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Tasing has political implications for Sen. Kerry
After a 21-year-old student was tased at the University of Florida last week, many questions remain about right and wrong. But what about political repercussions?The incident that occurred at the University of Florida last week has been creating a lot of ethical friction. Andrew Meyer, 21, was the student who stood up to question Senator […]
Colin backlash
On Monday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University, an event that provoked strong feelings from many in the academic and journalistic communities. The main controversy was whether it was appropriate for Columbia to invite Ahmadinejad - the leader of a country purported to be part of an "axis of evil" who has expressed […]
Dining responds
On Monday, UR Dining Services stepped up to the plate, reinstating many of the services students were so upset to see taken away. As promised in the town hall meeting, breakfast options such as bagels and cereal have - while not during breakfast hours - returned to the Pit, drinks that are able to be […]
Amsterdam lights up summer
If a man buys hallucinogenic mushrooms over the counter and nobody is there to arrest him, does it make a sound? That is (sort of) the question tourists from the United States and around the globe ponder if they venture to the mother of all vice cities: Amsterdam, Netherlands, home to legalized marijuana, legalized magic […]
Efforts to curb warming aren't without pitfalls
I didn't intend to write this article. It merely "jumped out" at me while perusing the popular scientific literature in the Carlson basement. I always keep an eye open for climate change articles and, in the past years or so, have been extremely pleased by the abundance of items addressing the issue with an inspiring […]
Campus Brief: UR scientists discover curious disk formation
UR astronomers, studying a select list of 30 of the brightest, youngest protostars, or stars in their early stages of development, have discovered one with a great deal of water falling into its accretion disk - a disk of interstellar material that collects around protostars. Professor of Physics and astronomy Dan Watson and other astronomers […]
New mascot discussed
At the year's first Town Hall Meeting, Vice President for Communications Bill Murphy presented new designs for URBee, the Yellowjacket mascot. The redesigned mascot is intended to coincide with the University's new logo and complement the new athletic "R" spirit mark - a square-serif varsity letter with a yellow body and a blue outline."We created […]
Campus Brief: URMC tests treatments for Huntington's disease
Researchers at the UR Medical Center have shown, through researching how canaries create certain brain cells and working with mice, that stem-cell therapy may someday be used to help treat Huntington's disease. This new finding was published on Sept. 20 in a paper in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.Huntington's is a disorder that results from […]
Month celebrates Hispanic diversity
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Latino-oriented groups at UR, under the direction of the Spanish and Latino Student Association and Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc., have planned events that will share various aspects of Latino culture with the UR community. The events include film screenings, art screenings and a Latino Cultural Fair.Plans for Hispanic […]
Plutzik Series begins with poet
In 1962, the English Department at UR began the Plutzik Memorial Reading Series to honor the life and career of poet and UR English professor Hyam Plutzik. The series, which features readings by contemporary literary artists, continues to this day as one of the longest-running reading series in the country. This year's reading season began […]