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By Darcy JohnsonWhile many people know that roughly 58,000 soldiers died in the Vietnam War, far fewer realize that about 51,000 women were killed in those same years by men who supposedly loved them. One program that attempts to publicize such tragedies is the Clothesline Project. Started in Massachusetts in 1990, the project now reaches […]

Coke vs. Pepsi. Who else thinks that this battle has gotten worn out? It's no longer about which tastes better. They hire rival pop singers to advertise and we end up buying whichever brand we find has the least offensive mascot. Here at school, it's not like we even have a choice - Pepsi products […]

Several times each week, many UR students gather around a table full of buzzers and battle to see who can answer the most questions correctly, quizzing each other in the Lovejoy Hall basement and taking their knowledge around the country to represent the university.These students are members of the school's Thelion Society, a name created […]

I am an H. To those of you who don't know what that means, my original UR e-mail address was sb009h, I was in the class of '02. I owed the school money and it took me a while to pay it back, but I've been hanging around all the while. When I was a […]

France has made international headlines for their plan to ban the wearing of overtly religious symbols, including headscarves, skullcaps and large crosses, in schools and other public places. While the ban is perfectly in line with the secularization sentiment dominant in much of Europe, what should be disconcerting is that this ban is an attempt […]

Hey. I am a straight man, but I don't mind receiving fellatio from presumably gay men. Some of my friends think that makes me gay or somewhat bisexual. I disagree. What do you think?~Straight ShooterDear Straight Shooter,Gay and straight are not exactly as clear-cut as nibble or suck. First, work on looking at the context […]

* Don't deny students their rightsThere have been countless nights that, when sitting around with a group of my friends, we have talked about what's wrong with this school. Almost always, somewhere in the pile of our complaints is an idea that could actually be beneficial for everyone on this campus. And I'll be honest, […]

There is something wrong with the very concept of intellectual property. To believe in the idea of intellectual property is to mistake the nature of information. Information, unlike physical material, has the ability to be reproduced ad infinitum at no cost. The only costs incurred by sharing so-called intellectual property is a loss of projected […]

Through the coordinated efforts of various student groups and academic departments, UR will soon be graced with an impressive array of speakers, including a number of presidential contenders. The Black Students' Union, the Department of Political Science, the College Diversity Round Table, the Office of Minority Student Affairs and the Frederick Douglass Institute have all […]

It is always difficult for freshmen to arrive at a school, away from home and all the comforts and friends they had before. A lot of time and effort is spent on making freshmen comfortable when they come to UR, and rightly so. Without feeling welcome, freshmen cannot achieve their potential.For this year's class, a […]