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We welcome Provost Clark
Change hangs heavy in the brisk Rochester air. UR’s top administration has experienced significant changes since the beginning of the semester, including the appointment of Robert Clark, Dean of Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Senior Vice President for Research, to the position of University Provost. Clark will be the University’s 10th provost, […]
Op-Eds
Seeking serendipity: A hacker’s revelations in the face of frienship
I am usually the kind of guy who likes to have everything planned out, especially when I’m traveling somewhere: I need to know what I’m going to do, who I am going to meet, at what time and so on. On a recent weekend, I had no such plan. I just knew I was going […]
Ed Observers
The personality cult of Bernie Sanders
It’s 2015, and Eugene V. Debs is either jumping for joy in the afterlife or spinning in his grave. If Debs is jumping for joy, it’s because his intellectual descendent, Bernie Sanders, is the closest any socialist has ever come to being elected President of the United States. Sanders is enjoying much more support than […]
Ed Observers
SA: lift your veil
In the short nine months that I have spent at UR, the operations of the Students’ Association (SA) government have always seemed vaguely mysterious. This isn’t a surprise, since I was a freshman wrapped up in navigating my new, shiny environment for most of that time, and I didn’t make an effort to follow SA’s […]
Sex and the CT
Take off your socks, dress up your cocks
Good day, ladies and gents. I’m here to talk about an important issue that is usually uncomfortably avoided, with the exception of fourth and fifth grade health classes. Thats right—sex, or the “birdies and the beesies,” if you prefer. A tough week is coming to the end, and I know I have been looking forward […]
Ed Observers
Defend Planned Parenthood
The House of Representatives recently passed a bill to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Predictably, this sparked outrage over the right of the House to decide the future of sexual health for countless Americans. Let’s explore the biggest reason this bill was even conceived. In defense of the bill, Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla. said […]
Editorial Boards
Making an honest effort
While you’re away, your suitemate sees your half-finished homework on the table. He notices how you solved one of the problems, and, being in the same class, he uses your work to guide his own. Did you know you are guilty of negligence, a form of academic dishonesty? The College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering […]
Ed Observers
Toeing the punchline
There’s a fine line between comedy and offensiveness. Ask anyone about a certain offensive comment, and there’ll be a mix of people proclaiming it as a horrible remark or heralding it as a wonderful joke. Where that line lies is a question that comedians have been asking for decades. And, now that society is pushing […]
Opinions
The Pope is just a man
Editor’s Note: ‘No Comment’ is a new column by Jesse Bernstein featuring perspectives on politics, culture and current events. It helps to smile. Pope Francis, unlike that gargoyle Benedict before him, seems to carry one with him wherever he goes. Whether he’s visiting the poor and afflicted a world away, issuing encyclicals about climate change […]
Opinions
After 24 years, Kashmir waits without justice
Here, in the Western world, few people know about Kashmir, except for its famous cashmere wool. But, back in Southern Asia, it’s known as “Paradise on Earth.” Kashmir is located in the Himalayan Mountains, and one look at its beauty is enough to amaze the onlooker. But, below the surface, this beautiful land is engulfed […]
