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After a strong showing at the UR Invitational, the women's track and field team traveled to Hamilton College to compete in the Hamilton Invitational last weekend. Although the meet was non-scoring, the women put together a number of excellent performances, including several first and second place finishes.Head coach Barbara Hartwig called it "a really great […]

In a few weeks the spring semester will be come to a close and most of us will be traveling home for the summer, whether that means going five minutes to the airport or five minutes down Route 490 to the suburbs. For athletes the summer is a time of hard training and rededication to […]

Graduation gowns seem so simple unless you pay attention. There are a multitude of colors and styles, each one with traditional meaning.The various gowns are decided by the level of the degree that the wearer has achieved.The bachelor's degree is the simplest gown. It is intended to be worn closed, is black - as all […]

The World Health Organization added Toronto to its list of "hot spots" for contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome Wednesday, following a 40 percent increase in SARS cases in the Toronto area over the last two weeks, according to Time Magazine. The Toronto area reported 136 probable cases as of Tuesday, according to the New York […]

Adding extra protection to UR's campus, student aides provide extra eyes and ears to security. From 8:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. - times of increased incidents of crime - student aides patrol the campus."Student aides help prevent theft and vandalism, and are usually the first ones on sight for any kind of emergency," aide and […]

Monday night the Students' Association Senate elected their speaker and deputy speaker for next year. Alex Voetsch, a current junior, will serve as speaker and sophomore Peter Nabozny will serve as deputy speaker."My main goal as a speaker is to establish close working relationships with other leaders on campus, such as the administration, the president […]

After a lengthy discussion over the future of the Hartnett Gallery, the Students' Association Senate voted to continue funding the Hartnett Gallery using the Students' Association Appropriations Committees budgeting advice for one year.There were, however, some stipulations. First, the Hartnett Gallery must vigorously pursue outside sources of funding, primarily from the administration. Also, the senate […]

Counsel at Nixon Peabody LLP and past Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Art Coleman presented "Diversity, Affirmative Action and the University of Michigan," Tuesday in Hubbell Auditorium.The lecture, sponsored by the College Diversity Round Table, focused on dissecting the specifics of the University of Michigan lawsuits […]

Even though their success could not be measured against their opponents this week as the Hamilton Invitational was a non-scored meet, the men's track and field team put together a stellar performance once again, as they continued their preparation for the postseason meets coming up in the next few weeks in what Coach John Izzo […]

Rick Moody, author of the award-winning book "Garden State" and "The Ice Storm," adapted into a major motion picture, spoke to a crowd of about 40 people in Lander Auditorium Wednesday.The author read four selections from several of his books, including the recent book, "Demonology."Saying that he had been drawing from lighthearted material too much, […]