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Undocumented farm workers talk discrimination and empowerment at panel

“[The bosses] give us housing but abuse us,” said panelist Biatriz Gatica, who has worked in agriculture for 12 years. Read More

Global citizenship workshop encourages border-less activism

Students and guests from local non-profit organizations discussed what it means to “think globally, act locally” at the iZone Forum on Thursday. A global citizen is “someone who strips themselves away from borders,” event organizer and sophomore Hager Elkhidi said. “Someone who is willing to grasp an idea and act on it.”  Elkhidi’s inspiration for […]

Sophomore Joshua Luo found dead after going missing

Luo was found dead near his Pennsylvania hometown yesterday after being reported missing last Friday, March 22. Read More

Muslims and other faiths unite for New Zealand vigil

Held during Jumma — or Friday afternoon prayer — the event encouraged those of any or no faith to attend, observe, and mourn those killed in Christchurch. Read More

Screw up nights goes presidential

Screw Up Nights show everybody’s human, and at the fifth installment last Wednesday, so was the president. Read More

Fox harmless, EH&S says, but not to be approached or fed

A fox seen around River Campus in past weeks is nothing to fear, but students shouldn’t feel free to approach or feed the beast. Read More

Parolee pleads guilty to sexually assaulting Eastman student last fall

Parolee Michael Sheppard, 31, pleaded guilty to second-degree aggravated sexual abuse for attacking the 20-year-old student at Eastman. Read More

Hodgman has parallels with white nationalist forum user who hit UR, Brighton, and more

Hodgman’s name doesn’t appear in the server, but Kolchak also claimed credit for putting up fliers in Brighton last fall. Read More
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Do more guns equal more campus security? Not all agree.

A mini-documentary on the ongoing heated debate over guns at the University of Rochester. Read More

Angela Davis, famed prison abolitionist, challenges UR to stress critical thinking

Angela Davis — an activist and scholar known for her prison abolitionist work — championed critical thinking in her talk last Tuesday, beginning with a criticism of universities, including UR. “I was asked to talk about what the University can do to encourage engaged citizens, but first I want to talk about the University,” Davis […]