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Meal plans club students
To phrase it kindly, I am frugal. In food-related matters alone, I have always tried to minimize waste. I was raised to clean my plate and learned to find the best deal in grocery store fliers before I was even old enough to drive to the store on my own. Much to my chagrin, my […]
Football coaching staff blitzes Greeks, freedom
I was drawn to this school four years ago with promises of academic and extracurricular freedom. The opportunity to grow and mature as an independent person with the ability to make my own choices was apparently given to me. However, I am concerned that this freedom has now been taken away from certain people. My […]
Divided they fall
The United Nations has come under some heavy scrutiny these past few years. From its indecisiveness towards the war in Iraq, to its faulty efforts to curb nuclear weapons proliferation, the body of many nations has failed to fulfill its duties.The UN first found itself at a crossroad early after 9/11 when it passed Resolution […]
Baseball influences orchestra
Joseph Schwantner's piece, "New Morning for the World," will be performed on Jan. 28, with the Eastman Philharmonia in Eastman Theatre at 8 p.m. Neil Varon will conduct with narration performed by UR Vice President Paul Burgett, former dean of both Eastman and UR.The story begins when Freeman, an avid baseball fan, watched the Pittsburgh […]
Panel Discusses Visions
Members of Grassroots' Executive Board presented their vision for a College-wide sustainability policy to a group of UR faculty and administrators, on Jan. 24. "We're talking about something more than material. It's about curriculum," one of the presenters for Grassroots and junior Andrew Hall said."Are we preparing our students to understand what it means to […]
Security Update
An individual was found urinating outside the Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls on Jan. 22 at 1:18 a.m. The undergraduate student was approached and identified according to Director of UR Security Walter Mauldin. He admitted that his actions were "a dumb thing to do," according to Mauldin.The student was warned and advised against such behavior […]
Blizzard Hits UR Campus
Blizzard conditions engulfed UR for much of this weekend, creating parking problems and barricading sidewalks. "It snows in Rochester," Manager of University Facilities and Serivces Dan Schied said. "Our job is to do whatever we can to make it safe for students and faculty as soon as possible. Considering the conditions, I think our staff […]
Senate revises approach
Following several weeks of frustration due to poor attendance and a lack of ability to get things done, the Students' Association government is trying some negative reinforcement and reward techniques to encourage senators to increase their level of activity. "People always says that Senate does nothing," senior and Communications Committee Chairperson Alex Brody said. "This […]
Comics
Can't you do anything about the comics section on the online edition? The scan is so small there's no way a normal person could read them. And, as far as I can tell, there's no way to enlarge the image.As it is now, you might as well not even bother posting them at all. It's […]
Listeners will pay to download good music
After years of attacking networks such as Napster and Kazaa as havens where young punks circumvent copyright laws and download illegal music files that they then share with their friends, killing an artist's ability to make a decent living, music industry veterans have started to actually support downloading music online. Why the about face? Why […]