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Straight outta Eastman
I used to hate rap music. I still remember sitting in a study hall, hearing my friends chatter about the latest rap album and, in my 7th grade squeak, crying out, “Rap is garbage! It’s all, ‘do drugs, shoot people; I’m so cool!’” At the time, my disgust with rap music made sense. Neither of […]
Editorial Boards
Yik Yak: a tough situation, handled with care
Recently, UR made headlines by asking Yik Yak to reveal the identities of the individuals behind the slew of racist, threatening posts that appeared on the app several weeks ago. The aftermath of this leaves us with a few thoughts. We commend the actions of the administration in these troubling times. With racial issues and […]
Editorial Boards
While costly, tuition changes are at least a step forward
Last Thursday, UR announced its tuition and room and board rates for the 2015-16 academic year. Clocking in at $47,450 for tuition and $14,294 for room and board, UR remains no exception to the ever-increasing costs of American higher education. Many students probably panicked at these figures, and understandably so—any increase in attendance costs can […]
Opinions
Some traditions are good, but many are awful
Tradition. Ritual. Habit. Institution. All of these words are synonymous, for the most part. Yet, each has its own connotation dependent on the words that complement it: “The Institution of Slavery” and “Bad Habit” are examples. There are also good traditions. These could include giving someone a toast, volunteering at a food bank on Thanksgiving […]
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Obama should moderate his response to Netanyahu
The newest season of “House of Cards” revolved around an American attempt to broker peace between Israel and Palestine. It is fitting, then, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a surprise reelection with antics so shameless that Frank Underwood would blush while breaking the fourth wall. One day before last week’s election, Netanyahu shocked […]
Opinions
Israel: ‘a beacon of progressivism’
In today’s world of a 24 -hour news cycle, Twitter and other social media platforms, misinformation and half-truths have the ability to spread around the world faster than ever before. Lately, we have been troubled by the spreading of inaccurate information about Israel. As proud advocates for social justice, we can say that Israel shares […]
Sex and the CT
Jodi Says: Come again?
Multiple orgasms? That’s not even real: the female orgasm isn’t even a real thing, just a myth! Just kidding, that’s not true at all. Of course, having multiple orgasms is a pretty rare phenomenon, experienced more often by women than by men. It’s a common misconception that only women can have multiple orgasms, even though […]
Editorial Boards
Douglass renovations: keep them distinct from Danforth
At about 10 a.m. Monday morning, the student body received an email from Dining Services. The email, titled “Did you miss it?,” described the latest iterations of proposed changes to Douglass Dining Center, currently located on the second floor of the Frederick Douglass Building (FDB). Fewer than ten students attended the meeting. To imply that […]
Editorial Boards
Help us help you by sending us your feedback
As we approach spring break, the halfway point in the semester for students, faculty and staff alike, it seems apt to reflect on the progress so far of the Editorial Board and, more generally, the Campus Times itself. Coming into this year’s iteration of the CT, we looked around at our new staff, took note […]
Ed Observers
Harder and harder to breathe
Maybe it’s just the sewage vent across the street that’s been spewing constantly for the past week, but something is smoky outside ITS. You can even smell it inside the airlock by Connections. You can smell it around the block. It’s gotten so bad that you can smell it when it’s not even there. Or, […]