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The future of the department of movement and dance at UR is in jeopardy. Judith Hook recently resigned from the position of director of the department; she plans to leave UR at the end of this academic year. Dance instructors James Holland and Alycia Bright Holland responded to the news with an e-mail to students […]

For the last two decades, the Viennese Ball has been known as one of UR's favorite traditions, an opportunity for the student body to mingle with members of the community, listen to beautiful classical music and, perhaps most importantly, get another use out of that pricey prom dress or tuxedo. Yet this year, the continuation […]

ARAMARK, UR's dining service provider, sent representative and Senior Director of Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship Christopher Stemen to visit UR to speak about ARAMARK's commitment to environmental issues on Tuesday, Dec. 2 in the Gowen Room in Wilson Commons. Stemen discussed several issues threatening the environment.These issues include population growth, carbon emissions, toxins, transportation, poverty […]

This week, the UR Genocide Intervention organization, a new student group, is holding several events this week to advocate genocide awareness and raise funds for genocide prevention. This week-long series of events is called STAND Fast and focuses on the genocides currently going on in Darfur and Burma. Donation boxes have been made at the […]

On Monday, Nov. 24 at 9 p.m. in the Gowen Room in Wilson Commons, Senator-at-Large and senior Alvin Lomibao was elected Deputy Speaker of the Students' Association Senate. He will be succeeding junior Kierstin Hughes. Due to Lomibao's new position there is a vacancy in the Senate as he will no longer hold his position […]

On Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2 a.m., the Rochester Police Department arrested Lamik Moses, 20, for theft.According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, the RPD responded to a report of a suspicious individual with a ski mask wandering around the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity houses.Three UR undergraduates told another police officer […]

This newspaper belongs to you. Being Students' Association recognized, the Campus Times' job is to keep the community up to date and to provide an outlet for students' opinions, creativity and journalistic ramblings. As a new editorial staff will arrive next semester and a few assets here and there will undoubtedly change, this wonderful fact […]

UR is learning to cope with a severely weakened U.S. economy. The University has already suffered a $425 million blow to its endowment and the impact will be immediately noticeable. UR President Joel Seligman is taking the right steps to ensure UR's survival of the recession.Seligman's commitment to the University is admirable, as he is […]

CHEERS to Students' Association President and senior Eric Sansky and SA Vice President and senior Tyler Socash for taking the right first step toward increasing school spirit by initiating the Fill Fauver and Pack the Palestra events. While there is still work to be done on them, students and athletes merit a program that gives […]

Yonatan Hochstein, an energetic sophomore, admires Winnie the Pooh and enjoys puzzles with only 12 pieces. His fingertips are often marker-stained.Hochstein is one of over 60 UR students participating in the Jumpstart program, which aims to improve literacy in low-income public schools. The program allows college students to enter schools as literacy leaders so they […]