Campus
Women
First women of color caucus meets with a hope to gain traction
Drawing inspiration from the principles of Kwanzaa, graduate student Destiny Maitland started the Women of Color Caucus as a way to connect women of color not just on campus but in the Rochester community. The women were also inspired by the legacy of the Women of Color Circle, which started in 2012 after the killing […]
food
Spring 2019 dining update
“Our plan right now is to continue to get better at the things we are [currently] working on, and to really spend our time on food quality,” Schauf said. Read More
UR Debate Union
Debate Union hosts national tournament, adding to recent success
The 2019 Brad Smith Debate Tournament, organized by the UR Debate Union, concluded on Sunday, Jan. 27, with Ravi Simon from Brandeis University and Sandy Greenberg from Brown University emerging victorious. The two-day long tournament consisted of two debating formats: British Parliamentary (BP) and Policy. The BP section attracted 45 teams from 14 institutions, […]
MLK
Symone Sanders encourages radical change in Dr. King commemorative address
Symone Sanders, former national press secretary for Senator Bernie Sanders, urged attendees to be agents of change when she delivered the University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address this past Wednesday. Addressing a packed audience, Sanders, who now works as a political commentator for CNN, encouraged listeners to brave discomfort by shedding light on […]
Gun Violence
Scholar-journalist Blanchfield rejects US culture of ‘Gunpower’
Journalist and academic Patrick Blanchfield encouraged listeners to abandon partisan responses and called attention to U.S. gun violence and the reactions it prompts, which he presented as a phenomenon called “Gunpower,” also the name of his upcoming book. In his presentation, in the Hawkins-Carlson room on Tuesday, Blanchfield described Gunpower as a way in which […]
Education
Progressive ideas flow at Title IX comment party
Students and organizers crafted comments at a comment party co-hosted by the Title IX office and the Commission on Women and Gender Equity in Academia. Read More
Dining
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 […]
Guns
From a variety of backgrounds, ad hoc committee members mostly avoid stance on gun proposal
In response to UR administration’s announcement of the members of the ad hoc committee, tasked with addressing Public Safety’s proposal to arm officers on the River and Eastman Campuses, the Campus Times spoke with 10 of the 27 committee members. Each had detailed unique backgrounds and perspectives, was hopeful about the results, and for the […]
New Dean
New Warner dean outlines vision for inclusivity
A first-generation Indian immigrant, Marri explained to attendees that he went into education to help underprivileged students. Read More
President
Sarah Mangelsdorf makes history as next UR president
Sarah Mangelsdorf has been named the 11th University president. She will be the first woman to lead the school. Read More
