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Ansel Adams
In regard to last week's article "Adams' photography highlights nature's finest," George Eastman died in 1932 and Ansel Adams was commissioned to take photographs for the University in 1952.
Pub promised in Wilson Commons
After nearly four years of resolutions, promises and problems, John LaBoda, president of the Students? Association, announced, ?we are going to have a pub here on this campus around the start of next semester.? The announcement came at the conclusion of the 152nd Convocation ceremony last Friday.The pub will be on the third floor of […]
Strong gathers blood for victims
by Dan BockCampus Times StaffAlmost as soon as the Boeing 767s hit the twin towers at the World Trade Center Tuesday morning, members of the UR community were lining up to donate blood to help the victims of the tragedies.Although there was no estimate of the combined death toll from the plane crashes in New […]
Wasington D.C.'s heart hit by attack, but 'life goes on'
by Susana SchroederCampus Times StaffSusana Schroeder is a junior serving on the ?Semester in Washington? program as an intern in Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)?s office.I awoke Wednesday morning to the sounds of many helicopters flying overhead. As an intern on Capitol Hill, I believed my time in Washington D.C. would be highly productive and exciting. […]
50 freshman triples on quad
The Residential Quad is overcrowded ? there are 150 freshmen living in triple rooms. Currently, there are 50 rooms of triples compared to the 10 ? 15 triple rooms last year.The total enrollment for the Class of 2005 is 999 students, of which 989 are being housed on the Residential Quad. The quad is designed […]
Music with way more mojo than Mozart
by Kevin MayRecently, I was hanging out at a party on River Campus with a bunch of my friends. During a Dr. Dre number, we were approached by a bewildered-looking fraternity member. The fraternity guy who introduced himself said that he?d noticed us dancing ? we stick out like Fred Durst at a Yanni concert. […]
Eastman students deal with tragedy, plan action
by Jennifer WeissCampus Times StaffA lot more than music was being discussed in Kathy Robinson?s and Louis Bergonzi?s introductory Music Education course yesterday.Instead of going over the ?music circles? diagrams that each student was supposed to have prepared for the class, the group arranged itself in a circle and began to talk about the tragedy […]
Class of 2005 sets new academic mark
by Todd Hildebrandt Campus Times StaffEven before they moved into the Freshman Quad, the Class of 2005 was already setting records here at UR. Continuing a recent trend since the implementation of the Renaissance Plan, this year?s freshmen class has a better academic record than any that entered before it, scoring an average of 10 […]
America terrorized
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON ? In an unparalleled assault, airplanes struck targets in New York and Washington, D.C. Tuesday, causing widespread damage and panic as explosions leveled New York?s World Trade Center towers and part of the Pentagon, near Washington.Fifteen thousand people were estimated to be inside the World Trade Center when the first plane hit. Two […]
Campus Briefs
Area code to change in NovemberThe current 716 area code will be split in half Nov. 15 to accommodate the growing demand for telephone numbers in the area. The Rochester area code will be changed to 585 while the Buffalo area code will remain 716. There will be no change in what is considered a […]