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Six suspects arrested in the Dec. 5 kidnapping of two UR seniors have been charged with a litany of crimes—including predatory sexual assault. Read More

An exploration of the mysterious bowels of Rochester's abandoned subway system. Read More

Anmol Almast sat in the gallery of the Gowen Room, a little anxious. “Never know how it’s going to go,” she said with a half-smile. It was Monday, Nov. 1, and the sophomore was waiting to take part in her first official meeting as a Students’ Association (SA) senator—the result of a decision delivered by […]

“We’ve got like two and a half minutes, Toby,” Carrie Taschman says. Toby Kashket croaks in response. It’s a Thursday, almost 8 p.m., and the two sophomores are stationed around a horseshoe-shaped desk littered with CDs and papers. Taschman, standing on the inside of the counter, is rifling through a pile of discs. Seated on […]

Students’ Association (SA) Senate and sophomore Anmol Almast sparred over notions of constitutionality and reasonability before the All-Campus Judicial Council (ACJC) on Friday, Oct. 16, in the first landmark ACJC hearing since 2010. Spanning over two hours in the packed Gowen Room of Wilson Commons, the historic hearing—Almast v. Student’s Association Senate—centered on the Senate’s […]

Correction (10/16/2015): Some grammatical mistakes in an earlier copy of this article have been corrected. Key details emerged during the Students’ Association (SA) Senate meeting on Monday, Oct. 12, about an appeal contesting the Senate’s decision to fill a vacancy via a selection committee. Included in the All-Campus Judicial Council (ACJC) report on that night’s […]

The All-Campus Judicial Council (ACJC) report had been absent from the Students’ Association (SA) Senate meeting agenda on Monday, Sept. 21, until its chief justice spoke up. Wesline Manuelpillai, settling the mistake with Speaker of the Senate Ethan Bidna, began her report with an announcement: “As of today, at, I believe, 5:30 p.m., we received […]

Bringing to light new questions about its Constitution and Bylaws, Students’ Association (SA) Senate voted unofficially on Monday, Sept. 14, to fill a vacant seat via a selection committee, in a move that could prompt an appeal to the All-Campus Judicial Council (ACJC). The seat was held in May by senior Melissa Holloway, who had […]

In an overhaul of River Campus laundry facilities, the Office of Residential Life and Housing Services (ResLife) has eliminated laundry fees for students and scrapped limits on laundry loads. New washing and drying machines were also purchased, and the upgraded machines now line the walls of the laundry room in every dorm, with the exception […]

When he was a freshman, junior Tristan Ford noticed something wrong with one of his hallmates. An international student, the girl was sleeping through classes and spending long nights awake talking to family and friends from home. Concerned about her transition to college, Ford filed a CARE report. While the student ended up transferring, the […]