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Marvin Gaye once sang in his song "Change," "Change is what you can, what you can't, leave it alone, have the sense to know the difference between the two."With those words in mind, interesting thoughts began to resonate. I thought about the things and events in everyday life that are changeable, those that are not […]

UR Professor of Religion and Chair of the Religion and Classics Department Emil Homerin presented his lecture on common misperceptions of Islam and solutions to this entitled "Translating Islam" at 5 p.m. on Wednesday as a part of the River Campus Libraries Neilly Series. "Americans are threatened by images of Islam and associate it with […]

It appears that another Students' Association Senate election is headed to the All-Campus Judicial Council for a decision on whether the election and its rules were carried out correctly this week. ACJC's decision -- tentatively scheduled to be made on Sunday evening -- could change the results of the At-Large and Class of 2004 elections […]

To be a minority is to suffer through small indignities every day.Discrimination comes in various forms. The most identifiable forms -- racial slurs, jokes, etc. -- are often discussed. Less frequently discussed is "friendly" discrimination that underlies seemingly friendly comments or questions.Being Asian, blending into Caucasian America is hard purely on a physical basis. It […]

March is Women's History Month and the men and women of Women's Caucus are making sure it is thoroughly celebrated.As March approaches, Women's Caucus already has two campaigns underway. One, the Never Go Back campaign, has been launched to prevent the Roe vs. Wade decision made in the '70s from being overturned. This project and […]

Last year, colleges and universities nationwide felt the effects of the slow economy as endowments turned in poor performance and on-campus recruiting by employers dropped significantly. Yet as even the wealthiest schools plan budget cuts, UR remains confident of its financial footing."The general conditions are tough in the economy. This is a change in the […]

The Students' Association government is discussing plans to raise the student activities fee for next year. Increased budgets from student groups have caused the SA to propose the fee increase from the current $185 to a yet undisclosed amount.Preliminary budgets have been submitted, and after the final budgets are received on March 4, the Students' […]

Students are still awaiting the completion of the Rochester Fast Ferry, which will link the ports of Rochester and Toronto. This project, which is expected to start service in May 2004, may provide students with better opportunities for travel to Toronto and the rest of Canada.The initial service date for the Rochester Fast Ferry was […]

It can be hard for freshmen to meet upperclassmen, but for 21 years there has been a community of students working to change that. The InterClass Living Center has evolved over the years, but its mission of integrating the class years has been maintained since the program's inception. Now the group, which occupies about half […]

Results of UR's HIV vaccine trials were released Monday, revealing the effectiveness of the third phase of a recent study. Although the vaccine proved to be generally ineffective in producing antibodies to fight the virus, it was somewhat more effective for black and Asian volunteers."The vaccine provided fairly robust protection in African-Americans," the Principal Investigator […]