News
Gaza
Gaza solidarity encampment: Live updates
The Campus Times is live tracking the Gaza solidarity encampment on Wilson Quad and the administrative response to it. Read our updates here. Read More
accountability
Bader-Gregory and Lopez to lead SA
Sophomore Elijah Bader-Gregory, current SA vice president, will serve as SA president next year after beating first-year Sammy Randle III with 63% of the vote. First-year Aliza Lopez will serve as vice president. After their victory, the Bader-Gregory / Lopez ticket plans to follow through on their campaign promise to push for accountability from the […]
SA Elections
SA Senate election won by everyone who ran
The executive race was the only competitive one in this spring’s SA election. Everyone who ran for senate positions — including three students each from the classes of 2027, 2026, and 2025 and six students vying for at-large positions — will serve as senators next year. First-year Senator Quinten Denkenberger will be returning alongside sophomore […]
Facilities
Campus roadways getting a fresh coat of paint
Campus roadways will be getting new paint stripes — including all double yellow, cross walks, stop lettering, and parallel parking — from April 21 to May 12 courtesy of 1-800 STRIPER. The striping will presumably occur from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m, though the Facilities Department notification email erroneously listed the times as as 7:00 […]
Diversity
SA mandates DEI trainings for its officials
The SA Senate passed a bill to mandate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training for all of its officials April 4. The training sessions will aim to teach officials to appropriately handle situations involving “cultural diversity, encompassing gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic background, veteran status, age, race, and more.” The training will be spearheaded by […]
academic affairs
Report backing financial aid for summer courses endorsed by SA
SA’s Academic Affairs Committee concluded that there is an “urgent need” for UR to expand financial support for students taking summer courses in a report finalized last week, which benchmarked the summer financial aid options offered at universities similar to UR. According to the report, UR currently only offers summer course-takers loans, which have to […]
clubs
RASA’s struggles highlight troublesome new club formation process
SA and Wilson Commons Student Activities (WCSA) endeavor to uphold the values of diversity and inclusion and to support students’ interests, but proposals for some new clubs have encountered difficulties on campus. Read More
data
Seniors — save your data before it’s too late
Graduation is looming, which means it’s time for seniors to start thinking about what to do with all the files accumulated throughout their time at UR. While active students are given 10 GB of storage space across the Google suite, alumni three years past graduation only have one GB of email storage. Fortunately, Google offers […]
Conspiracy Theories
Spies with occult ties? Russian professor stirs controversy amongst colleagues
Visiting Assistant Professor Dmitry Bykov made controversial claims concerning purported occultism amongst Russian secret service members during his April 2 talk that perturbed various professors present. Bykov is the first speaker of UR’s “Scholars in Exile” program, which hosts academics and intellectuals driven from their home countries due to political persecution. Bykov is a man […]
Alcohol and Other Drug Education Program
Panel clears the air on cannabis topics
So, what’s going on with weed? The Alcohol and Other Drug Education Program (AOD) hosted a cannabis Q&A panel on Friday to help clear the air. The panel covered a large variety of topics, including the idea of changing cannabis from a Schedule 1 drug, serving sizes, whether cannabis is a gateway drug, the history […]