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UR administrators and students were shocked last Thursday night when students on board a bus from a bar party violated UR's sense of security. The current bar party busing system must quickly change so that we can restore a balance of safety and fun.UR has suspended busing students to and from bar parties, at least […]

Faced with the pressure to squeeze what seems to be a 25-hour workload into a 24-hour day, I admit that I can fall behind on current events. And, admittedly, watching an episode of my favorite TV show has tempted me away from reading the New York Times, especially when apocalyptic news of hurricanes and stock […]

The Simon Graduate School of Business and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. are forming a Direct Admission Partnership to encourage undergraduates to pursue an M.B.A. at the Simon School immediately after their studies at Holy Cross.Under the agreement, faculty and administrators at Holy Cross will recommend top undergraduate students for M.B.A. […]

The remnants of Hurricane Ike passed through Rochester on Sunday night and Monday morning, creating strong winds exceeding 55 miles per hour that knocked down trees and power lines, ultimately causing parts of UR to lose power.According to Central Utilities Director Bruce Smith, Rochester Gas ' Electric Corporation experienced a power outage around 1:30 a.m. […]

A male undergraduate student walking back from the River Campus to his Riverview Apartments residence was accosted by two suspects on Sept. 14, according to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty.The student reported that at about 8:35 p.m., two young teens aged between 13 and 15 followed him to South Plymouth Ave.One suspect demanded money from […]

Open Letter Press a new publishing house at UR dedicated to publishing international literature launched its first translated work of fiction, 'Nobody's Home" by Dubravka Ugresic, which has already received critical acclaim.Though in its first year, the publisher is already the largest in the country devoted exclusively to translating literature.The Press, located in Lattimore Hall […]

A record number of freshmen voted and participated in the Class of 2012 Students' Association and Class Council elections.In this year's election, 38 students ran for Class Council and nine for the SA Senate.The unofficial results revealed the winners last night at 10 p.m. on The Hive website. The results counted freshmen Dan Cohn, Sneha […]

In August, UR President Joel Seligman declined to sign on to the Amethyst Initiative, a group that is looking to evaluate the costs and benefits of changing the drinking age, on the grounds that he has not seen a strong enough factual basis to warrant it.'We simply have not seen compelling evidence that would justify […]

The River Campus Dining Committee met for the first time this year on Sept. 16, and Resident District Manager Tim MacTurk highlighted the busy summer Dining Services had. Quality was a central theme of the meeting and was highlighted in the facility upgrades, as were changes in human resources and operational standards. At the meeting, […]

The goal was to capture the classic B.B. King of the 1950s, according to producer T. Bone Burnett, and with 'One Kind Favor," King grants Burnett's wish.'One Kind Favor" can either be 'basic B.B. King for the beginner listener" or 'back-to-the-basics B.B. King for the advanced listener," so it's really a win-win situation as everyone […]