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Aries (March 21-April 19) - Put a bunch of monkeys in a room with a typewriter and they'll write Shakespeare. Give them a camera and they'll make amateur porn!Taurus (April 20-May 20) - If you can't beat 'em, steal their girlfriend!Gemini (May 21-June 21) - When the track runner you were pursuing said she was […]
Volleyball drops four at UAAs
The UR women's volleyball team had a rough couple of weeks, going 3-7 in their last 10 matches, including a five-match losing streak. Their overall record is 15-16 going into the final week of the season followed by the UAA championships. On Oct. 5, the volleyball team took on SUNY Fredonia in the Fredonia State […]
Life, Love… Sport
What's up everybody? Glad you could join me for another Life, Love... Sport (Silver Jubilee Edition). It has been a week of surprises, upsets, sweeps, fines, wines and bans. Can y'all believe the Patriots? Or the Rockies? How about those Bills (oh wait, they blew a game in the final seconds? Again?) It has been […]
Golf finishes season
The UR golf team played in two season-ending tournaments in the past two weeks, with mixed results. They participated in the Fisher-Nazareth Shootout on Oct. 7-8, but they were not able to put forth a very consistent effort and thus finished fifth out of nine teams with a combined score of 632 for the weekend. […]
Campus Brief: Staff, students help to remember Latasha Shaw
In response to UR Dining Services employee Latasha Shaw's death on Saturday, Sept. 29, faculty, staff and students found a number of different ways to remember her and help her loved ones.Counselors and chaplains gathered for two hours on Thursday, Oct. 4 in the Interfaith Chapel. They offered their services to people who wished to […]
Employees preparing for new health plan
The 12,000 faculty and staff members currently insured by UR-sponsored health insurance are preparing for the complete plan overhaul that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2008. Last January, in the face of rising healthcare costs and the ever-increasing size of the University, UR President Joel Seligman created the Task Force on Employee Health Insurance […]
Alcohol policy reviewed
Associate Dean of Students Matthew Burns met with the Students' Association Senate on Monday night to discuss UR's public open alcohol container policy. Violations of this policy have recently increased, notably in Hill Court, leading to a renewed interest in the policy's application and enforcement, as well as a query as to how aware students […]
Union reaches accord
After over two months of negotiations, members of the Service Employees International Union Local 200 United and the Local 1199 SEIU approved a contract agreement with the University in a 663 to 40 vote on Oct. 10. The previous contracts were set to expire at midnight on Saturday, Oct. 6, and a tentative agreement was […]
Burns named Acting Dean
Associate Dean of Students Matthew Burns has been chosen to serve as Acting Dean of Students until a search committee, chaired by Dean of the College Richard Feldman, selects a permanent dean. The decision comes with the knowledge that current Dean of Students Jody Asbury will be on medical leave after Oct. 26 to undergo […]
Pamphlet discusses discrimination
Two years ago, the Office of the Vice President and University Counsel, collaborating with representatives from the Dean of Students, Office of the Intercessor and Human Resources, spearheaded the review process of the University's Policy Against Discrimination and Harassment. Such policies are reviewed every few years as part of a general review process; however, the […]