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In an attempt to ease the "brain drain" of college undergraduates leaving the Rochester area, local businesspeople have devised a marketing competition to try to make the city more appealing to students. The competition, called Retain the Brains, will be between teams of one to five undergraduates from area colleges, including SUNY Brockport and SUNY […]

UR's radio station, WRUR, was recently revitalized by new shows and advanced technical equipment. Through its partnership with WXXI, the station receives technical assistance and upgraded equipment in exchange for broadcasting nationally syndicated shows "All Things Considered" in the afternoon and "Morning Edition" during drive time. WRUR Chief Engineer and junior Steve Carlton and WRUR […]

UR is currently undergoing talks with the Rochester Geneseo Rochester Transportation Authority about modifying existing transportation services to better serve the needs of the UR community. These changes could potentially have a huge impact on the accessibility of the city to the university community. UR and those involved in these talks should be praised for […]

Last week as I perused our beloved campus tabloid, its musings and opinions evoked in me a veritable rainbow of thoughts and emotions. The content of the Campus Times, like many complaints which ripple across campus, induced at first agreement, then frustration and finally inspiration. From grievances about a political environment rife with apathy to […]

When is a debate not a debate? That was all I could think of as I left the discussion of "The Passion" this past Thursday night. If you missed it, there was a panel discussion led by Dean Green on "Jesus, The Passion and History" held at the Interfaith Chapel. This was a perfect discussion […]

This Friday, the Class of 2006 Council is sponsoring a bus trip to Canada, leaving at 7 p.m. that night and returning around 3:30 a.m. The price of this trip is only $1. Last semester, over fall break, a day-long trip to Toronto was sponsored by the Campus Activities Board with a slightly higher, but […]

Washington - Late Wednesday. While answering questions about his newly proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit gay marriages, President Bush was caught off-guard by some pointed inquiries raised by a reporter. Early reports indicate that the reporter, whose name and affiliation were never revealed, began his interrogation by posing to the president the seemingly innocuous […]

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader spoke to a sold-out crowd of students, faculty, staff and community members in Strong Auditorium on March 24. Before the speech, student expectations were high. "I respect him a lot, and I came here to see what he had to say," senior Tom Breene said. "I'm looking to see how […]

A panel discussion addressing Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ" and its relationship to the Passion Narratives of the New Testament was held at the Interfaith Chapel on March 18. The Beaven Lecture, "Jesus, The Passion, & History," examined the issues that have ignited emotions and debate, particularly the historical accuracy of […]

For the recording companies that suffer from illegal downloading and Internet swapping of copyrighted music, a company called Audible Magic offers a way to save revenues in the near future.Audible Magic's development of a new technology, which detects and blocks illegal downloading of copyrighted music in networks or peer-to-peer file-sharing software programs like KaZaA, will […]