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Musharraf's "democratic" aims are questionable
President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf, in a surprise move on Saturday night, declared a state of emergency in his country, citing Islamic militants as the cause for concern. This state of emergency, called by some of the harsher critics "martial law" and put in place in order to protect the Pakistani people, is renowned […]
Solid advice
At Wednesday's Town Hall Meeting, Deans Lennie and Feldman recognized in their discussion of student life that the retention and graduation rates for UR undergraduates are not as high as they would hope. To address this problem, we must understand why students are leaving, or, conversely, why students are staying. Students that feel intrinsically connected […]
New study spot
Last Friday, Dean of the River Campus Libraries Ronald Dow held a reception to celebrate the opening of the Gleason Library. The arrival of this collaborative workspace is a perfect example of how planning and creation should work at UR. The design of the library was based on carefully gathered information on the needs and […]
License plan hard to swallow
New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer recently announced his plan to implement a system of three different driver's licenses. Under his agreement, New Yorkers will have the option of three licenses - an "Enhanced Driver's License" that allows Western and Northern New Yorkers to cross the New York-Canadian border without a passport; a federally-approved license […]
Campus Brief: Dining Services caters to new student requests
Starting Monday, Nov. 12, certain parts of the Pit will open at 8:30 a.m., as opposed to the current opening time of 10:30 a.m. According to Director of Dining and Auxiliary Services Cam Schauf, the change is in direct response to student requests."We have been responding to student requests all along. There has been a […]
Campus Brief: Ching Tang wins Noble Award for technology
Last week, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. honored Doris Johns Cherry Professor Ching Tang with the 2007 Daniel E. Noble Award for his work in developing Organic light-emitting diodes, OLED's, at the Lasers & Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.Tang won the award because his OLED technology, responsible for […]
Deans share Strategic Plan
On Nov. 7, the Students' Association held a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the University's new College Strategic Plan. Dean of the College Richard Feldman and Dean of the College Faculty Peter Lennie detailed the plan, which originated in fall 2005. The plan began with an evaluation of the University now."All serious plans start with […]
Panel discusses foreign publications
The Humanities Project's latest roundtable discussion, "Commerce and Culture: The Impact of the Business of Books on the Literature of the Americas," featured participants representing the various aspects of creating and selling a book this past Monday in Schlegel Hall.The moderator was the University's literary translation publisher and Director of Open Letter Chad Post. Open […]
Campus Brief: Mount Trashmore aims
Last Thursday, a large mound of trash accumulated on Wilson Quadrangle to demonstrate the amount of unnecessary trash that UR students create. "Mount Trashmore," as it was dubbed, was composed of the trash produced by Wilson Commons between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. that day. The mound was approximately five feet tall […]
Parking offers booting refunds
Earlier this week, Director of Parking Glen Sicard confirmed that refunds are being given to students who paid a fee to have boots removed from their vehicles between September 2006 and September 2007.To receive a refund, students must go to the River Campus Parking Office, which is located in the basement of Fauver Stadium. This […]
