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2005 Class Council sponsors free tickets to campus porn

Freshmen had the opportunity to see the campus porn free two weekends ago. As part of a new program to encourage freshmen to see UR Cinema Group movies, the 2005 Class Council began giving away free tickets to certain movies ? including Friday's "Royal Tenenbaums" and Saturday's porn, "Thighs Wide Open.""The program is an opportunity […]

More graffiti found

Acts of intolerance on campus continued when two separate incidents were reported last week.On Friday morning, Residential Life Facilities staff found graffiti on the walls on the second floor of Gilbert Hall. The writings were homophobic in nature and one stated, "U of R is gayer than gay."The second incident occurred on Tuesday in a […]

Debate team wins JV championship

Christy Webster and John Vermitsky won the Junior Varsity National Championship to cap off an excellent weekend for the entire team.The highly-seeded Debate Union traveled to Towson University in Maryland this weekend to participate in the Novice and Junior Varsity National Championships. UR accounted for 8 of the top 32 novice pairs nationally and 9 […]

Committee formed to fix UR calendar

UR has formed a committee known as the "Rhythms, Cycles and Themes Committee," to analyze the school calendar in hopes of making recommendations as to how it can be improved. The committee, composed of staff and students, is examining all "academic, co-curricular and social/cultural" events on campus to look for patterns in the schedule and […]

Sororities contribute to off-campus community

UR sororities are firmly dedicated to a multitude of community service projects. In addition to miscellaneous minor projects, each sorority has at least one cause to which all their chapters are dedicated nationwide. Almost all sororities require mandatory participation in philanthropic activities from their members."Collectively, [UR sorority chapters] give about 2,500 hours of hands-on community […]

Pack the stands

Congratulations to the men's basketball team on their fifth trip in history to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Div. III Tournament. This is a huge accomplishment, and those people who have worked hard on this season should be proud that they have earned a spot as one of the best 16 teams out of […]

Privacy invaded

We at the Campus Times produce a paper each week, secure in the knowledge that we are able to express ideas and opinions without having our privacy violated. Recently, students of Whittier College did not find themselves as lucky.On Thursday, Feb. 21, an electronic eavesdropping device was found in their student newspaper office. This is […]

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Personality reigns in changed world of news

Satellite dishes rush around the screen to reveal "News Alert" in big block letters. My heart rate picks up. The possibilities rush through my head ? plane crash, war development, another Cheney heart attack? But wait, what's this? Nothing has changed in the past few hours. No news is breaking. All that has changed is […]

Letter to the Editor

Everybody should take responsiblityAs we all know, lately there has been a noticeable increase of hate signs on our campus. From your own headlines which read, "Pride Network fight intolerance," "Personalized hate," "I got my pride ? no one can take it away," to educational articles about the Chinese New Year and the Pan African […]