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You've probably noticed something different between your favorite "Must See TV" shows over the past couple of weeks. Ominous music. Greyed out screens. Aggressive negative attacks. Election Day is coming and we're getting our yearly dosage of negative political campaigning.Nowadays, people think of politicians as slimy, heartless, money-grubbing crooks. The spurt of negative attack ads […]

ResNet started a more aggressive approach in a campaign to stop file sharing by students at UR. This tactic includes the limitation of upload bandwidth of files sent from an individual's computer, and there are potential penalties for those who abuse the fast network speeds. The goals of the policy are reasonable, and can be […]

You may have noticed the "UR Carn" posters circulating the campus, mocking the UR Vegetarians' own campaign. I must admit, with no disrespect to the vegetarians, that I laughed. But then I looked closer. "You should listen to us because we are a poster telling you how to live your life," read the poster. Behind […]

There is a saying that goes, "everybody needs somebody to lean on." This statement implies that we all need someone that we can depend on, the go-to person in times of need. Someone who understands you, and is not out to get you or to take advantage of you. Someone who is really sincere to […]

I have some beef with the UR Veg. Let me start off by saying that I am a vegetarian and fully support the noble goals of the UR Veg group. What is unsettling, however, is their militant pursuit of their objectives.While studies have shown that converting to vegetarianism can lead to a nutritionally healthy lifestyle, […]

The university recently announced the receipt of a $5 million gift to be used as part of a $15 million plan to renovate Rush Rhees Library. While I applaud any effort seeking to improve the River Campus, there are areas of UR more urgently needing this capital ? particularly our student services and student union […]

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"Instead of gun control we should have bullet control. If each bullet cost five thousand dollars, people would think twice before they shoot someone!" said Chris Rock in one of his stand-up acts.In some ways, Chris Rock is right.Our founding fathers wrote in the second amendment, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security […]

Reconciliation was the topic for the address given by Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel on Wednesday night to a sold-out audience in Strong Auditorium. The event, sponsored by Outside Speakers Committee, Hillel and UR gave students, alumni and Rochester community members an opportunity to intimately view a figure reputed in issues ranging from the […]

A team of UR researchers and Xerox workers announced in September that they have created a new technique, coined "reversible data hiding" which will allow for authentication of images in seconds."I think this research project has been extremely productive," Xerox researcher Gaurav Sharma said.In a world where authenticity is of the highest value, researchers hope […]