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Aramark changes met with mixed opinions
Upperclassmen returning to UR have come back to a medley of changes ? most noticeably in dining services.?We have made a concerted effort to focus on the food and on the service,? said Paul Palmer, Aramark regional district manager. ?We wanted to make the food better, fresher. We believe we?ve succeeded.?The Danforth choiceIn Danforth Dining […]
All freshmen to be housed on the quad
The Freshman Housing Implementation Committee announced Aug. 12 that all freshmen and only freshmen will be housed on the Residential Quad beginning with the next academic year.After considering the possible models, ?it became unanimously clear that if we were going to do this right, there is only one space for it and that?s the quad,? […]
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Online Only Letter to the Editor: Lack of tradition destroys school spirit
Think back to your senior year in high school. Do you remember that feeling of euphoria and spirit? Do you remember feeling an intense connection to you school and your classmates? I do. My senior year of high school was the best year of my life! It amazed me how everyone in the class came […]
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New ID numbers to replace SSNs in fall
Are you reluctant to give out your Social Security number when you do not think it is appropriate? UR is working on a way to ease that anxiety.In June, UR will officially convert to using eight-digit student identification numbers that will be encoded on new ID cards.The numbers will be distributed at the beginning of […]
Freshmen dissatisfied with housing options
Even those lucky freshmen who received a housing assignment in Tuesday?s lottery were upset. Many felt they had been treated unfairly because Towers suites originally reserved for them were given to incoming juniors. The soon-to-be sophomores booed the announcement at the lottery that no suites were reserved for their class, and one asked, ?Why are […]
Library no longer just for academics
From a collection of approximately three million printed volumes available at the River Campus libraries, UR students should be able to find something to read in their spare time.But in case they can?t, library officials have teamed up to make sure that a lack of interesting material isn?t the problem.Rush Rhees and Carlson Libraries have […]
Fully loaded sports vans are prone to rollover accidents
Varsity athletes and other student group members may be putting themselves at risk when they travel in large vans.The 15-passenger vans used to carry college sports teams and airport-bound passengers are more prone to rollover accidents when fully loaded, according to an April 9 report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.A study using crash […]
Pataki grants $2.6M for high-tech research center
Good news for Rochester techies ? at a press conference at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics last Thursday, Gov. George Pataki (R) announced a $2.6 million grant to be awarded to the Rochester Center for Advanced Technology, a collaborative venture between UR and the Rochester Institute of Technology.The money will be used to expand CAT?s […]