Archives - Justin Fleming

Two River Campus students had to be transported to Strong Memorial Hospital within two hours of each other on Tuesday, Sep. 8. The first incident occurred at around 6 p.m. outside of Tiernan Hall. A student injured his knee while running, leading security to transport him to Strong. In the second, which occurred at 7:56 […]

At around 12 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 4, a student reportedly lost several personal belongs near Wilson Commons. According to Lafferty, the student forgot the items and left the premises. Upon remembering her belongings and returning to the scene, she found that her property had gone missing. Among the items reported missing were personal identification […]

Two youths were observed hanging around the fraternity quad and on the pedestrian footbridge — apparently without purpose — at 1:58 a.m. early Sunday morning. According to Lafferty, Security responded to the report of the suspicious individuals and confronted them. After the suspects claimed that they had no identification on their person, Rochester police were […]

Employees at the campus bookstore noticed a suspicious individual leaving the store with four stolen calculus textbooks at around 12:50 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2. According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, the suspect then departed the scene in the direction of Library Road. Officers responded to the scene and checked the exterior of the […]

It’s well known that college students are not always the most involved group when it comes to politics, especially at the local level. An initiative started at UR, however, is looking to change this by encouraging college students to become election inspectors (i.e. poll workers) for the Monroe County general elections. The new initiative — […]

Today is Earth Day, and UR's sustainability organizations are fittingly coming to the culmination of their efforts throughout the year with Greenweek.EcoReps and Grassroots came together to organize the week-long celebration, which features various events to encourage waste reduction and sustainable dining and transportation.The focus of the first three days of Greenweek was on choosing […]