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Letters to the Editor
The beginning of the school year signals the opening of a new chapter. A chapter of infinite possibilities, new challenges and amazing discoveries. New ideas will emerge, complimenting or supplanting the old ones. Situations will arise to test the character and strength of the individual, as well as their faith and will to preserve.Bearing this […]
Looking forward…
For virtually all of us, September 11, 2001, changed our lives and our view of the future in profound ways ? ways we are still learning. It shattered a sense of safety, at least on our shores, that the collapse of the Soviet Union had ushered in only a short time before. And it made […]
Carry on by always remember those we lost
The passage of time heals all wounds, however, we cannot allow ourselves to forget those who perished and the suffering of their families. We as a nation are duty bound to honor the memories of these people and the families who lost their loved ones. In less than a year, people are already forgetting the […]
Student apathy caused by lowered expectations
To start off the year, I'd like to say I'm happy with where I am. Hooray for UR. But I'd like to highlight something that I sense to be an issue of great concern for many students last fall and spring, and something that I've already heard mentioned this semester ? UR students are apathetic.I […]
A walk in Spain
I first heard about the Camino de Santiago, a medieval pilgrimage route across Spain, from friends in Paris. I had spent the last five months living as a faux expatriate writer, spending so much time in front of a computer screen that I felt as if my life revolved around it.Living in Paris had only […]
Not so much a Hallmark moment…
A new line of greeting, or shall we say "dismissal," cards has hit the UR Bookstore. Tommy Russling, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business student and UR men's tennis assistant coach, launched his card business a little over one year ago. Russling sees the greeting card business as a weird American fascination. "You can […]
UR Wireless
Imagine taking off your shoes and feeling the grass between your feet while researching a paper. UR is working hard to make that a reality. The UR Wireless initiative is a system that has the potential to benefit most, if not all, of the undergraduate population of this campus.Wireless networking on the River Campus will […]
Editorial Comic
Editorial Comic
Security snatches unlocked bikes from around campus
Students around campus may have been surprised last week when they returned to their bicycles to find, either a yellow notice tagged to their bike, or their bicycle not there at all. On Sept. 4, security officers made the rounds of the River Campus and placed yellow notices on all bicycles without a U-lock recommending […]
ITS introduces wireless access
Randolf Smuntz in "Mouse Hunt" said, "a world without string is chaos." Whether this phrase will hold true or not, only time will tell as Information Technology Services begins the first phase of its five year plan to make the River Campus wireless.The entire River Campus should be accessible via wireless technology by students and […]