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Dr. Steven Hahn, a UR graduate and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, won the 2004 Pulitzer prize for history for his work, "A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration," and he did not even know it."I found out when I got a call […]

The group Students for Social Justice argues that UR should join the Worker Rights Consortium or a similar group. They tried to take their message to President Thomas Jackson with a rally on Friday. And the Students' Association Senate discussed whether or not to endorse joining the group on Monday. The WRC is a non-profit […]

Following a divisive debate in the Students' Association Senate that led to a showdown between executive powers, the Government Restructuring Committee met on April 13. The committee finalized decisions, put the finishing touches on the new constitution that it has written and refined over the last several weeks and began collecting the approximately 1,200 signatures […]

A student's vehicle was stolen from the Wilson North Lot between 7 p.m. on April 7 and 4:45 p.m. on April 9. The vehicle was a Dodge Neon, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.The student first learned her car had been stolen when she received a call from the Rochester Police Department informing her […]

As a part of an institution that includes the legacy of Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Joseph Wilson, the University of Rochester has for generations held a deep and abiding commitment to a diverse and inclusive community. It is a part of what we are, and how we are defined. And that is as […]

Free expression is a crucial ingredient in any intellectual community. In many instances provocative action taken under the mantle of free expression is not only justifiable but justified. About those basics there is no dispute. But members of communities also understand that their expression - in speech or in various symbolic acts - has consequences. […]

Thanks to JacksonWe, the undersigned SA-recognized clubs, support President Jackson's recent decision to not pursue disciplinary action against the College Republicans for their "affirmative action bake sale." While we are disappointed by their misinterpretation of the issue of affirmative action and the insensitive nature of their protest, we recognize their right to political expression and […]

I'm really sick of this poor little white boy crap. By some biological fluke of chromosomes and through nothing done to merit it, you, as a white male, were handed an advantage in life. And you're complaining because there's Affirmative Action for people who've been abused and oppressed for centuries? Interesting how it's only a […]

UR is currently in the process of searching for a successor to President Jackson, who is set to retire in June 2005. A committee comprised of trustees and advisory committees of faculty and students has been formed to this end. As we have discussed before, we feel President Jackson's administration has been a successful one. […]

As letters, memos and e-mails circulate around campus reacting to the recent College Republicans' affirmative action bake sale, the Black Students' Union has responded by organizing a dialogue on the topic of affirmative action, inviting all SA groups to attend. This dialogue is only one of many recent and upcoming dialogues about issues of university-wide […]