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Since China was selected to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, there has been large-scale public outcry over the actions of the People's Republic of China with regards to human rights. Most recently, the beginning of the Olympic Torch Relay has been made into a platform for human rights activists, the most vocal of whom have […]

The United States has employed public financing of presidential elections since the 1970s. Although the specific regulations of the U.S. system of public financing are complicated, the concept behind public financing is simple. In return for accepting limits on spending, candidates can obtain government funding for their campaigns. One obvious intent of public financing is […]

For the first time in over 14 years, the Students' Association Senate rejected a budget proposal for next year's distribution of SA funds, by a vote of 10-5. Senators voted against the budget in its entirety, citing objections to a five percent increase in Campus Activities Board's funding. The next procedural step returns the budget […]

On Tuesday night, the College Diversity Roundtable released preliminary results on its campus climate assessment survey. The survey was meant to obtain an idea of UR undergraduates' experiences with and perceptions of diversity on campus. The school has not completed a climate survey since 1982, but that was significantly different from the one developed by […]

The presence of Sexual Assault Awareness Week on campus has had a sobering effect for many of us at UR. Unfortunately, as college students, most of us have friends or acquaintances who have been subject to sexual assault or harassment; just as many of us may bear the guilt of perpetrating an unwanted sexual act.However, […]

Cramming four games into three days, the softball team showed its stamina by winning three of the four, all of which were on the road. The 'Jackets faced the SUNY Geneseo Knights in a doubleheader on Thursday, then went on a road trip to Saratoga to play another doubleheader against the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds on […]

Women's lacrosse continued its season over the weekend when it hosted the 8-2 Union College Dutchwomen on Friday and the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds on Saturday. The 'Jackets lost to the Dutchwomen, 7-17, and then beat the Thoroughbreds, 17-8, to bring their record to 2-2 in the Liberty League and 3-6 overall. Union started the scoring […]

There's something that I need to say. It's taken me a while, but thankfully now I can get it off of my chest. I can speak for the whole Campus Times in saying this?Thank you.It's not very often that we are able to say this; we don't have many opportunities to. My thank you is […]

With the New York Giants' stunning victory over the then undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII over two months in the rearview mirror, it's time to look ahead to the 2008 season. The offseason's biggest event, the NFL Draft, will take place on April 26-27 in New York City. Every team will be […]

CHEERS to Arun Gandhi for providing UR students an opportunity to question him at a student forum in March. UR students deserved explanations for the hullabaloo, just as Gandhi deserved the time to explain himself.JEERS to the two-thirds of the student body who did not take the time needed to complete the Campus Climate Survey. […]