Opinions

Maryland’s governor is doing it right

Larry Hogan has been an exemplary leader, and other governors should be looking to his track record for the past months. Read More

If fall is online, changes must be made

If we’re going to be expected to pay the same tuition, the current set of online learning guidelines won’t cut it. So here’s what we want to see. Read More

UR Student: An unpredictable registration process

Registration day finally comes. I’m sitting on my couch, fingers ready to pounce on the keyboard, waiting for 9:30 a.m. to flash across my phone screen. Read More

Mother nature is sending us a message, or worse, a warning

While we’re home during this pandemic, we have plenty of time to reflect on our actions. Read More

Recreational weed smells like danger

When you smoke marijuana, whenever you put it in a brownie, you are ingesting a drug. Read More

The merits of growing your own herbs

In a fragmented system that demands impersonality, why not return some of that vigour to the self? Read More

An unadulterated perspective on UR Student

To put it succinctly: UR Student sucks. Read More

“Vote blue no matter who” is not a valid argument

We shouldn’t cancel a conversation just because it doesn’t seem worth having in the short term. Read More

@Rochester, stop hiding important info

One thing we all have in common these days is we have more questions than answers.  No one knows what next week, next month, or next semester will hold makes the answers we do have even more precious. That’s why we would like UR to stop burying these gems in a barrage of vaguely-labelled emails. […]

A beginner’s guide to mindfulness

Mindfulness teaches that we have power over our emotions, not the other way around.  Read More