Editorial Boards

Ensure all sophomores receive on-campus housing

UR guarantees all rising sophomores on-campus housing, at least in theory. However, if there is no actual housing options available on campus as the lottery winds down, there is no way for the school to provide these spaces if they have all been taken up. This is an even bigger problem with a class like […]

Gen Y does it different

Members of the millennial generation (or Generation Y), born between 1982 and 2001, have grown up praised for every little accomplishment. Finish the relay race in fifth grade? Even if you come in last, you still get a ribbon for trying. Here’s a trophy for participating on the baseball team. Sure, you didn’t hit a […]

Utilize the open curriculum

At this point, most students are already set their on their schedules for next semester.   After meeeting with advisors, agonizing over major requirements, coordinating with friends and adjusting (and readjusting) potential schedules with the CDCS app, students are finally settling on a routine and workload they can live with. All that’s left to do […]

Lead with dedication, integrity

Now that SA elections are done and nearly all the posters taken down, it is easy for candidates to take this opportunity to rest on their laurels. After all, they have just accomplished the goal they were seeking, whether it be election or reelection. Now that the supporters have been congratulated and the SA-vote website […]

Explore a balanced life at UR

“What’s the value of a college education?” We’ve heard this question countless times, often linked to statistics about salary and quality of life when teachers, college reps, and parents have made the pitch about the benefits of higher learning. But when we consider the pros of college, perhaps we should instead ask ourselves, “What’s the […]

Everyone should utilize the Athletic Center

Goergen Athletic Center, the gym, GAC. It’s a place that can inspire as much loathing as it can drive. It’s a facility that one find on nearly every college campus in the U.S. It is as universal as it is important for the students of a university, even if many don’t take advantage of its […]

Respect both students and staff at UR

It’s 6 a.m. and a thick serving of snow has covered the UR campus, rendering a variety of surfaces around campus a soft, pure white. Yet, as happens often on our campus, that layer of snow is subsequently and efficiently swept away. Rarely is a thought ever spared for those members of the UR staff […]

Bring Care Network to Eastman Campus

The CARE Network is one of the most effective tools for maintaining students’ health on campus. Students can submit anonymous reports about a friend or classmate for which they have concern. According to the UR CARE network website, “Students with significant academic and mental health concerns are most often reported via the CARE network. Reports […]

Work toward a better Rochester

The City of Rochester is not perfect. There’s a high crime rate, failed industry, face-biting winters, and a floundering child-education system. The students, who have been living here for at least four years of their life, utilize housing in neighborhoods like the 19th Ward and Mount Hope, drive on the ice-ridden roads, and feel concerned […]

Continue the fight against eating disorders beyond Feb. 28

24 million people in the United States suffer from an eating disorder (ED). 95% of those people are between the ages of 12 and 25. Yet for some reason, our society still has trouble talking about this issue. In conversation, people will avoid the words “eating disorder,” “anorexia,” “bulimia,” and “binging” at all costs. If […]