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Beginning on Friday, Meliora Weekend will be "Celebrating Diversity." For the first time, the Multicultural Alumni Advisory Council has worked to bring speakers to showcase diversity."Celebrating diversity is a great centerpiece beause it is both appropriate and timely," Vice President, General Secretary and University Dean of Students Paul Burgett said. "One of the great strengths […]

UR Security officers have resumed weekend patrol of the Fraternity Quad until further notice, effective Oct. 7, as a result of recent conversations between students and administration.During the 2004-05 year, two officers were paid overtime wages to walk the perimeter of the Fraternity Quad and inspect houses on Friday and Saturday nights."We have to make […]

A laptop belonging to a graduate student was reported stolen on Oct. 4. An unidentified suspect entered the student's office in Dewey Hall and stole the laptop from the desk, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty. The incident occurred between 11:35 and 11:50 a.m., when the office was open and unattended. A graduate student […]

A federal mediator adjourned contract negotiations between UR and two of its service employees' unions on Friday. The primary points of contention remain wages and health benefits."UR management wants to maintain a policy that would require new service employees to work nine years to reach the pay rate now gained by a current employee after […]

Someone made momma angry. Mother Nature, in the last two years, has delivered a large number of hurricanes, two of which devastated the Gulf Coast. Nature has also deluged the Northeast with torrential rainstorms, causing unbelievable flooding everywhere from New Hampshire to New Jersey.And yet, people complain about Rochester weather. Every day, as I use […]

Meliora Weekend, true to the official university motto "Always Better," aims to improve each year. This weekend surpasses previous celebrations with an identifiable theme and greater options for students.While the focus of the weekend has always been to "celebrate the values of an educated life," this weekend specifically commemorates multiculturalism - featuring a Celebrating Diversity […]

UR is currently in the midst of difficult negotiations with its chapters of the Service Employees International Union over wages and health benefits. The union represents about 1,200 workers in various service capacities on both the River Campus and at the UR Medical Center. According to the SEIU, the average salary of its UR workers […]

Coming out to my mother was possibly one of the hardest and most draining tasks I have ever had to endure in my short life.The moment itself was not short of tears, anger and a plethora of questions, but I knew I was ready. Recently, Time magazine featured a detailed look into gay teenagers in […]

Maybe you've seen them carrying their riders at high speeds across the quad, tied up to a rack in front of a building, or lashed to the fence outside Gilbert Residence Hall. Or, maybe you see one each day as you ride it to class, trying to minimize the time spent in the harsh Rochester […]

Crew fans flocked to the banks of the Genesse River in Genesse Valley Park for the 17th annual Stonehurst Capital Regatta on Oct. 9. Over 40 teams competed in six classes, beginning the day with the five kilometer head races, breaking for races between nine high school teams and finishing with 1500-meter sprint races in […]