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Hot tubs look to heat up UR
Unless you are a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity--home to the only hot tub on campus--you will be hard-pressed to spend time in a jacuzzi this frigid winter, that is if you choose to stay in your dorm for the 2003 hot tub party this Friday night presented by the 2006 Class Council.The […]
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Simon marketing rewarded
The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration recently won several major awards for excellence in the areas of marketing and communication. "We're proud and honored by these latest awards," Dean of the Simon School Mark Zupan said. "Winning the trifecta, as it were, is quite a coup for the school."The "2004-2006 Simon Management […]
SA Senate to ratify constitution
Members of the Students' Association Senate began verifying lists of signatures from students supporting the new SA constitution Feb. 8."The idea was that the signatures were due last Monday so that they could be counted by the next senate meeting," President of the Students' Association and senior Pete Nabozny said. "If we don't have enough […]
Security Update
On Feb. 4 between 8:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., an unidentified suspect stole a set of skis belonging to an undergraduate, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty. The skis were stolen from the female restroom on the first floor of Wilson Commons, according to UR Security.While speaking to an officer to file the report, […]
Red Sox Nation sweeps UR
Red Sox Director of Public Relations Glenn Geffner and radio announcer for the Red Sox Joe Castiglione joined Professor of English Curt Smith in presenting "Red Sox Nation" on Feb. 7. "We are really excited to be here," Castiglione said. "It's amazing seeing how many fans there are here in New York. Everyone was having […]
Rethink WinterFest
Class councils and the Campus Activities Board spearheaded the WinterFest Weekend 2005 last weekend. As a "community weekend," WinterFest Weekend is part of an ongoing plan to provide campus holidays and traditions that are open to the UR community. The desire to foster campus traditions is understandable, but these events should be evaluated carefully before […]
Abstinence-only fails
One of the many problems with injecting religious beliefs or organizations into government policy is that they often don't work. Forget the ethics of public money going toward matters of personal faith, the legality of trying to pretend the First Amendment doesn't apply "in this case," the wisdom of basing government policy on beliefs not […]
Consider the vegetarian way for Lent
Today is the second day of Lent, the Christian season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter. Many Christians give up something for this period such as chocolate, alcohol or fried foods. But the oldest fast for Lent is that of meat. Going vegetarian for Lent is an ancient idea, and many Christian Orthodox […]