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Upstate schools get grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Syracuse University a grant of $1 million to establish a "humanities corridor" in upstate New York including UR as well as Cornell University. The four-year grant will be used to strengthen the humanities curriculum at each individual institution by connecting the professors and facilities between the universities.The road to […]
Horoscopes
Aries (March 21-April 19) - Did midterm week get the better of you? Don't feel so blue. At least spring is around the corner! You can't possibly complain about blossoming flowers, crisp breezes and birds chirping. Stop complaining and enjoy what's around you.Taurus (April 20-May 20) - This is going to be one of those […]
Paris or New York?
There's something about traveling and feeling alienated from one's usual environment that makes us contemplate the concept of home. The word "home" evokes different images for different people, but when placed in a culture distinctly different from our own, we cannot help but compare it to our new surroundings. I recently had an experience while […]
East Ave. holds more than just coffee shops
A jaunt down East Ave. will display all sorts of shops - a museum, a deli, a few restaurants, coffee shops and best of all, Greenwood New and Used Books. Immediately after entering this quaint book haven, you are surrounded by wall-to-wall books. Stacks of books rise from the floor and coffee tables. I discovered […]
Rochester's First Lady
There is a new presence among us this year whose thoughtful and imaginative contributions will make an impact on the lives of UR students and the university as a whole. I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with Friederike Seligman, who we would all benefit from getting to know. Looking for a place […]
Simon attracts leaders
These days, students are forced to work jobs for resume-building experience after graduating from college before they can be successful candidates at competitive business schools. This trend is unique to business schools, as none of the other professional fields such as law, medicine or engineering place such an emphasis on getting work experience before entering […]
Gossip etiquette redefined
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." This is the first line of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice" and it is perhaps one of the most recognized lines in all of literature. It is right up there with […]
Simon says apply
The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration's focus on recruiting students right out of the UR undergraduate program is an important step in improving the undergraduate connection to graduate programs. One of the reasons students apply to The College is in hopes of gaining easier admission to UR's prestigious graduate schools like the […]
Anti-abortion law goes against nation's views
Last week, South Dakota passed a law making abortion a crime. Following its lead, Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, South Carolina and Kentucky have all introduced bills in their state governments to ban abortion as well. The purpose of this is undoubtedly to create a challenge to Roe v. Wade, which the pro-life campaign […]
Access the Armed
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday in the case Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights that military recruiters must be allowed on college campuses and be given the same amount of access that other employers do, so long as the institution is receiving federal funding. The case began out of a dispute in […]