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On Tuesday, "the real" Patch Adams spoke to a packed Hubell Auditorium as part of the Neilly Series. Adams, founder and director of the Gesundheit! Institute, began practicing healing through love and attention more than 30 years ago. He opened his first hospital in a six-bedroom house with close friends. Though humble, the hospital was […]

Most every time I walk to my car in Wilson North, I pass a bumper sticker that reads "Go ahead and take my civil liberties, I wasn't using them anyway." The first time I saw the sticker I chuckled, then frowned. It's a clever bumper sticker and embodies two dangerous trends that have been growing […]

It's easy to look at the fraternity quad as the epicenter of drinking, fighting and all around poor behavior on campus. Perhaps it is because the Greek community is omnipresent. With such a large percentage of the student body involved in Greek life - about 20 percent - it is safe to say that you […]

To date, there are still 33 organizations and six club sports on probation. This is the result of ignoring their renewal process and failing to update their information on Campus Club Connection.The electronic hub around which the entire Students' Association runs is the CCC. This massive online database, of every single SA-funded club, allows for […]

A stroll through campus last Saturday evening proved to be one of the most bizarre experiences that I've had in a while. When else but during Halloween can you find Waldo walking around Wilson Commons, the Ninja Turtles marching out of Psi Upsilon and Luigi walking on the Frat Quad? This hodgepodge of story book […]

Senate candidate dismayed with disenfranchisementThe exclusion of UR students from the U.S. Senatorial debate held on their own campus is an indication of the undemocratic character of this entire event. Also excluded were all candidates except the Democratic incumbent Senator Clinton and her Republican challenger John Spencer. I was placed on the ballot by 25,000 […]

Counting today, there are only six days left until the midterm elections. On Nov. 7, the American public will tell its elected officials exactly what they think of the direction in which our country is progressing. The GOP is well aware of the stakes of this election - and their status in the eyes of […]

In an abrupt departure from the rulings denying marriage equality in California, New York and Washington, the Supreme Court of New Jersey unanimously held last Wednesday that homosexual couples are entitled to the same legal rights and financial benefits as their heterosexual counterparts. The four-to-three decision reveals that the justices were split on what should […]

On Halloween night, the fraternity houses were transformed into haunted houses, and sixth graders from School 19, their parents and siblings were invited to go trick-or-treating. The event was organized by the Fraternity Presidents' Council in cooperation with the Panhellenic Association and the Rochester Center for Community Leadership.In preparation for the event, each sorority was […]

Peter Lennie was officially invested as the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences and Engineering in a ceremony on Friday, finishing a process that began with the departure of former Dean Thomas LeBlanc to the University of Miami in 2005.Lennie's investiture was preceded by a symposium entitled "When […]