Articles by Grace

On Oct. 5, during Meliora Weekend, alumni came to the Sloan Auditorium for a panel discussion on “Campus Activism as a Catalyst for Positive Social Change.”  The alumni — Amber-Danielle Baldie ‘15, Anansa Benbow ‘15, Elizabeth Pena, Jennifer Mauskapf ‘00, Damion Polite ‘01, and Ann Marie Benitez ‘01 — were all involved in minority student […]

On September 20, 2019, Sadae Kasaoka turned 87. The next day, she gave a testimony on the bomb that killed her parents. When Kasaoka was 12, a plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands.Speaking to students, faculty, and community members in the Interfaith Chapel, Kasaoka described the moment of the explosion […]

College Republicans hosted a panel discussion on climate change solutions this past Thursday with politicians and climate change lobbyists. “We need fresh ideas [on] this campus,” junior and vice president of College Republicans Anthony Pericolo said. The club surveyed students on campus at random and found climate change was the most requested discussion topic from […]

Just imagine: The judge says, “Case closed.” Kim K. immediately starts to ugly cry. Kim Kardashian West announced recently that she will take the bar exam to become a lawyer in 2022. As of now, she is in a four-year apprenticeship (comparable to law school in the state of California) to improve her skills and […]

This past Tuesday, the two Korean student organizations on campus, Korean American Students’ Association and UR Korea Connection, merged. Read More

Students and guests from local non-profit organizations discussed what it means to “think globally, act locally” at the iZone Forum on Thursday. A global citizen is “someone who strips themselves away from borders,” event organizer and sophomore Hager Elkhidi said. “Someone who is willing to grasp an idea and act on it.”  Elkhidi’s inspiration for […]

Speakers at GlobeMed’s eighth annual Benefit Dinner last Friday brought attention to how the average college student can create change through awareness. “[Students need to] see they have a role,” senior and GlobeMed co-president Payal Morari said. She hopes that through events like these, students will be brought together to “change the world.” The UR […]

This Saturday evening, instead of their usual annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues,” College Feminists presented “Me Too Monologues,” a play composed entirely of student submissions, emphasizing inclusion. The play is only nominally related to the #MeToo movement — the title refers to the inclusion of all communities. According to senior Margaret Bentley, who co-coordinated […]

How does media affect humans in their day to day lives? A discussion on “The Psychologically Damaging Effects of Media” provided context on how today’s media sources manipulate humans and define social constructs. The discussion occurred this past Thursday, Nov. 15 featuring Professor Marie-Joelle Estrada as the main speaker. The conversation took a quick turn […]

They defined customer discovery as determining what products the customer really wants through data from real customers before launching the product. Read More