doubt that the previous week's rankings were right.During the 2008 season, a top tier of football teams has emerged from the […]
Robbery incites security
On Oct. 31, at about 12:45 a.m., a male undergraduate student was the victim of a strong-arm robbery. The student, who was walking alone at the time, was coming from Dandelion Square and heading to his room on the Residential Quad.As he was walking up the stairs between Crosby Hall and Burton Hall, two unidentified […]
Memorial service for student this Friday
On Friday, Oct. 31, a student was found dead in Mt. Hope Cemetery by UR Security. UR President Joel Seligman informed the University community of the tragedy the following morning. After nearly five days of investigation, Dean of the College Richard Feldman notified the UR student body that the man was identified as sophomore Kurt […]
Sustainability hire coordinates campus environmental efforts
UR's new Recycling Coordinator Amy Kadrie said one of her main goals is to involve students in the process of increasing the amount of recycling done at this school.'Getting information out there is really important," she said. 'Once people realize what they can and can't recycle, I think a lot more people will do it."Kadrie […]
Black Students Union honors black history
On Monday, the UR Black Students Union held a model State of the Black Union panel in celebration of Black Solidarity Day, which is observed annually the day before Election Day.The presentation began with a viewing of a YouTube clip from the 2008 State of the Black Union Address, hosted by Tavis Smiley. At the […]
Arrest connected with UR employee?s death
A Rochester man was arrested and charged with gang assault of Latasha Shaw, a 36-year-old former employee of UR Dining Services. Shaw was fatally stabbed on Sept. 29, 2007 while breaking up a fight on the west side of the city.Terrence Mack, 33, was charged with felony first-degree gang assault. Mack allegedly hit Shaw over […]
Council seeking a solution to bus issue
The council to discuss the current ban on busing to and from bar parties will hear feedback this week. Busing was banned in response to a fight that broke out on Thursday, Sept. 16 on a bus coming back from a Senior Night bar party.'We have spoken to the student Senate and the junior and […]
Magazine labels UR a top science employer
Scientists working at UR have something to celebrate today the University was just named one of the top 10 places to work by The Scientist magazine.The magazine, which ranks the top nonprofit institutions for those working in the life sciences, gets input from over 2,300 scientists nationwide for their annual top-10 list of science employers.Forty-one […]
Letter to the editor
Anyone who spends their life in the arts, whether they are a dancer, a musician or a painter, not only welcomes criticism, but thrives on it. For what is there to improve upon if you give only perfect performances?So be as nitpicky as you like, but to discredit an entire performance based on one of […]