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American over-consumption is not the solution
"The Best Things in Life Aren't Things," reads a common bumper sticker in my home town of Hanover, NH, a semi-rural college town at the foot of the White Mountains. From the saddle of my commuting bike my response is always, "Amen to that." The first time I saw one of these bumper stickers was […]
Share the wealth
Historically, Alumni Weekend and Parent Weekend have been a wonderful time for student groups to raise funds. It is one of the few times a large number of members of the UR community return to campus. These people may have fond memories of their days here, especially for the student groups they were a part […]
Rhees revamped
Unquestionably, Rush Rhees Library is a precious resource for many UR students, and the forthcoming improvements will only serve to increase the utility and attractiveness of the campus' most recognizable landmark. Located at the far end of the academic quad, the library is the symbolic focal point of intellectual life at UR. It's dramatic presence […]
Letters to the Editor
Going to war has a lot of consequences, both positive and negative. Making money for the country waging the war is not one of them. The U.S. military spent $79 billion ? about $274 per American ? to fight the Gulf War, according to Michael He's column in the Oct. 17 issue of the Campus […]
Media focus narrow, shallow
What happened to Elizabeth Smart? Who killed Chandra Levy? Are forest fires still raging in Colorado? Today there's no mention of them anywhere in news media. These dramatic tales have no resolution.Recently the coverage of national news has decayed into full-time coverage of only the single most recent, dramatic issue. The reason we don't know […]
Lying by omission
On Oct. 4, North Korea admitted a nuclear weapons program and other weapons development programs admitted to the U.S. government. On Oct. 16, the American people were told. There are two major problems with these facts.First, the difference of almost two weeks time between the discovery of North Korea's aims on nuclear capability and the […]
UR plans on creating new building
The Biomedical Engineering Department in connection with the Optics Institute have announced plans to create a new BME/Optics Building. Since its creation in the 1960s, the BME field has seen a growth in student interest in BME majors as well as an increase in expert faculty. This growth has created a demand for new facilities, […]
Editorial Comic
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Professor wins at Jeopardy
Research Assistant Professor at UR Medical Center Timothy Mhyre proved his trivia skills with a lucrative win on Jeopardy this May. Mhyre won his first game with a total of $8,999. He came in second in his second game and received a $2,000 consolation prize."At first you're nervous, but then you get into your zone," […]
UR vegetarians raise awareness
"Meat is murder," according to posters on campus, and it is the mission of UR Veg, a vegetarian support group on campus to let everyone know how vegetarians feel about animals. UR Veg, who meet alternating Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in Room 122 of Wilson Commons, have started an ad campaign with two […]