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Former Neo-Nazi warns against hate
Former Neo-Nazi TJ Leyden spoke on the topic of hate in Upper Strong Nov. 20.Leyden, who now works to discourage hate and prejudice, used his own experiences as evidence of the effect hate can have on a society. Leyden opened his talk with a timeline of how he became involved in the white separatist movement. […]
Campus Briefs
The Medical Emergency Responce Team will begin carrying two new potentially life saving medications as a result of funding from UR Security.The two medications - epinephrine auto-injector and albuterol nebulizers - will soon be offered by MERT. "If they meet certain criteria, these two drugs can save someone's life," junior and Public Relations Director of […]
Respected former Congressman dies at 81
Barber B. Conable, Jr., former distinguished professor and recipient of an honorary doctor of law from UR who served as a Republican member of Congress before heading the World Bank for five years, died Sunday of complications of a staph infection in Florida. The Wyoming County native was 81."Barber Conable was a distinguished member of […]
Student assaulted by two suspects
Two suspects have been arrested on felony assault charges in connection with an assault on an undergraduate with a knife before 1 a.m. on Nov. 22.Non-university affiliated suburban Monroe County residents James Kirchhoff, 20, and Ian Cavellier, 22, were taken in by Rochester Police Department officers and released on bail in the afternoon, according to […]
Security Update
An undergraduate was assaulted during an attempted robbery by three suspects as he was walking down Plymouth Avenue toward his off-campus residence around 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 26.The suspects approached him approximately 100 yards south of Brooks Avenue. One of them began punching him in the head and upper torso, according to UR Security Investigator […]
Maya Angelou inspires
Radiating her trademark warmth, poet Maya Angelou filled the Louis Alexander Palestra with words of inspiration on Tuesday night. Speaking to a crowd of 1,600 UR students, staff and community members, Angelou used her past experiences to impart a valuable life lesson."When it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore," she sang, "God […]
Winter Wonderland?
Two people walk through the snow beside Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls toward Hill Court, Tuesday night. There was a snow advisory for the Rochester area all day Tuesday and some areas got up to four inches of precipitation.
Put the cat back in the hat
He's irritating, he's destructive, his friends are poster children for Ritalin - and he's a marketing dream. His face can be slapped on everything from Swiffers to Kit Kats, and the painfully forced couplets that are invariably used in his commercials practically write themselves.He's the Cat in the Hat, bastardized and exploited by our friends […]
ARAMARKing my territory with free food
I had the unique opportunity last week to participate in a chef's competition hosted by ARAMARK in Douglass. For all of the uninitiated, ARAMARK is the company that provides you with your college meal plan, which is an invention that magically makes food more expensive. The newfound intimacy I share with ARAMARK dates back nearly […]
Cheers and Jeers
Another semester has gone by in our wintry city of Rochester. Some things have gotten better with time and some have just worsened. Here are a collection of our yearly cheers and jeers, where we give our shout-outs for the good and criticisms for the bad.Cheers to the upcoming renovations of the 19th Ward. It […]