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The men's soccer team started the 2007 season off with a solid four games. After splitting their first two games of the season at the Flower City Tournament, they earned a second win and took a game against St. Lawrence University into double overtime, resolving in a tie. The results bring UR's record to 2-1-1.This […]

Before dropping a game to the William Smith College Herons last night, the women's soccer team confidently began their fall season by slashing their opponents' dreams of winning all the games played thus far. Will they keep up their winning record? Only time will tell. In their first weekend of play, the Yellowjackets defeated Kenyon […]

The college football season started in full on Saturday, Sept.1. On that date, the University of Michigan Wolverines were ranked fifth in the nation and, on that date, Michigan was playing Appalachian State University. For those who are unfamiliar with the Appalachian State Mountaineers, it is a school located in Boone, N.C. It is also […]

After nearly 18 months of continuous designing, UR finally unveiled its new logo on Wednesday, Sept. 5 on the steps of Wilson Commons. In celebration of the new logo, the UR pep band played, UR President Joel Seligman spoke, there were free cookies and keychains and T-shirts were thrown into the crowd of students and […]

An individual with an extensive history at UR was arrested for trespassing around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.Officers were called out to Hill Court when they were alerted to reports by students of a person lingering around the bike racks of Fairchild.Curtis Binion, 41, of Rochester, was […]

Senior Sam Lehman was elected to the position of Speaker of the Senate on Monday night's Students' Association Senate meeting. Lehman ran against SA Elections Chair and sophomore Lauren Sussman for the position. "Both candidates got a chance to speak toward the Senate and each answered questions posed by the Senators regarding long-term goals of […]

Students returned to campus this year to find a new, streamlined way to browse the Internet for University news, Webmail and other important sites. The University Information Technology Center introduced a web portal earlier this semester, http://my.rochester.edu, that integrates all the various Web sites and online tools that the University has to offer.The portal is […]

The River Campus lost electrical power twice on Saturday night when a chipmunk found its way into the electrical apparatus that controls the power grid. The electrical switchgear is located on Monroe Court in Hill Court, the final system on the power grid.After the power went out at 6:03 p.m., University employees hurried to Hill […]

On Monday afternoon, Eastman School of Music Dean Douglas Lowry held a press conference in the parking lot behind the Eastman Theatre to announce the University's plan to construct a new building on the lot that will house teaching and performance spaces. "It was space that was desperately needed for the Eastman School," UR President […]

Effective immediately, UR Parking & Transportation Services has temporarily halted booting vehicles pending research into a year-old Rochester city ordinance prohibiting the booting of vehicles parked on private property.While some University administrators have been aware of a possible conflict with an ordinance since late 2006, the decision to suspend booting vehicles was not made until […]