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University President Joel Seligman recently adopted a proposal that aims to increase faculty diversity. Seligman is moving ahead with a series of recommendations with the goal of providing opportunities for underrepresented candidates to gain positions with the University. "I adopted all 31 recommendations because I believe they are feasible," Seligman said. The most important thing […]

This November, UR will launch the URos program. A revamped version of the accounts formerly known to students as Flex, URos will be valid for purchases made off-campus at participating retailers.The area retailers that are currently contracted to participate in the URos program are Pellegrino's, The Distillery, Center Stage Cafe, Mount Hope Diner, Quizno's, Aja […]

UR President Joel Seligman spoke to a group of students and faculty in the Gowen Room in his biannual Town Hall Meeting yesterday. Seligman was introduced by Interim Dean of the College Richard Feldman and spoke for about twenty minutes before answering questions from students on a variety of topics ranging from student housing to […]

The Board of Trustees Investment Committee passed a policy earlier this month prohibiting direct investments in companies identified as supporting the Sudanese government's genocide in Darfur."We could not, in good conscience, continue to make direct investments in that country," UR President Joel Seligman said.As a result of this new policy, UR's endowment will not directly […]

Last Tuesday, the Black Students' Union and the Mu Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. held a forum on the current national election issues in Morey Hall.The discussion was centered on the main issues of this year's election and students were allowed to participate and express their views on these topics, as well […]

The first in a series of debates between candidates for one of the two U.S. Senate seats for New York State took place on Friday in Strong Auditorium, pitting incumbent Senator Hillary Clinton against Republican challenger John Spencer, former mayor of Yonkers, N.Y. The debate was sponsored by Time Warner and its subsidiaries, including New […]

On Friday the Medical Emergency Response Team held their yearly Mass Casualty Incident drill in the Interfaith Chapel. "An MCI is defined as an incident where the number of resources are not enough to handle the amount of patients in the incident so we have to change our tactics from a normal call to make […]

UR Security officers responded to the Sigma Chi House after reports of a fight in progress at 2 a.m. on Sunday after their "Jungle Party," according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.Investigation revealed that an unknown person had been urinating on the back of the house when confronted by a SC brother. The suspect was […]

For this year's second Town Hall Meeting on Oct. 18, director of Dining and Auxiliary Services Cam Schauf gave a presentation on the future of dining in Wilson Commons. In this meeting he discussed the goals of campus dining, what has already been done this year to promote those goals and potential plans for the […]

Pumpkins. For many, these orange gourds make or break the perfect autumn festivities. As children, many of us accompanied our parents to the pumpkin patch to wrestle the largest gourd and carry it home. Even as college students, we still thrill over carving and crafting them. This tradition is as crucial for fall as decorating […]