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Due to technical difficulties arising during the last testing phases for the system, students will not be able to register online for spring semester classes until Monday of next week. The software used, supplied by TouchNet, is not functioning at maximum capacity, and was slow enough for the university to decide to delay the entire […]

Maya Angelou has rescheduled her sold out speech at UR due to a family emergency. She is now scheduled to speak on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. in the Palestra.Angelou postponed her appearance because her son Guy Johnson, 59, required emergency medical surgery on the West Coast. She wanted to be with him before […]

Over the summer, the Film and Media Studies Program moved their collection of movies and other media from the offices of the department itself, on the fourth floor of Rush Rhees Library, to the Multi-Media Center. The media items are now being added to the Voyager library catalogue and will appear as part of the […]

Distinguished linguistic anthropologist Dr. Elinor Ochs presented "Talking to Children and the Limits of Culture" last night in the Lander Auditorium.As a guest speaker for the 2003 Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture series titled "Becoming a Speaker of Culture," Ochs summarized her research on child development through linguistic and cultural interactions."My research has mainly concentrated on […]

Robert Boeckman, Jr., Professor of Chemistry and chair of the department, was recently named the Marshall D. Gates, Jr., Professor of Chemistry. The position was created to honor the groundbreaking research that Gates conducted during the 1940s and '50s."I feel very honored,"Boeckman said. "I think Gates was a giant in this field. To be named […]

Sophomore Betsy Shapiro reaches for an apple Sunday at Green Acre Fruit Farms on Latta Rd. At Green Acre customers can currently pick their own raspberries, pumpkins, and any of 25 different varieties of apples.

Hello:Imagine trying to justify the existence of the entire human race as you come face-to-face with the most terrifying creature you can imagine. This is what happens in my new satire, Smoke Break, which has just been released by Echelon Press.If you're interested in reviewing it, I can send a copy in pdf format. Here's […]

Visitors to the Naples Grape Festival on Sunday, September 28 lay down 25 cents for the chance to win a bottle of sparkling grape juice from Widmer's Wine Cellars, located in Naples. The festival marked the end of the grape harvest season in the Finger Lakes region.

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In four separate incidents on Oct. 5, security responded to reports of intoxicated students. Students were transported from Wilder Tower, Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls and Gilbert Hall to Strong Memorial Hospital, according to UR security.Two of the three underage students who were taken to Strong each reported drinking up to eight shots of vodka […]