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Security Update: Rochester local arrested for robbery and accused of punching a student
On Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2 a.m., the Rochester Police Department arrested Lamik Moses, 20, for theft.According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, the RPD responded to a report of a suspicious individual with a ski mask wandering around the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity houses.Three UR undergraduates told another police officer […]
CT relies on you
This newspaper belongs to you. Being Students' Association recognized, the Campus Times' job is to keep the community up to date and to provide an outlet for students' opinions, creativity and journalistic ramblings. As a new editorial staff will arrive next semester and a few assets here and there will undoubtedly change, this wonderful fact […]
Fighting Recession
UR is learning to cope with a severely weakened U.S. economy. The University has already suffered a $425 million blow to its endowment and the impact will be immediately noticeable. UR President Joel Seligman is taking the right steps to ensure UR's survival of the recession.Seligman's commitment to the University is admirable, as he is […]
Cheers and Jeers
CHEERS to Students' Association President and senior Eric Sansky and SA Vice President and senior Tyler Socash for taking the right first step toward increasing school spirit by initiating the Fill Fauver and Pack the Palestra events. While there is still work to be done on them, students and athletes merit a program that gives […]
JumpStart offers tutors for students of all ages
Yonatan Hochstein, an energetic sophomore, admires Winnie the Pooh and enjoys puzzles with only 12 pieces. His fingertips are often marker-stained.Hochstein is one of over 60 UR students participating in the Jumpstart program, which aims to improve literacy in low-income public schools. The program allows college students to enter schools as literacy leaders so they […]
A Boar's Head: The feast of champions
One may typically walk through the doors of Douglass Dining Hall expecting to Club his or her usual homemade chicken salad sandwich with extra pickles on the side... but not tonight! Tonight is the night UR transforms this ordinary dining hall into a place of the past for the annual Boar's Head Dinner.'I tried looking […]
Small papers have it tough
Earlier this semester I attended a conference on political engagement with editors-in-chief of college newspapers from around the country. One of the events was a forum in which the EICs gathered to discuss their experiences with their respective papers. By the third speaker, it was clear that the room was divided into two very different […]
Bryan Brown and friends jam it up in Starbucks
Beyond the slushy sidewalks, up the slippery brick steps and through the doors of Wilson Commons rested the warmth and rich revitalization of sophomore Bryan Brown's many flavors, as he exhibited his wide range of musical talent on Friday, Nov. 21 at Starbucks.From 10 p.m. until midnight, a comforting number of UR's student body gathered […]
Musical legends sing holiday tunes, metallic style
'We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year" is undoubtedly the perfect CD for all the metal fans out there who also happen to be crazy about Christmas music. The title says it all, accurately describing the tone of the album. Fundamentally, it is a selection of classic Christmas songs remixed in […]
Don?t invest in this "Bond"
'Quantum of Solace," the sequel to 2006's 'Casino Royale," is the gloomiest Bond since 'License to Kill" and the most cynical in the series' history. Daniel Craig's 007 is a withdrawn hero in a film less interested in making its audience smile than in making it squirm. Bloody battles are frequent, often so fast-paced think […]