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On Friday, UR held an all-day Diversity Forum in the Hawkins-Carlson Room of Rush Rhees Library. The day's events included speeches and discussions by a number of scholars and administrators from UR, Rochester Institute of Technology, Cornell University and numerous other institutions. Included were prominent published authors and Cornell professors Shirley Samuels and Salah Hessian.The […]

For the past few weeks, I have seen posters and, curiously, painted advertisements, for someone named Ron Paul who is running for President. I assumed that it was a joke until about a week ago. Could someone running for President really advertise his candidacy with endorsements painted under overpasses along the Erie Canal?Apparently, he can. […]

How are you paying to attend UR? With full costs approaching $50,000 annually, it's probably a mix of savings, help from the family, scholarships, aid and loans - depending who you are, a lot of loans. I've been struggling with money lately, so one of my friends was kind enough to put an ad out […]

President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf, in a surprise move on Saturday night, declared a state of emergency in his country, citing Islamic militants as the cause for concern. This state of emergency, called by some of the harsher critics "martial law" and put in place in order to protect the Pakistani people, is renowned […]

At Wednesday's Town Hall Meeting, Deans Lennie and Feldman recognized in their discussion of student life that the retention and graduation rates for UR undergraduates are not as high as they would hope. To address this problem, we must understand why students are leaving, or, conversely, why students are staying. Students that feel intrinsically connected […]

Last Friday, Dean of the River Campus Libraries Ronald Dow held a reception to celebrate the opening of the Gleason Library. The arrival of this collaborative workspace is a perfect example of how planning and creation should work at UR. The design of the library was based on carefully gathered information on the needs and […]

New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer recently announced his plan to implement a system of three different driver's licenses. Under his agreement, New Yorkers will have the option of three licenses - an "Enhanced Driver's License" that allows Western and Northern New Yorkers to cross the New York-Canadian border without a passport; a federally-approved license […]

Starting Monday, Nov. 12, certain parts of the Pit will open at 8:30 a.m., as opposed to the current opening time of 10:30 a.m. According to Director of Dining and Auxiliary Services Cam Schauf, the change is in direct response to student requests."We have been responding to student requests all along. There has been a […]

Last week, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. honored Doris Johns Cherry Professor Ching Tang with the 2007 Daniel E. Noble Award for his work in developing Organic light-emitting diodes, OLED's, at the Lasers & Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.Tang won the award because his OLED technology, responsible for […]

On Nov. 7, the Students' Association held a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the University's new College Strategic Plan. Dean of the College Richard Feldman and Dean of the College Faculty Peter Lennie detailed the plan, which originated in fall 2005. The plan began with an evaluation of the University now."All serious plans start with […]