Opinions
Op-Eds
The other debt crisis
For millions of high school seniors across the country, navigating the college admissions maze proves challenging enough. An acceptance into their dream university, however, can unravel a larger obstacle: funding a four-year education. Catherine Benavidez has encountered these challenges first-hand at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the president of an on-campus organization […]
Ed Observers
Break the silence around sexual assault
I will likely never feel the same emotional pain of those who have been sexually abused or placed in unwanted sexual encounters. Either way, when it comes to the issue of sexual abuse, what scares me the most is the silence following an attack. I had a friend who was abused in high school by […]
Ed Observers
Apathy grips UR
As a newspaper, the Campus Times strives to report, as factually and completely as possible, on issues relevant to our campus as a whole. For years, the University has been living with a problem that transcends, as clichéd as it may sound, time and administration. The problem I am alluding to, of course, is apathy […]
Editorial Boards
Controversy generates conversation
Over the course of the fall 2013 semester, we have published numerous articles that our readers have considered controversial. As a student newspaper, our mission statement states that “Campus Times shall report and analyze events, provide an open forum for the expression of opinions and introduce students and the University community to the art of […]
Editorial Boards
Check your facts, we’ll check ours
Recent letters to the editor received by the Campus Times have been particularly critical of members of the Editorial Board and the editorials published in recent issues. We appreciate and even welcome criticism, feedback, corrections, and suggestions for improvement. Unfortunately, we find some of the claims of shoddy journalistic work leveled against us recently to […]
Op-Eds
“Extreme feminists must be tamed” off the mark – Part 2
After reading the offensive and ill-conceived article, “Extreme feminists must be tamed,” written by Binley Yang in the Campus Times, I was honestly extremely confused as to whether or not the article was a true display of human ignorance or just an unfortunately subtle satire of modern-day sexism. Regardless, I think it’s important that opposing […]
Op-Eds
“Extreme feminists must be tamed” off the mark – Part 1
I’d like to offer a different perspective on the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s (BCRF) rejection of the $2,080 donation by a group of three men, referenced in Binley Yang’s recent article “Extreme Feminist must be tamed”. I suggest that rather than misplaced pride and selfish morals, the rejection was based on practical and professional choices. […]
Op-Eds
Overzealous protesters threaten the right of free speech
Last week, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly went to Brown University to give a lecture on “Proactive Policing in America’s Biggest City.” He was met by more than 100 students and community activists who disrupted the meeting to the point that it had to be canceled. This type of behavior is in direct […]
Editorial Boards
Bring back the bar buses
It has been almost two years since UR discontinued the practice of providing buses to transport students from campus to bars around downtown Rochester. For the sake of student safety, UR should seek to re-establish operation of these bar buses. At the programs inception, the primary purpose for the implementation of bar buses was […]
Editorial Boards
Americans have a growing problem
Americans are fat. One can regularly see the masses of overweight around town snacking. At the same time, there are countless obese people rolling into emergency rooms and onto surgical tables due to weightrelated health issues. But placing blame squarely on the shoulders of purportedly evil soda companies and fast food corporations is not just […]
