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Deciding how to spend your summer vacation months is often a daunting task. For some, the decision is hardly their own, but for the vast majority, the expression "summer plans" can represent a multitude of possibilities - very few actually consist of the care-free motif that the summer months would seem to convey. Some want […]

One of the best feelings all summer is the overwhelming rush at the thought of returning back to school. I look forward to reunions with my best friends, weekend excursions, new exciting classes and all the potential adventures. Yet this year, while dwelling on this excitement, I realized something - this is my last year […]

The Students' Association Senate voted on and passed its budget for the 2006-07 year on Monday. The total budget available to student groups for the year will be $761,705. Also included in the budget is money for class councils, equipment funding and the SA supplemental fund. Much of the money budgeted for student groups will […]

UR Security will relocate its headquarters to the Service and Facilities Building on the River Campus from its current location in the Towne House on Mt. Hope Avenue. The move is projected for the beginning of next year and is part of a university-wide rearrangement of the administrative offices of several departments."What students are going […]

Following a week-long survey posted on The Hive Web site to gauge students' opinions on where they like to shop and where they would like to see Flex accepted off-campus, plans are in the works to have Flex available off-campus by the start of the next school year."I liked the way the survey went - […]

UR received a record number of applications again this year and admitted a much lower percentage than in previous years in an effort to bring the size of the freshman class back to normal levels after this year's unusually large class."We had a record number of applications," Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jonathan Burdick […]

As easy as it may be to believe otherwise, UR students do not actually live in a bubble. Over the past four years, seniors have experienced and responded to a world of changes both on and off campus.Here are just some of the big events and themes that defined our college years, both academically and […]

The University of Miami announced Dean of the College William Green as its next Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education. Green, who has been a UR faculty member since 1974, will start at his new position on July 1."William Green is the best person in the country to lead our institutional commitment to […]

Jim Conway, the associate vice president of alumni relations and development at Northwestern University, has been selected as UR's first associate vice president for advancement services. "We have recruited a true national leader in advancement," Senior Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer Jim Thompson said. "He's not only results-oriented, he also places a strong emphasis […]

"Hey, have you seen that video? The one about how UR sucks?" You may recognize this line as one of the most recent conversation starters around campus. If your response is "yes," then you've seen - and most likely have been amused - by the video online that satirizes the more negative aspects of UR. […]