Humor

Campus Times takes a chance on unexperienced copy editors

A new caste of copy editors was added to the prestigious CT this weekend, the group includes foreign exchange student, Francois Chaud 17’, who notes that he is unable to read or right in English, and Michael Kaplanoff ’17, The group is the first in over twenty years to begin editing without learning the style […]

A Q&A with an individual from Indiana

Governor Mike Pence of the gracious state of Indiana revealed to the Campus Times his real motivation for signing the controversial “religious freedom” law which may allow business owners to reserve the right to refuse service to gays and lesbians based on religious beliefs. Understandably, many were outraged, so we sat down with him to […]

College Town to be demolished

Now that College Town is almost complete, Rochester officials have sent out a press release confirming its demolition in the beginning of 2016. “We now realize that College Town is not making as great of a profit as we had originally hoped, so it is a better financial decision for the Rochester community to raze […]

The 2015 finals draft: featuring every student at UR

The other day, I heard a rumor from a friend who knows a friend whose uncle graduated in 1980 who had a pre-major advisor in admissions who also dabbled in the registrar office from time-to-time who told me a new perspective on the time assignments for final exams. Every semester, I find myself pondering why […]

Editors announce presidential run

After discussing a presidential campaign for a week, Erik Chiodo and Chris Horgan have decided that was enough forum. The following includes the platform for the presidential and vice presidential candidates, Chiodo and Horgan. Giving power back to the students  Studies have shown that students at UR lack sufficient power, which is why, as a […]

A glorious review

“Winter is coming. Winter is here.” So says Jon Snow at the beginning of the “Game of Thrones” companion piece, “Winter is Cumming,” screened in Hoyt auditorium on March 23. From visionary director and writer Axel Braun came a reimagining of the “Game of Thrones” universe featuring new and exciting versions of the characters we […]

How well do you understand the carillon bell?

People spend a whole lot of time hating on the carillon bells, but, as a carillon player myself, I take offense to that. Sure, they can be annoying, but, from a practical perspective, the bells offer benefits to everyone on campus. So, for the carillon listeners out there I have compiled a pragmatic list of […]

Humor editor intervention: Horgan needs to contribute

This past Monday, humor editor and sophomore Erik Chiodo ‘17 sat down with fellow humor editor Chris Horgan ‘17 to hold an intervention. During the meeting, Chiodo didn’t hold any feelings back, immediately accusing Horgan of “not writing enough for the section.” “I like to think that I’m one with the student body, so if […]

Dear Chris: Common problems solved

Dear Chris: I spend all day doing work and, every night when I get into my bed, right as I close my eyes, I can’t help but hear a rhythmic pounding coming from the room above me. I hear grunts, and for the life of me I can’t figure out what they’re doing or how […]

Declaring your major

It’s that time of year again. The squirrels are frolicking, the brown water of our lovely Genesee is flowing in full force, the Quidditch team has returned to practice during normally inconvenient hours for everyone else in Fauver; oh, and the school is hounding freshmen and sophomores to declare what they will pursue for the […]