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Why the ignorance about the opposite sex?
As adolescents, the first lessons we learn in school are about the birds and the bees.Everyone recalls that fateful day when the school gym teacher put a condom on a cucumber.Despite those awkward memories, we got the picture. We're taught how to use these genitals as a team, and yet, are left simply clueless about […]
Healthcare reform takes center stage with panel event
Healthcare reform was the theme of R World R Vote's panel discussion last Thursday. UR Professor of History Ted Brown defended a single payer health care system while Jim Fatula, chair of the public administration department at SUNY Brockport, argued that current healthcare reform strategies will not solve the problem of insuring every American citizen […]
Say no to cheap malt
Hey. Remember that time when I said that I'd be doing this for science? Did you believe me? Also, remember that time when I said I'd take your suggestions? Remember that? I do. It is with great trepidation that I wrote that fateful line. I thought it couldn't be bad. I'd drank some pretty strange […]
UR Briefed
URMC Professor passes awayThe UR Medical Center mourns the death of Associate Professor of Psychiatry Susan Horwitz, a master teacher and clinician of family therapy and advocate for families. Horwitz, a faculty member since 1988 who studied interventions to prevent domestic violence, died Sept. 24 of brain cancer. She was 62.'Susan was a remarkable person, […]
Girl Talk ? and the city of Rochester listens
There was a light rain coming down as the sky faded from orange to grey to nightfall this past Saturday, and a long line had formed outside Rochester Institute of Technology's Clark Gymnasium. Ticket in hand and T-shirt damp from the rain, I waited for what was almost guaranteed to be a magical experience. As […]
What Iran would you like to see in 30 years?
BY Samuel LaRussaOn Thursday, Oct. 1, the United States and Iran will engage in direct negotiations for the first time in 30 years. However, this will not be an occasion for pleasantries, but rather an opportunity for the United States to deliver an ultimatum: Iran must accept serious limitations to its nuclear program or face […]
Who?s in favor of public care? Setting the record
BY Michael PowersObamacare. Sounds vaguely ominous, doesn't it? Kind of feels like a loanword, something that just doesn't quite fit into the mold of the English language. It's probably that indefinite unease that has led the word to be splashed over headlines and blog posts as far as the eye can see. Go ahead, Google […]
Publicize RED
The Rochester Every Day program, an initiative launched by the Rochester Center for Community Leadership in 2003, has certainly in the last six years achieved its main goal to provide an economic incentive for students to patronize local businesses by partnering with them to give students a discount. But while this great system has expanded […]
Letters to the editor
'Straight, but fun" disappointsAfter reading 'Straight, but fun" in the Thursday, Sept. 17 issue, I feel disappointed that such ignorant views of sexual preference and identification were published in the Campus Times. I agree with Mr. Gonzalez that narrow labels defining sexual expression are unnecessary and restricting. However, several comments made in the article could […]
Onion writer jumps on the vampire bandwagon
There seems to be no shortage of vampires nowadays and with all the vampire-infiltrated books, movies and TV shows, it can be hard to find the right one to bring back to your lair or castle.But, luckily, you won't have to look that hard. Brought to you by writers of The Onion and The New […]