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The Students' Association Senate voted on Monday against a proposal - 10 in favor and eight opposed - that would change the election by-laws so that all upper-class positions were filled during the spring semester, and only freshmen were elected during the fall semester. "These issues were extensively discussed last year," SA Senator and senior […]

Reverend Laurie Tiberi was installed as the Protestant chaplain at the Interfaith Chapel last weekend. She started her new position on campus August 1."I was fortunate to get this position," Tiberi said. "I am thrilled to be back in western New York."In the winter of 2004, Tiberi began the application process for the position at […]

The annual International Education Week kicked off on Sunday, both at UR and across the country. International Education Week is a nation-wide event, according to International Student Advisor Stephanie Beetle. "The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education jointly declare a week as International Education Week, and campuses across the country are […]

President Seligman held his first town hall meeting for The College, an event he plans for every semester to stay in touch with students, faculty and staff. This event demonstrates his desire to immediately follow up on a promise he set down in his inaugural address - improve communication between administrators and students.Students need to […]

UR Security has improved its relationship with students, which allows them to feel safe on the River Campus. Despite the high crime rates adjacent to UR, security's aggressive tactics in dealing with off-campus tresspassers permits students to feel comfortable to socialize freely.From identifying a problem to implementing a solution, the process of resolving student security […]

Embryonic stem cells are now a very hot topic in research. They have the ability to turn into almost any other cell in the body once exposed to certain chemical triggers. Although your body no longer contains embryonic stem cells after birth, the injection of these cells into various parts of the body causes them […]

Since the pubescent age of 11, the one reality show that I watched religiously was "The Real World" on MTV. I remember getting in trouble in class because my friends and I were discussing how Ruthie from "Real World-New Orleans" had a twin. It was so entertaining to watch the true story of six or […]

Ever wondered why you find Jon Stewart so funny? Or why you are willing to listen to one of those 10-minute-long jokes about a priest, a rabi and hot air balloon just so you can hear the punch line? Well, according to William Calvin, a theoretical neurobiologist with an appointment to psychiatry and behavioral sciences […]

Jack, Sawyer, Kate, Locke, the French woman, the hatch and, of course, the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42. For some of you these names and words mean nothing, but for fans of a little television show called "Lost" - or as I like to call it "God's gift to ABC" - these […]

I know that this is probably wrong of me, but I can't help it - I am waiting for the next racial controversy on campus with bated breath.Every year I have been at UR, there has been some type of racial issue. My freshman year it was the Affirmative Action bake sale put on by […]