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Freshman reorientation
For this semester’s registration period, University departments have been making an effort to alert students to new classes and opportunities through advising events and socials — a key way of fostering academic relations. During advising week, there was an even bigger push to include freshmen in an Orientation Encore event held on Nov. 5 and […]
Editorial Boards
Event Promotion
Last Thursday, Nov. 4, acclaimed author Tim O’Brien held a reading and Q&A session in the Interfaith Chapel. The free event was part of this year’s Big Read program, and was sponsored by UR’s English department, Writers and Books and the National Endowment for the Arts. O’Brien isn’t a singer-songwriter, nor did he direct any […]
Sex and the CT
Over-sexed students have 237 reasons to have sex
There are plenty of reasons to have sex this weekend: because you want to express your affection for your partner, because it smoothly seals the transition from casual to committed relationship, because it’s a great supplement to your yoga program. Read More
Op-Eds
The conscience of a political moderate
Last Tuesday, the Democratic Party took a “shellacking” from the GOP, which enjoyed the largest House victory since 1948. Most governorships went Republican, too, while the Senate came nail-bitingly close to a 50/50 split. “On fiscal and social policy, polling data shows a major overlap between the Tea Party and the middle class, UR English […]
Op-Eds
Child labor and world economic progress
Recently, I’ve been bombarded with endless arguments against free trade, and one popular argument is that it leads to lower labor standards. In most parts of the world where the manufacturing sector has increased in size, child labor is employed to do much of the work in factories. More often than not, “child labor” brings […]
Op-Eds
The uses of an extra-jurisdictional army
A group of teenagers are celebrating a birthday party. They hear a crash, followed by a hail of bullets. The party-goers lay dead in a pool of blood. This was the scene in Ciudad Juárez last month. These were the latest victims of a drug war that has claimed 28,000 lives since 2006. I was […]
Sex and the CT
Sex is too distracting to sell products
Does sex really sale? Or is the old cliche a long running hoax? Recent studies try to engage the once taken for granted answer. Read More
Editorial Boards
Prescription problems
UR and Wegmans, two of the top employers in Rochester, have long had a close relationship. Wegmans CEO Danny Wegman spoke at Commencement this year, and UR students are no strangers to the hallowed grocery halls of the local Rochester shopping chain. However, despite the close relationship UR has with Wegmans, it is time to […]
Editorial Boards
Getting the youth vote
It is widely known that young people are a group prone to political apathy. While Obama’s candidacy in 2008 led to an increase in political engagement, ultimately the trend remains — young voters are less likely to vote than older ones. Yet here at UR, impressive efforts are being undertaken to reverse this trend. This […]
Ed Observers
The confessions of a Facebook addict
Few holidays generate as interesting a Facebook News Feed as Halloween. Beyond Halloween party invitations and status updates, there is the wide variety of fascinating photos — groups of friends costumed, posed and in character, the odd baby-dressed-as-a-pumpkin photo and of course, the documentation of drunk and scantily-clad Fraternity Quad mayhem. For a frequent Facebook […]
