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Unpacking Starbucks: Identities behind the Tibet-event fallout

Students — Tibetan, Chinese and others — were beginning to feel unsafe and targeted. Some had stopped going to class. Others were having nightmares.  Read More

College Republicans steps back, Tibet-event instigator pursues investigation

A day before the withdrawal, sophomore Yifan Xu submitted a letter of intent calling for a Student Code of Conduct investigation of College Republicans. Read More

Mangelsdorf inaugurated in historic ceremony

“This was a beautiful traditional ceremony,” alumni Bill Robinson ‘72 said. “The intrinsic joy to something like this is that there is always the prospect under another leader of continuing to move forward⁠. ” Read More

Senate Summary: New improvements to library spaces

Senator Lea Thome updated SA on her efforts to increase access to the Humanities Center on the second floor of Rush Rhees Library. The Center will now be open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday, an hour more than before. She is working to further expand hours during finals. Read More

‘50 Years Since Stonewall’ panel highlights LGBTQ+ history

“I would love to say that this won’t be a panel,” Perry said to laughter. “Instead, it’ll just be a little mimosa brunch, because there won’t be much to talk about other than just to celebrate.” Read More

CSA and College Republicans go to SA over Tibet and Uighur dispute

The president of UR’s Chinese Students’ Association (CSA) submitted a letter of intent to student government 's All-Campus Judicial Council (ACJC) on Tuesday, asking that a UR College Republicans’ event on the mass incarceration of Turkic Muslims (Uighurs) in China be cancelled. Less than two hours later, the president of College Republicans released his own […]
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UR lawyers violate witness confidentiality, echoing past breaches

UR’s law team violated confidentiality of 23 witnesses in the federal lawsuit pitting UR against former students and employees who say they were retaliated against for coming forward with sexual harassment allegations. This is the third time UR has faced criticism relating to confidentiality in the fallout of accusations against professor T. Florian Jaeger.  On […]

Women can fail too: Screw Up Nights VI

From letting an infant tumble into a toilet to throwing away a new roommate’s toiletries, students and faculty embraced their failures this past Thursday at iZone’s sixth Screw Up Night: Female Powerhouse edition.  “Women feel this pressure not only to compete with men but to be perfect, ” iZone Director Julia Maddox said.  “We want […]

Senate Summary: Vetoed executive session bill debated

At Monday’s SA senate meeting, members discussed a vetoed bill on senate’s ability to go into executive session, members gave updates on senator office hours, and addressed other projects. Here’s our summary. Executive Session Bill The Bill: The senate spent an hour discussing a bill that would, when someone is being considered by senate for […]

Hiroshima survivor testifies in Interfaith Chapel

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 […]