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Avoiding vice is critical to virtuous life choices
Every day, in every way, we are the choices that we make. Whether they are good or bad, we live with the consequences of each one. Whether they give us prosperity or poverty, they are the aftermath of the aforementioned. Whether they give us abundant life or untimely death, each one leads to another. Whether […]
Shower sex'-related incidents influence image
Between naked parties and freshman dorm shower sex, the worlds of higher education and Western civilization are crumbling like the walls of Jericho. Earlier this year, an e-mail was sent to every student at the Yale University Calhoun campus asking them to refrain from "intimate activities" in college showers. The Master, comparable to a GHR […]
Pearlman discusses SA
On Tuesday night, Students' Association President Alexander Pearlman delivered the 24th annual State of the SA Address, where he praised the success of the SA this year in realizing past administrations' plans to make the SA more effective and have a greater presence with the student body.Operating for the second year under its new constitution […]
Campus Brief: Online event calendar traffic greatly increased
The recently redesigned online University Event Calendar more than doubled its traffic in February, reaching 162,977 hits. The previous calendar averaged roughly 6,000 visits per month. During January, the first month with the new calendar, the site received 72,746 hits. The calendar page received the second highest traffic of any University page during the month […]
Eastman renovation receives funding
The Eastman Theatre, opened in September 1922 and built by philanthropist George Eastman himself, has gone through several renovations in its lifetime. In 1923 and 1927, large annexes were added onto the theater and the adjacent Eastman School of Music building to provide practice rooms for students and large rooms for rehearsals and the storage […]
Sustainability speaker warns about chemicals
Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. spoke on Tuesday in Hubbell Auditorium to an audience of community members, professors and students about how chemical pollutants have contaminated our way of life. She asserts that government regulations on chemicals such as DDT are not sufficient for public health because they do not protect the very young and very old […]
Feldman named Dean of College
On Monday, it was announced internally that Interim Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering Richard Feldman will now become the Dean of the College. Feldman was appointed to the position by Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of the College of Arts, Science and Engineering and Professor of […]
College tuition set to increase
Undergraduates in the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering will notice a 5.3 percent increase in their bills for tuition, room and board for the upcoming 2007-2008 year.The tuition will rise from $32,650 to $34,380 and the total cost for room and board will rise from $10,192 to $10,600. The overall cost to attend UR […]
Security Update
Exhibition captivates onlookers on Academic QuadOfficers arrived in front of the entrance of Rush Rhees library at 3:24 p.m. last Thursday to find a student handcuffed by one arm to a wooden stock, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.The student's other hand was free but handcuffed, with the other end of the handcuff left […]
Campus Brief: Enrolled Student Survey to influence campus policies
UR is participating in an Enrolled Student Survey, which asks students about their participation in various aspects of campus life and their general views on the university. The survey is being conducted by schools that are members of the Consortium of Financing Higher Education, a group of 28 private colleges and universities.The survey, which is […]
