Opinions
Op-Eds
Fruit on campus: a seriously rotten deal
Ah, pesticide. As much as I appreciate insight into agricultural processes, I’m not a fan of tasting the crop-dust on apples — or maybe it’s not chemicals, maybe I’m tasting the industrial plastic the apples were shipped in. Or the oil from 10,000 hesitant, collegiate fingers. Whatever’s in my mouth, it could use a bath. […]
Editorial Boards
New meals declining
“‘Club meals’ are a thing of the past,” says UR Dining’s informational sheet about next year’s new meal plans. Indeed they are: Starting next semester, meal plans will switch over to “Unlimited Plans,” which grant daily all-you-can-eat access to Douglass Dining Center and Danforth, as well as a declining balance. As for how the Unlimited […]
Editorial Boards
Warner wins and woes
As it currently exists, the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development is essentially confined to a small section in the basement of Dewey Hall. According to the Warner School’s website there are about 3,000 students split between the Eastman School of Music, the School of Medicine and Dentistry, the William E. Simon […]
Op-Eds
The classics should not be all Greek to us
Some foreign language programs have no need to justify their existence. Certainly few would advocate removing programs like Spanish or French from high schools, given how many people worldwide (and, especially with Spanish, in the United States) speak them. Nor do languages like Arabic and Mandarin lack their defenders, given their importance to current American […]
Ed Observers
Second impressions: a kinder look at UR
Though the quintessential college student’s spring break is spent going wild in Cancún, I spent mine doing college tours, part two. Remember all the road trips with your family during junior year of high school, as you attempted to figure out what colleges to apply to? Yeah, fun times. Personally, by the end of it […]
Op-Eds
Boredom and business
During reading period and the week before final exams, students often find themselves overwhelmed with schoolwork. They’re mentally overloaded, whether from studying for exams or finishing assignments such as papers, projects or lab reports. Some professors have exams on the last days of class instead, but this usually gives students even less time to prepare. […]
Editorial Boards
Morey Hall moribund
When that lush greenery blooms among the 1800s industrial-style architecture in the first week of spring, students can at least take in the sunlight and forget for a little while about their workloads. Even the banks of the Genesee, despite the widespread jokes about the river’s contents and radioactivity level, look positively inviting once the […]
Ed Observers
Res Life: the source of housing problems
With 1,177 students, UR’s class of 2014 is the largest ever, beating the record set two years ago by the class of 2012. Alongside growing class sizes, demand for on-campus housing continues to outstrip supply, and competition for the best spots has become increasingly fierce. While this presently only affects freshman housing, in the coming […]
Editorial Boards
Go green or go home
With widespread “Go Green” water bottle refill stations and “two [campus] buildings that meet LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Certified standards, one that meets LEED Silver standards and seven others that meet Energy Star criteria,” according to The College Sustainability Report, one could consider UR an environmentally conscious campus. Yet the University could […]
Op-Eds
Married to the church: Celibacy is outdated
I am a happy “lapsed Catholic,” meaning that I go to Mass every Christmas, Easter and a few other times in between. Still, I am pretty much a loyal Catholic in practice. I love the liturgy, the mysticism and the connection to the past. However, as someone who’s been interested in the priesthood since the […]