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Rochester 'brain drain'
While the recently-released College Destinations Index ranked the city of Rochester highly in some regards, more notable were the ways in which the area did not fare well. Rochester performed poorly in terms of entrepreneurial growth, and even worse in terms of retention of students. UR and other Rochester-area college students — more than those […]
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A lack of access
Life is hard enough on those with physical disabilities without having to spend extra time trying to navigate the pathways through campus. Unfortunately, with certain buildings being inaccessible and routes that do have ramps and elevators often being quite convoluted, those with physical disabilities are unnecessarily hassled by the lack of accessibility on campus. Read More
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Skyrocketing prices
Complaining about the prices of textbooks in a school’s bookstore is like saying the university’s food isn’t as good as your mom’s. It’s a problem so obvious that it’s now simply standard for any college. Of course, it’s not as if UR’s bookstore prices are just blatant highway robbery — the store does what it […]
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Changing Times
Last week marked the end of nearly a year of work, discussions and internal planning for the Campus Times. After 10 years of working with web publisher College Publisher, we made the decision to build our own unique and innovative website from the ground up, bringing the online edition of the CT to the same […]
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Islamic outreach
The Interfaith Alliance of Rochester demonstration that took place last Sunday — which brought together students and faculty alike in solidarity against negative attitudes toward Muslims — could not have come at a more apt time. While it has been nine years since an extremist group of Muslims flew hijacked planes into the World Trade […]
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Commons renovations
To say that the newly renovated Commons is anything but a vast improvement is an understatement. The myriad of new food options and the restructured eating setting have taken one of the least favorite eating places on campus — the name certainly rivaled its reputation — into a landmark new dining establishment that has not […]
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Welcoming transfers
In a September 2008 editorial, Campus Times wrote about the lack of adequate attention paid to new transfer students at UR. At the time of the editorial, transfers lacked tools for creating social connections with one another — including an orientation longer than a day or adequate on-campus housing. Today, it is heartening to see […]
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Protect bikes
Bike thefts are an increasingly common occurrence at UR, with 300 attempted or completed thefts on bikes or bike parts in the past three years, according to UR Security. As a university whose location makes it difficult to use cars or to walk out into the surrounding community, bikes are a useful form of transportation […]
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Look on the bright side
Do we ever contemplate life? So many people don't. They live life in a day-to-day shallowness that results in a boring monotony.This is our transitory existence, which will one day be gone. We live and often never acknowledge our own mortality a concept that is so absent from our daily thoughts and conversations that it […]