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Do more guns equal more campus security? Not all agree.

A mini-documentary on the ongoing heated debate over guns at the University of Rochester. Read More

Striving for change, lecturer reflects on Rochester’s gentrified history

Fourth-grade elementary teacher Shane Wiegand teaches everything to his students except for art and gym. But Wiegand’s curriculum plan includes subjects absent from most early education — like the history of gentrification. Wiegand delivered a condensed version of his gentrification module to a full crowd on Tuesday at the Barbara J. Burger Forum in iZone. […]

Community organization seeks to help Rochester’s refugees

“I didn’t want to leave my country,” Omar told the crowd. “I was forced to leave.” Read More

Why UR should have a summer session

Say goodbye to winter blues, and spending months looking unsexy in your puffy winter coat. Read More

Economics now a STEM major thanks to two alumni

Is Economics a STEM major? It is now, according to UR — which might make all the difference for international students looking to work in the U.S. And for alumni Alhassan Omar ‘18 and Vitraag Mehta ‘17, two international students who majored in economics, that might become their unexpected legacy. Foreign students on F-1 visas […]

Dining vendors share new tastes

Resealable Mountain Dew cans and cauliflower crust pizza are just a few of the incoming innovations UR students had the opportunity to test out this past Wednesday at the Dining Vendor Fair. A collaboration between Dining Services and Wilson Commons Student Activities (WCSA), the fair, held in Hirst Lounge, kicked off the “Welcome Back” programming […]

Takeaways from the DPS forum

In case you missed it, and have not yet found two hours to go through the CT Facebook Live recording, here are our bitesize highlights. Read More

5K faces its own challenge

In past years, the challenge has received criticism for failing to communicate with finalists and winners after they submit their ideas. Read More

MSAB wins public forum with surprise Faculty Senate sit-in

Frustrated that Public Safety had repeatedly denied their requests for a community forum, MSAB and various minority student leaders staged a sit-in at the meeting. Read More
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MSAB in mass email: Armed proposal ‘endangers many’

The Minority Students’ Association Board (MSAB) is pushing back against Public Safety’s proposal to arm two supervising officers on the River Campus. Read More