Opinions
air conditioning
How to beat the heat when you’re stuck in a dorm room
A lot of people complain about Rochester’s winters, but in my opinion, the summer months are far worse. When it gets cold, even polar vortex cold, you can always put on more layers. In the winter, heavy coats, long underwear, ski masks, or even goggles can become necessities outside the tunnels. When it gets hot, […]
Campus Times
Reaching our potential
There’s a lot to celebrate at CT, but much more work needs to be done on outreach. Read More
Mental Health
Dealing with mental illness in college
Editor's Note (01/03/20): The writer's name has been removed from this piece, as they were still struggling with mental illness at the time of its submission. It was a Thursday afternoon in creative writing seminar when I wrote, “we’re all time travelers. Jesus split himself into billions of pieces to live inside of our souls. […]
D-Day
D-Day: 2019’s Fyre Festival?
Bright and early at 8 a.m. on Dandelion Day, UR’s Student Programming Board posted a list of expectations for students on their Facebook page — keep your ID on you, no visible intoxication. If only we could have known what to expect from them — a rollercoaster ride of changing event times and an inability […]
Hairline
Dealing with growth, change, and a receding hairline
Change is one of the inevitabilities of life, and how we deal with it defines how we live it. I realized what this meant in my sophomore year of high school. It’s 7 a.m., bright and early. A regular dreadful start to another fall day. I drag myself out of bed, “excited” to go to […]
Peeps
My overwhelming dislike for Peeps
Here is a brief list of things I love: the crunch of a salt and vinegar chip, Bananarama, creepy old movies like “Rosemary’s Baby,” and long car rides. Here is an even briefer list of things I hate: horses (like the animal) and Peeps (like the abominable candy creature). Since Easter last Sunday, I’ve been […]
clothing
‘Gender-neutral’ doesn’t mean ‘gay’
Some people have questioned my gender identity and sexual orientation because of the way I dress. I wear quite a bunch of men’s clothing — shirts, sweaters, and a coat. The first time that I bought men’s clothing was with my dad, browsing around the men’s section at a GAP store. I picked up the […]
Native Americans
UR can do ‘ever better’ in honoring Native American land on which it stands
The 17th-century contact with European conquerors, the history of genocide and forced migration, and broken political treaties continues to disadvantage Native communities in Western New York and the country as a whole. The River Campus and the Bausch and Lomb Riverside Park sit on an ancient Native American town, in which the hunter/gatherer Algonquin (Algonkin) […]
DPS
We all have a stake in the DPS gun proposal
The DPS gun proposal from last October will be decided on this Monday. Since the proposal was announced, we have witnessed an uncomfortable dichotomy in the student body. On one hand, we’ve seen high-profile opposition, largely from students of color, to the idea of adding guns on campus. On the other hand — we’re not […]
memes
The ‘Weed Raid’: Truth, lies, and how memes fit in
A healthy amount of skepticism might save you next time from sprinting out of class to your room to hide your bong from dogs that aren’t coming. Read More
