Opinions
drinking
Dry frats: student responses
Colleges and universities nationwide have faced controversy surrounding fraternities and sororities for years. Drinking and hazing scandals aside, some take issue with the culture that surrounds these organizations. Recently, there has been a “crackdown” (depending on who’s asked) by national fraternities to their chapters regarding alcohol and hazing for greek life organizations. Newly created policies […]
Op-Eds
Mt. Hope cemetery review
We are outnumbered by the dead. In Mt. Hope Cemetery alone there are more dead people than living ones in the city of Rochester. Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, and our city’s namesake Nathaniel Rochester are among the 350,000 interred in this cemetery. (The 2017 census puts Rochester’s living population at roughly 208,000). A historic […]
japan
The untold story of comfort women
Everyone wants an apology when someone has wronged them. Whether on an individual or national scale, it’s difficult to forgive and forget even small slights. Korea and Japan have been stuck in this argument since the end of World War II and the start of Korea’s liberation. When the Japanese colonized South Korea in 1910, […]
SA Elections
SA Senate elections matter
As campaign posters start to pop up, it’s once again time to elect the first-year SA senators. With over 20 candidates gunning for four positions, it’s tempting to vote for whoever’s name you vaguely recall from a chalk drawing on the Wilson Quad. After all, most of us barely know who our senators are, or […]
class
Being late isn’t cute
Class meets at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. We have met at that time every week for the past three weeks or so. There has never been a change in the time, place, or day. So why, this far into the routine, are people still rolling up at 12:46 like everything’s all hunky-dory? I’m […]
Campus Times
The olds and news of the Campus Times
I’m far from the first to say the way we consume journalism is changing. Nor am I the first to say the Campus Times is working to change with it. In the final ed observer of last semester, our publisher described how we adapted. A year ago, we made the shift from publishing weekly print […]
jaeger
Jaeger has not left UR
For those who were here in the fall of 2017, the name T. Florian Jaeger conjures up memories of an unforgettable scandal. But as his name makes headlines again, many current UR students don’t remember the controversy. Looking at the University today, much of what we see is a result of the scandal, and we […]
meliora
A guide to Zen: Study space edition
As an ancient ward of the University (also known as a Take Five Scholar), I have completed my journey towards academic nirvana. Days melt into nights, nights melt into frat parties, and frat parties melt into Mt. Hope Diner runs, yet I remain enlightened in all walks of my River Campus life. And here, within […]
internship
Unpaid internships aren’t always worth it
Internships are great. You get to put real work experience on your resume, have a resource when you need a recommendation letter, and sometimes even earn some cash to help pay off your student loans. Being honest, the most important point is that extra cash. But what about the much more common unpaid internship? Is […]
academics
Dear bushy tailed, wide-eyed, overachieving fresher
My first semester at UR was a shitshow — unbalanced, sleep-deprived, anxious, and toxic. Don’t get me wrong: I collected some funny stories, almost exclusively between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. I made friends, engaged in meaningful extracurriculars, took great classes, saw “The Matrix,” found mentors, lived as an open and proud queer Asian woman […]
