Opinions
Op-Eds
President overstates importance of Libya
President Obama has justified military action in Libya on humanitarian grounds: but is it likely to help the United States at all? Read More
Op-Eds
Clubs should consider contributing to community
It's our responsibility to help the people of Rochester as long as we're in school. The SA could help with some incentives for its groups to engage in community service. Read More
Opinions
The Campus Times SA Endorsement
We endorse Bradley Halpern and Rohini Bhatia for SA President and Vice President. Read More
Op-Eds
Don't make Huck Finn a slave to censorship
“Turn him loose! He ain’t no [African American laborer],” said Huck Finn about the runaway slave Jim. This rewritten phrase may take the original’s place in new publications of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” if publishers decide to censor the word “slave” due to its uncomfortable connotations, something they recently did to the word […]
Ed Observers
The woes and worries of a January admit
She wasn’t going to bend. I’d known that going in, but, for some reason, I thought I’d get lucky this time around the administrative shit-pit. Res Life had screwed me over — though my housing conundrum stems not from bad luck, but from the fact that I was a January admit as a freshman last […]
Op-Eds
New meal plan offerings hard to swallow
Big changes are in the works for dining on campus next year, and things don’t look good. Maybe it’s just fear of the unknown, but I am not excited about any of the upcoming shifts and am actively worried about most of them. I’m going through them one by one and thinking about the impact […]
Op-Eds
Crony capitalism: corruption and collusion
In the 1987 film, “Wall Street,” Michael Douglas’ character Gordon Gekko notoriously said that in capitalism, “it’s a zero-sum game: Somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn’t lost or made, it’s simply transferred from one perception to another.” Messages like these, degrading free markets, have always been widespread, but have gotten ever more pervasive with […]
Editorial Boards
Allow accurate advising
When a freshman enters UR — whether it be the School of Arts & Sciences or the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences — he or she receives a pre-major advisor whose role is to be a guide in the process of beginning a college education. The difference between Arts & Sciences students and […]
Editorial Boards
Pointless parking prices
Campus parking is a major cause of stress for most people who rely on the University to provide them with somewhere to keep their car. Concerns about distance, price and availability are commonly emphasized by students, but there are other issues for commuter students looking for an alternative to Park Lot. For example, students that […]
Sex and the CT
A very uplifting experience at Come As You Are
The Sex and the CT investigates the experience of visiting sex shops. Read More