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Security Update: Southside Market shows signs of forced entry
One or more persons attempted to enter Southside Market in deKiewiet Tower between Wednesday evening, April 2 and Thursday morning, April 3. The store was closed at the time. Student employees at the store reported that when they arrived Thursday morning, they found both the front and rear doors ajar with pry marks on them. […]
Establishing goals
To start their term on the right foot, Eric Sansky and Tyler Socash must pay careful attention to the projects they pursue and communicate effectively with University administrators as well as the student body. Sansky and Socash should rightfully stand by their platform, but they are equally obligated to incorporate good ideas from the other […]
China prepares to sweep gold in Relays of Shame
In 2001, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2008 summer games to Beijing, a move that drew criticism, as it should have. The Chinese government has an abysmal record for human rights, does not respect free speech or other civil liberties and represses dissenters. Some hoped that giving Beijing the games would force the Chinese […]
Campus Brief: Researchers make advanced music file
UR researchers have reproduced a music file of a 20-second clarinet solo that is nearly 1,000 times smaller than a regular MP3 file. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mark Bocko co-created the reproduction."This is essentially a human-scale system of reproducing music," Bocko said. "Humans can manipulate their tongue, breath and fingers only so fast, […]
Campus Brief: Students create Virtual Institute for Energy
Last weekend, UR's first Sustainable Energy Symposium was held in Hubbell Auditorium in Hutchison Hall. Over 100 students and faculty were in attendance.The symposium featured several speakers, including a keynote address by Chair of the Department of Environment and Society at Utah State University Joseph Tainter. Tainter is an anthropologist and historian who studies ancient […]
Expert talks religion, politics
On Tuesday night, The Humanities Project wrapped up its series on Religious Cultures of the African Diaspora in the Hawkins-Carlson room in Rush Rhees Library with a talk given by New York University research scholar and author Jeff Sharlet. The scholar's most recent work, "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" […]
Mayor discusses city's potential
In an effort to bridge the gap between the UR community and the city of Rochester, Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy spoke in Hoyt Auditorium last Thursday to discuss an array of current local issues. During the Town Hall speech and question-and-answer session, Duffy candidly addressed the city's present hurdles and discussed its potential to advance […]
Voting results released
The unofficial results from the Students' Association and Class Council elections were released last night on The Hive Web site, and juniors Eric Sansky and Tyler Socash were announced as the winning ticket for the presidential election. The polls, which closed at 9 p.m., showed Sansky and Socash at a lead with 628 votes. Their […]
Campaign shame
A college campus should be a haven of idealism and positivism, and student government elections are no exception. Debate and competition are a staple of politics, but dirty tactics have no place in UR's environment. The recent Students' Association and Class Council elections were characterized by negative campaigning, which have been a recurring theme in […]
Lawsuit against Buffalo Sabres shouts
Inexorably tied to the game of hockey is a player known as the cheap shot artist. Not to be confused with an enforcer, these thugs deliver late hits with malicious intent. Needless to say, they aren't exactly the smartest players out there, often forgoing secondary or post-secondary education to participate in the amateur hockey circuit […]
