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Election rouses GLBT rights talk
The Pride Network sponsored a panel of four local activists and politicians to speak about important gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) legislation in New York. Approximately 40 students attended a two-hour panel last Thursday about the importance of GLBT issues in local and national elections.The panel discussed many New York legislation bills, including bills […]
Panel tackles '08 issues
The speakers at Monday night's 'Health Care and the 2008 Election" panel addressed the growing problems with the current U.S. health care system and the effectiveness of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain's proposals to resolve these issues.The Charles Drew Pre-Health Society (CDrew) sponsored the panel of speakers that included Simon Graduate School of Business […]
Institute change
The M.K. Gandhi Nonviolence Institute faces an uncertain future in its second year at UR because, in addition to its founder's sudden resignation last year, Professor of Philosophy Robert Holmes is retiring after this year. Holmes is responsible for piquing University interest in nonviolence. With Holmes gone, the Institute faces the dual challenges of remaining […]
Money matters
A university's endowment goes a long way in fostering growth at a school. At UR, the endowment funds medical research, University renovations and the needs of UR faculty, among other projects. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa recently proposed in an editorial that the 135 schools in the nation UR being one of them with endowments […]
Stress sounds unimportant
It's 10:05 a.m., Monday morning, and you wake up in a panic. You are five minutes late for class because you went to bed at 4 a.m. Why? The night before, you went to Gleason. Hence, what should have taken you two hours exponentially increased to seven as you, your friends and the other 3,000 […]
The dark side of Wikipedia
Technological achievements, especially regarding communication, are often initially regarded as a step back for society. These hesitations are often brushed aside as useless nostalgia in the light of improvement; however, they are important to consider. When writing became increasingly used in teaching, Plato, the classical Greek philosopher, lamented that 'If men learn this, it will […]
Hallow's eve: fun tactics
I have to admit, as a kid I never really liked Halloween much. My neighbors were the types who gave out old pennies and 'bit-o-honey" bars as treats, and my mother was as unenthusiastic a costume provider as they come (meaning that every Oct. 30, my brother and I were scrambling at Party City for […]
Third time's a charm for hit "High School Musical"
It was just another year at East High School in Albuquerque, N.M., and winter break had finally arrived. One of the East High students was taking a much-needed vacation at a ski resort with his family and, after the duet of a lifetime, his life would never be the same. It was at that ski […]
?Energetic jazz? pumps up crowd
Looking sharp in a sleek vest, vintage hat and musical-notes tie, senior Sam Fishman stands in front of the growing Starbucks crowd just before 10 p.m. He tells the eager crowd that a few of his band members are going to warm up in the bathroom (which is met with a few chuckles from the […]
Obama
Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, was once quoted as saying, 'Of strange, discordant and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds and formed and fought to battle through."Today, Senator Barack Obama, another senator from Illinois campaigning to become president, reminds us that 'we cannot walk alone; we must walk together to tear down […]