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Theta Delta Chi attempts to recharter
Theta Delta Chi, the fraternity banned for 10 years in 1988 from UR after the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old off-campus student, is in the process of re-colonizing at UR. The group presented their argument for recognition Tuesday night to the Fraternity President's Council, who will make a decision next week on whether to […]
Rob Rouzer leaves UR
Director of Student Activities and Wilson Commons Rob Rouzer is leaving the university at the end of March after 34 years of service to take a job as the Director of the Campus Unions at the University of Illinois-Chicago. "UIC is very fortunate to have Rob join the Auxillary Services Management Team," the Associate Vice […]
Chinese New Year celebrated until Feb. 27
Chinese New Year is traditionally a time for family, but UR students are finding ways to celebrate on campus.The Chinese New Year began on Feb. 12, 2002, which is the first day in the Year of the Horse. According to the Chinese calendar, it is year 4699. Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon […]
Pride Network fights intolerance
Administration and student groups are working together in response to recent acts of intolerance on the UR campus.The Dean of Students Office released a letter that reported recent incidents of intolerance and promoted "respect for all persons" and the Pride Network painted a banner to hang in Wilson Commons. These actions were taken after homophobic […]
RAs react to freshman housing
Freshmen aren't the only people living on the Residential Quad. About 100 support staff live there too ? the resident advisers and D'Lions who watched their halls bond, answered endless questions, wrote up noise reports each weekend and witnessed the college initiation of their approximately 30 residents. Six months into the implementation of freshman housing, […]
Dramadan's three performances impress
This weekend's Dramadan features three one-act plays that jump from funny to tragic to surreal back to funny ? several times in the space of an hour and a half.Senior John Zimmerman's "One Man and Another" is an intense, intelligent monologue by a shrewd but self-deluded homeless man. It asks what homeless people owe to […]
Oh No! More skating controversy in Utah
Just as the curtain was falling on one skating controversy at the Winter Olympics, another rose to take its place ? and this one hit closer to home.One day after it was announced that Canadian figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier would receive gold medals of their own, U.S. short track speedskater Apolo Anton […]
Discovering roots and adpating to a new culture
At the turn of the century, my great-grandparents left Italy in order to establish themselves in America. They were trying desperately to find their place in the New World. They helped to create a lifestyle that I am thankful to live by today. Now here I am, 100 years later, trying to find my place […]
UR wins first league road game
Coming off of a disappointing loss Friday to Case Western Reserve University, the women's basketball team bounced back against Emory University Sunday, clinching its first conference road victory with a score of 65-52."The [Emory] victory was very important to us," head coach Jim Scheible said. "We played very well down the stretch of the game […]
From the Pressbox
There comes a time for every athlete when his or her body is no longer able to do what it used to. When that time arrives, the athlete should look back on past successes and leave the sport before creating too many present disappointments.When Mario Lemieux returned from a three-year layoff last season, his presence […]