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University loses money on Everclear concert
Despite Everclear?s national recognition, the Louis Alexander Palestra did not fill to capacity on Thursday?s concert, in spite of predictions that the concert would sell out. ?The show did not sell out.We had about 100 tickets left, which was okay,? Associate Director of Student Activities Ann-Marie Algier said. ?Whenever we do surveys, students say that […]
All suites can be coed next year
The university has lifted the ban on coed occupants for suites that contain double rooms, the Office of Residential Life announced at Monday night?s Students? Association Senate meeting.While that decision will open more coed options to upperclassmen, next year?s freshmen will find that only the third floors of Burton and Crosby Halls will remain single-sex.Six-person […]
Homophobic slur painted in Quad tunnel
Responding to the words ?Phase phags? painted on a tunnel wall last Thursday, members of GLBFA said they repainted the tunnel that connects Bausch & Lomb and Lattimore Halls in an effort to raise awareness.It is unknown who painted the phrase. The tunnel had last been painted by the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.?Our goal was […]
Students' political interest lowest ever
(U-WIRE) ST. LOUIS, Mo. ? In its annual survey of college freshmen, the Higher Education Research Institute announced the percentage of students concerned with political issues had reached an all-time low.HERI?s survey indicated that only 28.1 percent of students entering college had an interest in ?keeping up to date with political affairs.? Researchers noted that […]
News Briefs: ADITI raises funds to help quake victims
The Association for Development and Interest in the Indian Subcontinent, along with multicultural sorority Sigma Psi Zeta, so far has collected $1,300 to help earthquake victims half a world away.The organizations are collaborating to raise funds for the American Red Cross? relief efforts in western India and eastern Pakistan. Students have staffed donation tables in […]
Alumni name bricks in Dandelion Square
In an effort to give back to the school that gave them so much, six members of the Class of 1975 are planning to leave a stamp of their era on Dandelion Square.Thomas Strauss, Randy Essex, David Lesser, Merrill Feinberg, Susan Robbins and Bruce Tandy have each contributed money to a fund that totals $7,400 […]
Wilder Greeks face change
The four Greek groups moving to Wilder Tower next year will face many changes, including newly renovated suites and the prospect of living with a resident adviser.The Greeks have been working with architects to come up with an acceptable renovation design.Fraternities Sigma Nu and Sigma Phi Epsilon and sororities Delta Gamma and Sigma Delta Tau […]
Professor, students trek to Arctic to study climate
While many college students were getting a tan last summer, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences John Tarduno and his students were trekking through the snow of the Arctic region in the name of science.This was the fourth in a series of expeditions to the high Canadian Arctic to collect geological samples and chart the […]
Security Update
Five students reported to UR Security that someone had broken windows of their cars parked in the metered spaces on Wilson Boulevard Monday, Feb. 5. Four of the five students reported nothing was stolen from their vehicles. The fifth student reported that a radar detector, a hand-held scanner and $44 in change were taken from […]
Giving credit
About 10 days ago, I got sick. When I say sick, I mean full body chills, uncontrollable coughing, sleepless nights sick. It came on fast and it hit hard. Three days after it started I dragged myself to University Health Services and got checked out by a doctor.This was my first time visiting UHS, and […]