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Letter to the Editor: Vegetarian cites benefits

I'm writing in response to Owen Deland's Features article "Think hard before going vegetarian." As a medical student and a vegetarian of many years, I had some problems with what was written. First, it read much more like an opinion piece than a Features article. Second, while I agree that some of the hyperbole in […]

"Tila Tequila" brings bisexuality into spotlight

A show about a MySpace star calling herself something as absurd as Tila Tequila who is making the claim to be bisexual and giving a group of strangers a "Shot at Love" - a miserable play on words - is a very ridiculous idea. My initial reaction was this: if this is an attempt to […]

New actor comes of age in skinhead subculture

If I could grow up in any time and place, it would definitely be England during the early 1980s. The Clash, Doc Martens, The Smiths, sweet haircuts - was there anything not cool about this era? Then, when I take a second to actually think about it and not base my decision strictly on the […]

It's a Pun!

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Q&A with Guster

With the alternative rock band Guster performing at the Palestra on Friday, Oct. 5, the Campus Times was given the exciting opportunity to talk to Brian Rosenworcel, a member of the band. Originally from West Hartford, Conn., Brian is Guster's drummer, known for often playing drums by hand instead of with sticks. He answered questions […]

UR grad student opens exhibit

Nicola Mann, originally from England and a third year Doctoral Candidate at UR in the areas of Visual and Cultural Studies, has created an intriguing and illuminating artistic exhibit displaying the consequences of social upheaval in Cabrini Green, a notorious housing project located on the North Side of Chicago.Mann developed her idea for the exhibit, […]

Celibacy Now

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Day by Day

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Book dissects budget

In an effort to call attention to the age-old problem of budget reform, UR Professor David Primo recently released a new book, "Rules and Restraint: Government Spending and the Design of Institutions." The book, released Monday by the University of Chicago Press, shows how government officials continuously flout budget rules in order to help their […]

Security Update

On Tuesday night, 9-1-1 notified UR Security of an anonymous call informing them that two males were planning a robbery on or around campus, according to UR Director of Security Walter Mauldin. The men were supposedly going to be driving a black GMC Yukon SUV. They were planning to carry out the robbery either in […]