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BCS
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 […]
iZone
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 […]
city
United across generations, Rochesterians march for the climate
Hundreds congregated in front of Rochester City Hall last Friday to urge the city to do its part in combating climate change. The Sept. 27 Rochester Climate Strike, organized in part by the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition, printed a letter on a large poster board entreating Mayor Lovely Warren to ban the installment of natural […]
SA Senate
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 […]
japan
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 […]
DPS
DPS to form student advisory board
The Department of Public Safety is forming a student advisory board, giving UR students a voice in the University’s law enforcement body. Director of Public Safety Mark Fischer anticipates 20 to 25 students sitting on the board. He plans to give members the opportunity to meet with new officer recruits and to observe and participate […]
SA Elections
First-year senators take office
The four first-years who topped the ballot in Senate elections — Andre Tulloch, Alina Fang Christopher Lu, and Devon Rogers — were sworn in during the Monday, Sept. 16 Senate meeting. As part of the process, each new senator stood up to introduce themselves and their plans for improving the University. Tulloch, from Maryland and […]
Race
Womanist Club talks racial fetishes
Is dating or attraction based on race okay? Is it just a preference or a sign of something more sinister? On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Womanist Club hosted a session dedicated to these questions and the topic of racial fetishization. Senior and Womanist Club business manager Gersie Gonsalves-Domond said that she felt racial fetishization was […]
Climate Change
UR community joins global movement with climate demonstration
At UR’s "Climate Strike" this past Friday, Pachamama Alliance member Susan Staropoli named three ways people could respond to climate change: denial, defeat, or action. She, along with the dozens of people gathered in Hirst Lounge with signs, petitions, and branded T-shirts, were choosing action. “This is a pivotal time in history when we decide […]
activism
Architect Lee breaks down “power and place”
New Orleans architect Bryan C. Lee Jr kicked off the Humanities Center’s speaker series this past Thursday, discussing how architecture and design have historically been used to oppress people of color, and his work to change that. Lee is the founder and Director of Design for Colloqate, a New Orleans based organization which aims to […]