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In response to concerns about severe acute respiratory syndrome, Provost Charles Phelps issued a memo on May 2 recommending that family members of graduating seniors traveling from countries that have been "defined as 'Travel Advisory' areas" by the World Health Organization not attend this weekend's commencement ceremony. Instead, Phelps recommended that families not attending commencement […]

Senior students from the Religion and Classics Department participated in a roundtable discussion with local and national journalists regarding a semester long study about how the media reports religion.President Thomas Jackson felt that the topic of religion was "undeniably critically important.""It is no accident that religion is in the first amendment of the Bill of […]

Myles Brand, current president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, will be one of the speakers sending the graduating class of 2003 off into the future at the commencement ceremony this weekend.Brand, a graduate philosophy student at UR who received his Ph. D. in 1967, will be accepting the Charles Force Hutchison and Marjorie Smith […]

1.Freshman housing implementedDespite undergraduate protests, freshman housing began in the 2001-2 academic year with the class housed in the Residential Quad. The decision came after the recommendation of Residential College Commission in the Spring of 1999 that all freshman be housed together in order to facilitate better programming and unify the class.Complaints followed that freshman […]

I have a friend who went to the hospital on D-Day after having too much to drink. This week, she received a notification from the university that she has to meet with various authorities to discuss her actions. It took some intelligent friends to realize she was in trouble, and take her to the hospital […]

An unfortunate event took place this D-day, an unidentified male became sufficiently inebriated as to display his lack of masculinity and screamed like a little sissy boy.Dandelion Day is, despite being a fantastic idea and usually enjoyed by all, not a national holiday. Thus national testing centers in such places as Iowa are likely unfamiliar […]

This year's Earth Day, which took place Tuesday, April 22 was celebrated by Women's Caucus who successfuly sold roses for a dollar to support the 34 Million Friends Campaign. Also, Grassroots is celebrating Earth Day by having a celebration with bands, games and info about the environment this Friday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. […]

Members of the newly founded UR Poker Club hold their first poker tournament in the Pit of Wilson Commons Wednesday night. They hope to apply for SA recognition next fall, and anyone who wants to partake in future poker night are welcome - look for signs around campus.

The Eastman School of Music is proud to announce a festival devoted to one of the leaders in electronic music and composition in the later half of the 20th Century. Luciano Berio's music will be performed, discussed, analyzed and honored starting on April 28 and lasting all week. A contemporary composer from Italy, Berio has […]

Looking for entertainment on Dandelion Day? Most students will find it staring right a keg. However, if you are looking for things to do that don't involve alcohol or if you just need something to occupy your time while you are in the midst of a drunken stupor, there are a number of activities on […]