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With the election four days away, many students seem ready to make their opinions known regarding the presidential race. As the Harvard Institute of Politics noted in their Oct. 17 survey of more than 1,200 undergraduates across the country, a growing number of college students favor Senator John Kerry over incumbent President George W. Bush […]

Green Party, David CobbDavid CobbGreen Partyhttp://www.gp.org/Abortion - Women's rights must be protected and expanded to guarantee each woman's right as a full participant in society, free from sexual harassment, job discrimination or interference in the intensely personal choice about whether to have a child.Women's right to control their bodies is non-negotiable. It is essential that […]

College students face many obstacles when trying to cast their ballot, as UR graduate Miriam Grill-Abramowitz found in her Political Science honors project. "Young people in America are less likely to vote than their older counterparts," Grill-Abramowitz said. Students, especially, face a number of unique challenges at the polls and during the registration process. Those […]

Theta Chi Fraternity and Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority held a joint charity dodge ball tournament on Oct. 24 to raise money to help fund care for children with cancer. Thirteen teams of six people each participated in the round-robin tournament. The two teams with the best record went on to play for the championship. The […]

UR Security officers, students and administrators came together to improve the security of the campus in the Walk for Light on Tuesday night. "I really do feel comfortable with what we've helped," sophomore Abha Dhakal said. As chair of the Students' Association Senate Projects and Services Committee, Dhakal helped organize the walk and get members […]

UR has been using cameras for security purposes since 1996 to improve Security services, but there is now a wide variation in the use and importance of cameras watching students. UR Security has been adding cameras steadily, focusing this year on outlying parking lots and the Medical Center, with eight new cameras in Park Lot, […]

Senate creates consolidation committeeThe Students' Association Senate voted 11 to six with one abstention Monday night to create a Group Consolidation Committee to be led by senior and Cabinet member Patrick Brennan. This committee was created due to the growing concern about the number of student groups on campus and their corresponding strain on advising […]

Residents of the Delta Upsilon fraternity house notified Security that people were trying to break into their house at 4 a.m. on Oct. 24.According to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty, the suspects first tried to enter through a first floor window but failed. The suspects then pulled down an archway from the house and ripped […]

I really enjoyed the piece by Sandeep Madhur ("Redeeming our school's value"--10/21/04).As a UR alum living in the midwest, I get a lot of blank looks when I tell people I went to Rochester or one of the following responses:1. "RIT is a great school. You should be proud."2. "Isn't that SUNY school? My cousin […]

I am one who represents the philosophy of many women who, if they had read Jim Mack's article on feminism, would applaud his courage and boldness. Every response I have read to his article is wrought with insensible jargon and lack of reason, especially comments from the so-called self-wise. I come from an environment and […]