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Special interest housing council meets
The newly formed Special Interest Housing Council had its first meeting Wednesday to discuss ways to improve recruitment and attract more students to get involved.Members of different special interest floors expressed their concerns about losing freshmen and having random persons on the floor to fill it up.Most floors miss the presence of freshmen. The Health […]
Bradley speaks to UR
The UR community was given the opportunity Saturday to listen to former Senator and former New York Knicks basketball player Bill Bradley discuss his ideas on recent events and where the country should go now.Bradley began his speech light-heartedly with a comment about speaking in the Palestra. ?Its not often I can speak in a […]
ACJC takes on a larger role
The Dean of Students office will now refer some of its disciplinary cases to the Students? Association All Campus Judicial Council thus increasing the caseload for the body. ?They are hearing more cases because of the peer education model where students have an impact on other students,? Associate Dean of Students Ken Rockensies said. ACJC […]
No changes in campus mail despite anthrax threat
UR Mail Services staff met with environmental safety officials Wednesday to review procedures relating to suspicious letters and packages.Despite recent anthrax infections in other parts of the country, Manager of University Mail Services Mark Goodrich said that he doesn?t think anthrax is a threat to UR. ?Most of us are really not very concerned about […]
News Briefs: Safe Zone opens up training
For the first time since its creation three years ago, Safe Zone is offering training to all students, not just to select groups. Training sessions will be held Oct. 22 through Oct. 26 in Wilson Commons.Safe Zone is a student run program that creates visible, safe places throughout campus for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender […]
Security Update: Student awakes to unknown substance
A female undergraduate student in Gilbert was awakened to the sound of a door slamming early in the morning Oct. 11. Shortly after, she heard the sound of something being sprayed into her room.She began experiencing a burning sensation in her throat and began having difficulty breathing. Security officers responding to the scene identified the […]
Minimal initial interest in upperclass councils
Unlike the freshman class, there will be no election to begin the formation of the new sophomore and junior class councils. After three separate interest meetings for both classes, there were only enough students to field executive committees for both councils.?We?re expecting [the sophomore and junior class councils] to start small with the sophomore and […]
Land of the intolerant free
I remember watching the news on Sept. 11 and being in total disbelief. I called everyone to make sure they were OK. Whether it was my cousin who lived near the Pentagon or my best friend in Boston, just to be sure.It didn?t occur to me that people have to point a finger.Labels were being […]
Editorial Board: Requiem
Special Interest Housing has begun its inexorable journey towards death. While we hope that our requiem is premature and our conclusions prove false, we do not believe that they will be if freshman housing continues to be implemented in the current manner. The strength and success of SIH was rooted in the annual influx of […]
Master key ring stolen from GLC
All locks in Valentine and deKiewiet towers were replaced after a master key ring was stolen from the service desk area in Valentine Monday.Rochester Management staff discovered at 3:30 p.m. Monday that someone had forcibly pried open a secured key box located in the service desk. A Resident Advisor going off duty had entered the […]