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(U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA ? Concern among international students and higher education officials erupted once again Monday when President Bush announced that the White House would be involved in the crackdown on visas and immigration policies following last month's terrorist attacks. Ever since Immigration and Naturalization Service officials announced that two of the suspected Sept. 11 hijackers […]

Friday, Nov. 2, the Hirst Lounge in Wilson Commons will be turned into a fair on sexual knowledge. The Pleasure Party will be held between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.A group from the "Peer Health Advocacy" class, HLS 216 is holding the fair to raise awareness of safe sex. The fair is also meant to […]

A new piano course this year, PCL 111, is being offered at the Eastman School of Music. This class is targeted towards any River Campus student who is interested in learning about the piano, but has had no previous training on the instrument.PCL 111 instruction will begin with basic piano and music theory concepts. The […]

Three cases were heard by the College Academic Honesty Board at the end of the spring 2001 semester without the presence of an undergraduate student, breaking the rules set forth by the 2000-2001 Handbook of Student Discipline.The handbook specifies that a hearing board for cases involving academy honesty are to be comprised of three faculty […]

(U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. ? Students from high schools with no Advanced Placement classes are traditionally disadvantaged in University of California admissions. With no AP classes, these students are unable to take the courses that offer them a chance at higher weighted GPAs and more challenging courseloads. But this disadvantage may disappear if UC chooses to […]

Fifty students filled the Friel lounge in Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls Monday as University Vice President, General Secretary and Special Adviser to the President Paul Burgett kicked off the "Food for thought" lecture series.The series is sponsored by the SBA Resident Advisers. "We plan on having one lecture a month from October to May, […]

Dean of Students at The College Mary-Beth Cooper is leaving UR Dec. 3 to become Vice President of Student Affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The announcement was issued Wednesday afternoon in a press release by RIT President Albert Simone. UR officials learned of Cooper's final decision Tuesday morning."Dr. Cooper brings a passion, vitality, […]

As a UHS health educator and the coordinator of the orientation program on alcohol, I want to thank Lewis Powell for his feedback (CT, 9/30). The "Alcohol 101" CD-ROM program is one of the modalities I use for alcohol education because it's been so enthusiastically received by students in the past. Students comment that the […]

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