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Waltz and swing until the chimes ring

This upcoming Saturday is the Viennese Ball, a night of glitz and glamour and an opportunity for students and community members to get dressed up in their finest and spend the evening waltzing, dancing, enjoying light refreshments and just having fun.This will be the 22nd ball that UR has hosted. Since its conception, the night […]

The Mitzvah nightmares continue

The summer before seventh grade, I attended a sleep-away camp in the Birkeshire Mountains of Massachusetts. On the last night of camp, I was slowly roasting a marshmallow during the camp-wide farewell, when a girl of a similar age to myself approached me and introduced herself. Now, until this moment, I hadn't talked to a […]

Scatterbrains: Have no fear of grad school

Exactly one year ago, I was frantically searching for a grad school program that could accommodate my eclectic interests. In this era of academic specialization within rigid departmental boundaries, such programs are few and far between, but they are out there. If you're in a similar search now as I was then, read on - […]

Rush Rhees not just for studying

Greetings from the library! I officially moved in a few weeks ago - I keep my bed in the old stacks, put up a curtain with a floral print and redecorated the bathroom on the third floor with a cute duck theme. I decided to designate the Welles-Brown Room as the family room, add a […]

Horoscope

Aries (March 21-April 19) - It doesn't matter how much a girl weighs so long as she is on the bottom.Taurus (April 20-May 20) - An 18 percent gratuity is standard for escorts with eight inches or more.Gemini (May 21-June 21) - Now that the campus has finally gotten wet, the tunnels will get filled.Cancer […]

Letter to the Editor: Study abroad issues deserve clarification

An article in the Nov. 1 issue of the Campus Times entitled "Students shut out of Prague programs" states that "many students have found themselves rejected from certain study abroad programs [for next semester] due to unexpected over-enrollment."While it is true that an unprecedented increase in applications to the Prague program offered by the Council […]

Letter to the Editor: SA executives respond to "Civil disservice" editorial

We, the Students' Association President and Vice President, would like to thank the Campus Times for holding us accountable for the goals we listed in our platform last spring. We agree that we must fulfill our campaign promises. For this reason, we frequently re-examine our platform line by line. This week, we returned to our […]

Needn't rush transition from college to maturity

I've come to realize that my impressions of the pressure associated with higher education were backwards upon my entrance into the college world. I always thought that it was the kids who pressured themselves into making life-altering decisions as soon as they crossed the threshold of campus for the first time. I'm starting to see […]

Holiday seasons need realignment

'Twas the night after Halloween and the Christmas music was blaring. Um, what the hell? Over the years, the Christmas season has started to sneak closer and closer to the sacred night of Halloween. If you've ever been to a shopping mall on Nov. 1st, you've noticed Santa lethargically sitting in his pompously-large chair, pretending […]

Tune into WRUR to locate Rochester's "C Spot"

If you tune in to WRUR at noon on Fridays, you will find "The C Spot." From then until 2 p.m. you are able to have two hours with your host, WRUR General Manager and senior C. Mike Lindsey. Lindsey is the man in charge of overseeing students involved in the radio, show schedules, promotions […]