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The Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership is looking for nominations for the 2002 Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given annually to a woman affiliated with UR who has demonstrated strong leadership qualities, personal and professional success and has served as a role model for other women.Those eligible for the […]
Security Update
A graduate student reported to UR Security that a laptop computer he was renting from the Simon School was stolen from the circulation desk area of Rush Rhees Library Saturday afternoon.The laptop, valued at over $1,300, was stolen when the student momentarily left the computer unattended, Security Investigator Dan Lafferty said.A report was filed with […]
Saving the expansive wilderness of southern Utah
The desert in southern Utah is like no other place. It engulfs. Transforms. Displaces. The sweet smell of sage permeates the air. My eyes follow along the edge of the mountain where the sky kisses the tops of the pinion pines and juniper trees 5,000 feet from where I stand.The canyon wren is the first […]
Editorial Observer
Most of us have been affected by car accidents ? many of us have been involved in accidents or known someone who got in one.I can only hope that the people who get in a car crash come out unharmed and are able to move past it. However, many times this is not the case. […]
Editorial Comic
Small Pox Study
Interpreting God's will without consulting him
God has definitely had his hands full lately. The supreme being, in all of his multiple personalities, has had to deal with some pretty serious role conflicts. According to a few million devout people, God recently decided that Judeo-Christian influence had gotten a little out of hand on Earth and that several thousand civilians residing […]
Inalienable Rights
The government of this country, in its effort to seek revenge under any circumstance, is violating the inalienable rights of the people living in, or visiting, the United States. The recent government proposals include an identification card for non-citizens in the United States on student visas. These cards would have biometric information on them and […]
Light It Up
We would like to commend the Students' Association Senate and the Projects Committee for resuming the tradition of the Walk for Light after a one-year hiatus last year.The Walk for Light was started over 20 years ago by students, faculty and staff concerned with the lack of lighting on campus at night.This is an important […]
Spending Halloween roaming a dark cemetery
For most, Halloween is a time of mirth and joy, of ghouls and ghosts, of childish pranks and smashed pumpkins. For me, this Halloween was a time of broken hopes and shattered dreams.We started off the evening with several pints of beer at the Distillery, but a severe lack of parties hindered our nighttime plans.What […]
WRUR presents free concert of four student bands
UR Concerts and WRUR 88.5 FM presented a free concert featuring student bands Dictators and Fools, Who is Johnny Flavorjeans, Building on Fire, DeltaForce23, and Garrison on Friday, Nov. 9. While the show was free, it was sparsely attended at first, but was later packed once Johnny Flavorjeans took the stage. After this band, the […]