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Campus Briefs: UR gets into full swing for Meliora
Student registration for Meliora Weekend celebration is now in full swing, with less than two weeks remaining until the event. Thousands of students, alumni and parents have already registered for speakers such as Bill Bradley and Bill Cosby. The events for the weekend are now open to the public. The newest attraction for the event […]
Heading outside together
The evening began with an address to congress by the President. In his historic speech he spoke of the new war that our nation is facing. This somber note began the benefit concert Thursday night at the Drama House. Hopes were high for the event, but what actually transpired was more powerful than anything we […]
Editorial Board: Getting Around
The City of Rochester began construction this week on the section of Kendrick Road between Lattimore Road and the Valentine Lot at the Graduate Living Center.Nobody can deny that the street can use the work ? some of the potholes in the street could be described as ?bone-jarring and shock-absorber-destroying.? While some other roads in […]
Fundraising exceeds expectations
Due to the overwhelming support shown by the UR academic community, efforts to raise $20,000 to help the victims of the recent terrorist attack in New York City were successful.Throughout the past week, a booth was set up in Wilson Commons where all could donate money to the cause. The endeavor was led by senior […]
UR?s rank drops
UR?s national rank slipped three spots this year to 36th in the United States according to assessment by U.S. News and World Reports.This year, UR received an overall score of 69 out of 100, down from 72 last year. The score is based on a combination of academic reputation, retention rate, faculty resources, student selectivity, […]
Lifehouse speaks out on their new tour
When the up-and-coming band Lifehouse stopped at UR last weekend, they sat down for an interview and spoke of their beginnings and took time out of their schedule to sit down and talk about their musical influences, being on the road and the overwhelming success of their current album. From the time Jason Wade picked […]
Amos covers on 'Girls'
If you look up the word ?unique? in the dictionary of popdom you?ll find a picture of Tori Amos, right next to Prince and Grace Jones. Artistically, Amos? flavor is like no other. She has a certain incomparable twist in style.It comes as a surprise, that Amos is releasing an album full of cover songs […]
Horoscope
Libra (Sept. 23?Oct . 22) ? Fall has always been your favorite season, and it?s easy to see why. You?re on the top of your game ? you?re motivated, organized and ready to take again. Keep it up all year.Scorpio (Oct. 23?Nov. 21) ? Scorpions, retract that stinger. Someone may be on your bad side […]
Ask Us: Are there really tunnels that connect the entire campus?
There is a myth circulating that there was once at UR a tunnel from the Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls to CLARC and it closed down because of a rape.Rob Rouzer, director of Wilson Commons and Student Activities, has set us straight. Rouzer admits to having heard the rumor and said the truth is that […]
Preaching the Southern gospel
First, I would like to dispel a few common myths. I do wear shoes everywhere I go. I don?t live on a farm. I don?t have sex with my siblings ? I don?t even have sex with my cousins. I don?t grow tobacco or marijuana. I have never appeared on an episode of Springer. And […]