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Book dissects budget
In an effort to call attention to the age-old problem of budget reform, UR Professor David Primo recently released a new book, "Rules and Restraint: Government Spending and the Design of Institutions." The book, released Monday by the University of Chicago Press, shows how government officials continuously flout budget rules in order to help their […]
Security Update
On Tuesday night, 9-1-1 notified UR Security of an anonymous call informing them that two males were planning a robbery on or around campus, according to UR Director of Security Walter Mauldin. The men were supposedly going to be driving a black GMC Yukon SUV. They were planning to carry out the robbery either in […]
Gandhi's words inspire
Last Saturday, roughly 260 UR students showed up to volunteer for Be the Change Day, formerly known as the National Gandhi Day of Service. This year, students went to the local Foodlink to help with many tasks. "Helping out those who live near us in impoverished states was the major emphasis of the day - […]
Campus Brief: Professor of Astronomy inducted to Hall of Fame
On Saturday, Oct. 6, Judith Pipher, a professor of physics and astronomy at UR, will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. She will receive this honor due to her contributions to the field of infrared astronomy, as well as her teaching abilities.The National Women's Hall of Fame was founded in Seneca Falls, […]
As anger over Myanmar spreads, so ought action
I was born on Oct. 15, 1988. Twenty-two days earlier, the people of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) were forced by General Saw Muaung and the State Law and Order Restoration Council into a newer version of the military rule it had been subjected to since 1962.To put this in a more appropriate perspective, this […]
Student Aides should be brought down a notch
Student Aides: these strong-willed, obedient and dutiful individuals permeate the campus on a nightly basis, tracking down scoundrels, making sure all the TVs in the lounges still work, fighting for the man. Those boys and girls in blue evoke a sense of subservience - coupled with a strong questioning as to what exactly it is […]
It's not about the Benjamins
We're in college to get an education, apparently. But what good is getting an education? Getting an education, in our society, is code for acquiring the knowledge to qualify for a higher-level job and, more bluntly, to earn a lot of money. We're in college so we don't end up doing manual labor or working […]
Letter to the Editor: UR mourns loss of one of its own
Just as the College launched its "Fall for Nonviolence" activities to introduce the M.K. Gandhi Institute to students and the community, we received the heartbreaking news of the violent death of one of our own University employees, Latasha Shaw. In the process of celebrating the new opportunities to learn about nonviolence that will be offered […]
Liberals go under the microscope
Attention readers. This will hopefully be the first of two pieces critiquing those college students who define themselves as either liberal or conservative. This theory is infected with bias, and to be quite frank, is basically just one ginormous generalization. But roll with me here, if you will. Just because they annoy me most, I […]