News
2016 Election
UR students rock the vote
For nearly all of them, it was their first time voting in a presidential election. Some had come by car, some by University shuttle. Others had walked to the Saunders Research Building, the polling place for students who are registered to vote at their River Campus address. As voting locations go, it wasn't crowded—though without […]
Israel-Palestine
Tensions flare at Palestine awareness event
Tensions boiled over Wednesday night during a Q&A session following the screening of a documentary critical of Israel. Read More
Campus
Burgett Center talk tackles PC culture
The discussion turned to the danger of putting people into boxes—a box of LGBT individuals, perhaps, or a basket of Trump supporters. Read More
RRL
Lam Square lauded, but adjustments are still coming
River Campus Libraries is looking to replace the booth tables in Evans Lam Square, just one of a suite of changes to the recently renovated space in response to mixed, but generally positive, student reactions. Read More
News
5K Challenge deadline approaches
What would you do with $5,000 to improve the lives of Rochester students? Read More
Mental Health
Hydrophobic paint deemed unsafe
“We just want to protect everybody. I wouldn’t even let my staff use it.” Read More
Health
Free tampon and pad proposal moves forward
Ford estimates that a pilot program would cost approximately $5,000, but if the program were to be adopted University-wide, the annual cost would be significantly higher. Read More
Meliora Weekend
‘Morning Joe’ talks shop
The two journalists lamented the current political climate, with Scarborough, a one-time politician, saying,“We didn’t make things this personal,” and that lawmakers should “start putting our country first.” Read More
News
Miller panel talks SCOTUS
UR President Joel Seligman, Mock Trial president and senior Jason Altabet, and legal professionals debated the role of politics in the U.S. Supreme Court at a panel discussion led by distinguished legal scholar Arthur Miller ’56. Read More
Race
Racial remarks draw ire at forum
“You just stood up here and said the N-word, like, that’s not okay, you don’t need to offer a defense for it, but that’s not okay.” Read More