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The first thing I notice about people when I look at them is their hair. Way of dress comes in a close second, but nothing sticks out quite like the mop of protein outgrowth on top of their head.A person's hair says multitudes about his personality, perhaps more so than any other feature. As a […]

I have learned from writing these columns Breakfast: I tried a place named Pat's Coffee Mug, located on the corner of Clinton and Averill. This modest Mom and Pop restaurant serves breakfast starting at 6 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and boasts some of the best bargains I've ever come across. They will deliver to you: […]

The opening remark by founder and former head and founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence set the somber tone for "Dialogue With Arun Gandhi," an event hosted by WRUR. "I won't say it's a pleasure to be here this evening because it's not a very happy occasion for me," he said. The discussion […]

Students gathered for an open forum on diversity, sponsored by the Minority Students Advisory Board, on Thursday, Feb. 28 to try to determine why students have not rallied around the issue of diversity, even though administrators have addressed it as an issue of great importance. At the front of the Gowen Room in Wilson Commons […]

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Wendi Heinzelman has been named Dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering. Her research is currently focused on wireless communication, networking, mobile computing and multimedia communication. Dean of Research and Graduate Studies Paul Slattery has become Dean of Research. Slattery joined UR as […]

The Simon School of Business Administration hosted an "Undergraduate Preview Day" on Friday that included a faculty panel to give students a taste of life at Simon. The faculty members went over the various opportunities for students and explained why they think Simon is superior to other business schools. "We're hoping to be able to […]

This is the last of three articles by the Minority Student Advisory Board.In order to expand the conversation of diversity that we have had for the past two weeks, I would like to move from faculty diversity to the issue of the involvement of minority alumni in our institution. Recently, I sat in on a […]

As I ran around campus this past week telling people left and right to attend the University's production of the "Vagina Monologues," I noticed several common reactions. My favorite, of course, was the "All right! Definitely! I support vaginas!" or something very similar, followed by a high five or fist pump. Then there were the […]

In the past fiscal year, University Parking and Transportation Services has seen a marked increase in the number of parking tickets administered, as well as the percentage of unpaid tickets. According to Associate Vice President of Facilities and Services Richard Pifer, this increase is correlated to Parking's lack of ability to enforce rules."We don't have […]

A contracted employee working in the Common Connection in Rush Rhees Library reported being approached at work by her ex-boyfriend on Wednesday evening. The employee was conversing briefly with her ex-boyfriend when he suddenly poured a drink over her head. The suspect then tried taking money the employee had in her pocket. She was able […]