News
Solidarity
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
Failures
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
wildlife
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
Crime
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
Hate
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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Public Safety
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
activism
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 […]
Hate
UR senior linked to spate of white nationalist fliers in Brighton
UR senior Chris Hodgman was cited by Brighton police for violating town code and not for the fliers’ content, according to police. Read More
rochester
Striving for change, lecturer reflects on Rochester’s gentrified history
Fourth-grade elementary teacher Shane Wiegand teaches everything to his students except for art and gym. But Wiegand’s curriculum plan includes subjects absent from most early education — like the history of gentrification. Wiegand delivered a condensed version of his gentrification module to a full crowd on Tuesday at the Barbara J. Burger Forum in iZone. […]
iZone
Santa Claus lambaste among absurd pitches at iZone’s ‘Business Karaoke’
At “Business Karaoke,” 10 people volunteered to present slideshows they had never seen before. The event, held Friday in the Welles-Brown Room, was co-sponsored by Drama House and iZone. “We’re just basically going to have some fun with presenting and feeling okay public speaking and seeing how well people can bullshit,” sophomore Deniz Cengiz, an […]
