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UR Security relocates office
UR Security will relocate its headquarters to the Service and Facilities Building on the River Campus from its current location in the Towne House on Mt. Hope Avenue. The move is projected for the beginning of next year and is part of a university-wide rearrangement of the administrative offices of several departments."What students are going […]
Flex survey results released
Following a week-long survey posted on The Hive Web site to gauge students' opinions on where they like to shop and where they would like to see Flex accepted off-campus, plans are in the works to have Flex available off-campus by the start of the next school year."I liked the way the survey went - […]
Incoming freshman class breaks records
UR received a record number of applications again this year and admitted a much lower percentage than in previous years in an effort to bring the size of the freshman class back to normal levels after this year's unusually large class."We had a record number of applications," Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jonathan Burdick […]
Commencement Update: Times to remember – looking back on four great years
As easy as it may be to believe otherwise, UR students do not actually live in a bubble. Over the past four years, seniors have experienced and responded to a world of changes both on and off campus.Here are just some of the big events and themes that defined our college years, both academically and […]
Commencement Update: Green heads to University of Miami
The University of Miami announced Dean of the College William Green as its next Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education. Green, who has been a UR faculty member since 1974, will start at his new position on July 1."William Green is the best person in the country to lead our institutional commitment to […]
Commencement Update: Conway hired to help lead UR's advancement
Jim Conway, the associate vice president of alumni relations and development at Northwestern University, has been selected as UR's first associate vice president for advancement services. "We have recruited a true national leader in advancement," Senior Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer Jim Thompson said. "He's not only results-oriented, he also places a strong emphasis […]
Evil UR
"Hey, have you seen that video? The one about how UR sucks?" You may recognize this line as one of the most recent conversation starters around campus. If your response is "yes," then you've seen - and most likely have been amused - by the video online that satirizes the more negative aspects of UR. […]
In three-fourths world, seeking to effect change
On May 21, the two of us will graduate as equals with the men around us. The next day, our value, as measured by the pay rate, will drop to 76 percent of those men.In the past four years we've seen Women's Caucus and the women on this campus in general do great things. We've […]
Letters to the Editor
President ponders election problemsSpringtime! A hopeful time of year when the trees blossom, clocks spring forward and freshmen begin hearing tales of UR's yearly reenactment of the invasion of Normandy. Springtime also means an election scandal is imminent, particularly of the Presidential variety. Inevitably, someone breaks some rule - usually inadvertently, the election committee decides […]
Shuttle rebuttal
Last week's Students' Association election included a poll that showed strong student support for tiered parking fees dependant on the distance of parking lots from the center of the River Campus. While this change is certainly better than the existing fee structure, it does not address the fundamental problem with student parking. On a campus […]
