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I thought I'd make this a little easier on all of you so maybe for once you could get into a discussion on something that is actually important to the student body. No need to waste time impeaching me because I resign.I ran for senate mostly because I knew I would win and I figured […]

Officials evacuated the 13-story Goler Dormitory on Crittenden Boulevard Tuesday as a fire developed in an interior first-floor dumpster, the Democrat and Chronicle reports. The paper reports that the fire sent smoke into many of the building's floors. Three people needed treatment for non-life threatening smoke inhalation.The building's sprinkler system reportedly suppressed the fire. Lt. […]

Unidentified suspects mugged a university staff member Thursday as she walked along the river path in Genesee Valley Park. The victim was returning to the university around 1:00 p.m. when three suspects stepped in front of her and revealed a knife. "[He] told the victim she was going to give them all she had. The […]

Thanksgiving break ? a welcome relief for fatigued students ? officially starts at noon on Nov. 27, though many students are opting to leave early and some classes have cancelled regularly scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday meetings.Many students are opting to head home for the break and spend the holiday with their families. "I'm going home […]

When New York State changed its teaching certification standards recently, the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development adapted to accommodate the changes.The Warner School, which enrolls about 400 full and part-time students, no longer offers an initial certificate ?formerly called a provisional certificate ? at the undergraduate level."The difference now is that […]

Pilot Richard Coleman of Ogden, N.Y. was killed when he crashed his single-engine Cessna 210-L in a field between UR's Graduate Living Center and the Strong Medical Center parking lot at 5:37 p.m. last Thursday.Avoiding the Medical Center and streets during rush hour traffic, Coleman attempted to land his plane on a narrow strip of […]

Students in Professor Jack Kampmeier's organic chemistry class must grapple with questions like, "When one of the stereoisomeric ethylene dicarboxylic acids is reacted with Cl2/H2O, the corresponding chlorohydrin is formed with the stereochemistry as shown below [in a diagram]. Give the correct stereochemistry for the starting ethylene dicarboxylic acids?" In recent years, a complex question […]

An energetic audience converged at a nearly sold out Eastman Theatre to see radio personality Paul Harvey speak last Thursday evening. Known for his bravery as a broadcaster, Harvey spoke about taking courage despite the negativity and struggle that shrouds America today."This event has been anticipated for so many years," WHAM 1180 broadcaster Beth Adams […]

Are you a store of useless knowledge? So is the Thelion Society, also known as UR's quiz bowl club."The Thelion Society emerged from a broader interest in many types of quiz bowl competitions," adviser and coordinator of the Thelion Society Brenda Myrthil said.Quiz bowl is a competition where teams compete to see who has a […]

A series of comics recently published in the Campus Times is causing controversy at UR and in the Rochester community. The cartoons in question, drawn by juniors Chuck Zhang and Brendan Woodcock, have led to accusations of racism."I can see the KKK running [the cartoon by Woodcock] but not a normal newspaper," stock service worker […]