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Junior Juan Rodriguez hangs from the Velcro wall at Saturday's Winter Carnival in Zornow Athletic Center. Those who attended the carnival enjoyed cotton candy, hot chocolate and play games such as "bouncy boxing."

Nearly four years after adopting the new Academic Honesty Policy, most faculty and students are satisfied with the current policy.Under the old Academic Honesty Policy, professors had to provide written evidence -- exams, papers, Internet sources -- of the student's violation to the College Board on Academic Honesty without attending the hearing, unless the professor […]

An article comparing modern universities to "airport malls" was distributed on campus just prior to Winter Break. The article, which appeared in the Fall 2000 issue of "Thought and Action," was written in that year by then UR doctoral candidate Daniel Moses."The goal of the top brass is clear-- to run the university like a […]

Biology professor Martin Gorovsky and postdoctoral fellow Kazufumi Mochizuki gained international recognition recently when their contribution to research on genetic development was recognized by the journal "Science" as the most significant scientific breakthrough of 2002."A string of recent discoveries indicates that a class of RNA molecules called small RNAs operate many of the cell's controls," […]

While watching the State of the Union Address two thoughts ran through my head -- first, I feel sorry for the Democrats, and second, I wonder if a system exists to give electric shocks to Congressmen who try to clap more than twice. Kidding aside, I thought it was a good speech that laid out […]

Contestants of the Miss Ao Dai Pageant perform a traditional Vietnamese dance during Saturday night's Lunar New Year's Celebration. The celebration was a joint venture of the Vietnamese Students Associations of both UR and RIT and was held in Strong Auditorium. Also among the evening's events were the Dragon Dance, a drag queen competition and […]

UR Public Relations is considering installing Webcams across the River Campus, an idea that has already been implemented at many schools across the nation. The installation of Webcams has been in the planning stage since the 2001-2002 school year, and the final details are presently in the works.Associate Vice President of Public Relations and leader […]

Senior nights revolve around alcohol. Regardless of whether students rushed the bus, regardless of whether students urinated on the bus and regardless of whether students were engaging in sexual acts while riding the bus, inappropriate actions took place. The bottom line is that alcohol is not an excuse for misconduct and that people need to […]

The recent concerns over security cameras have brought out some of the issues associated with monitoring students. Cameras that are intended to prevent our rights from being abused are somehow sources of worry or concern. The fact that we are being recorded by the school seems to indicate a mutual distrust. This new idea of […]

The lives we live are rife with irony.Sometimes it's irony mixed in with a little bit of hypocrisy, and sometimes it's a sudden realization that we have taken so much for granted.September 11 is a great example of our apathy.For so long we had ignored patriotism, derided the military and stood apart from the world.After […]