Campus
analysis
Study Abroad or America Abroad?
America has reached an all-time high for the amount of college students sent abroad. In 2001, the government-sponsored Open Doors Report estimated that there were 154,168 students who went abroad, and in 2016, that figure rose to 332,727. Despite this increase, the amount of time actually spent abroad is shrinking. In 2006, 4.3 percent of […]
architecture
I.M. Pei, Wilson Commons architect, is dead at 102
I.M. Pei, the famed architect who designed the Louvre’s glass pyramid, the John F. Kennedy Library, and the University’s Wilson Commons, died on Thursday. He was 102. Pei was known for his use of simple shapes. The trapezoidal Wilson Commons was opened in 1976. The walls of windows surrounding Hirst Lounge are consistent with Pei’s […]
incarceration
Nothing but sky: Decarceration initiative debuts symposium
“If Frederick Douglass were alive today, we think that [he] would be trying to take on mass incarceration, and decarcerate the city of Rochester.” Read More
Senior Week
Half-day Senior Week ticket wait times are improvement, says WCSA
Seniors queued up early on Friday, April 19 for Senior Week tickets — only to spend half their day waiting in a line that barely moved. With over 1,000 students in the class of 2019, long waits were to be expected, but many expressed frustration at the line’s slow pace. "I got in line with […]
Gun proposal
Feldman’s decision: No new armed DPS shifts, but freedom for armed supervisors
The decision took six months, a sit-in demonstration, a public forum, and a new 27-person committee. Read More
Climate Change
At CR event, a call for action on climate change
College Republicans hosted a panel discussion on climate change solutions this past Thursday with politicians and climate change lobbyists. “We need fresh ideas [on] this campus,” junior and vice president of College Republicans Anthony Pericolo said. The club surveyed students on campus at random and found climate change was the most requested discussion topic from […]
Club
Senate Summary: SA eliminates club committees, confirms new members
SA passed resolutions that signify major changes ahead for student organizations, as well as SA Government’s own processes last Monday when the 2018–19 Senate met for the last time. Senate voted on a series of motions, passing one that will change student organization procedures and structure. One of its more drastic changes is to discontinue […]
DPS
Feldman’s gun proposal decision coming Monday
President Feldman’s decision regarding the proposal to arm public safety officers on Eastman and River Campuses will be made public on Monday. This is also when the report from the ad hoc Public Safety Advisory Committee and the recommendation from the Public Safety Review Board will be released. These materials will be available on the […]
Fox
Quad Fox, winner of 387 SA votes, to be treated and released into wild
After capture and rehabilitation, the plan is to release the fox “back into the wild to live in a safe area away from campus.” Read More
SA Elections
Holtz and Cortes victors of tense SA election
Jamal Holtz and Anne Marie Cortes shed tears as they hugged each other and the supporters in the room. Read More
