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Security Update
An electrical outlet located in Wilson Commons emitted a burning odor and smoke on Sunday, Feb. 24 at approximately 11:30 a.m., according to UR Investigator Daniel Lafferty. Facilities staff looked into the cause of the odor and attributed it to old wiring and a loose connection. Once Rochester Fire Department gave Facilities the all-clear to […]
To achieve sustainability, reexamine your desires
Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Education Richard Ryan, Ph.D. is well-known and well-respected. He is widely known in the psychology community for his theories and research involving human motivation and is known campus-wide as an entertaining and intelligent lecturer. Last Wednesday, Sloan Auditorium, a small auditorium in Goergen Hall, was filled with many students and […]
A child's cancer struggle inspires
I'd like to tell you about Michael Mancuso. He was the strongest person I've ever known. Michael learned to fight when he was very young and was a fighter for almost his entire life. He was used to this lifestyle - getting knocked out cold over and over again, waking up tired and groggy and […]
Bill Nye shows reality of global warming issues
Last Thursday night, I had an unbelievable dream. I was sitting in a sold-out auditorium filled to the brim with hundreds of college students clad in everything from jeans and T-shirts to lab coats. My excitement began to rise as they started chanting and screaming for someone named "Bill." Wait, this wasn't a dream! All […]
Anchors For Life
This July marks the 65th year of the United States Navy's relationship with UR. After its predecessor (a "V-12 Unit") was deemed a success, the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps was founded in 1945. Though the fine men and women join the NROTC for a variety of reasons, ranging from the leadership skills, discipline and […]
Eating Disorder Week educates
The primary objective of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week's events is to educate people about how eating disorders affect people from all walks of life and how these disorders are serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses rather than choices that people make. The goal is to connect people struggling with eating disorders, as well as their […]
Responsibility is essential for secure campus living
Last Thursday, Steve Kasmierczak walked into an afternoon science class at Northern Illinois University and opened fire, injuring 18 and killing six, including himself. This horrible tragedy marks the second campus shooting in less than a year, forcing universities across the country to ask themselves, "Are we doing enough?"What makes Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois […]
Letter to the Editor: Administration takes action on faculty diversity
Marquis Harrison and Brittany Carter, in the article titled "University is obligated to renew efforts at diversity," are right to ask whose responsibility it is to strengthen the diversity of the faculty and to ask what steps we are taking to achieve that. I am responsible for these efforts in the College, which are coordinated […]
Approaches to faculty diversity must be reassessed
This is the second of three articles by the Minority Student Advisory Board.In continuing the conversation that was begun last week about the challenges to diversifying and making this institution more inclusive, I'd like to closely examine the faculty diversity initiative that the University is currently undergoing. Again, while we applaud the efforts of the […]
Letter to the Editor: Successful URos program should ideally partner with businesses other than dining outfits
The URos program was created with one major purpose in mind: to better connect UR students to the city of Rochester by enabling the use of URos (formerly Flex dollars) at area businesses. With the enormous success of the program over the past year, the Editorial Board is right to call for its expansion.It is […]
