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Dining talks interest UR
A meeting between ARAMARK Food Service representatives and students to discuss problems with dining and offer suggestions for improvements and guidelines was held on Nov. 17 in Hoyt Auditorium.Guest services manager David Feist felt the meeting was an important way to communicate with students. "Our hopes coming into this was to clean up a lot […]
Seat torn on Senior Night
Some students tore out the bus seat cushioning after Senior Night on Nov. 11. The damage was done to the 2 a.m. bus, which is usually the most crowded.Repairing this damage will cost the senior class council over $500. Because of this, the senior class has been forced to cancel two Senior Nights. An award […]
Selecting students
The Office of Admissions is making concerted efforts to change the admissions process to draw a wider variety of students. One of the positive changes being implemented is altered requirements for obtaining a Rush Rhees scholarship, no longer based on Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. Admissions is now focusing on students being admitted and given financial […]
Returning respect
This past Thursday night, Senior Night activities were marred by the actions of a few individuals when a seat was damaged on the bus ride going back to campus from Whiskey Bar. Beyond being a juvenile and irresponsible act, it resulted in the loss of two future events for the senior class due to costs […]
Past proclamations are present reality
All the polls preceding the 2004 election showed the two presidential candidates as close - and the election was close. All the polls and pundits predicted record turnouts - and people across the country showed up in droves. Common wisdom, the media and polling all said the war in Iraq, the war on terrorism and […]
XC runs like the wind at NCAA Regionals
The men's cross country team finished off the 2004 fall season with two excellent races. After finishing fifth at last week's New York State Championships, they lived up to their expectations on Saturday, finishing seventh out of 33 teams at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. "I was very […]
XC runners attain personal bests
Heading into the fall season, the women's cross country team had one main objective. "Our expectations were to do better than we did last year in each of the three championship meets," Assistant Coach Ken Switnicki said. With a ninth-place finish at NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships on Oct. 13, they did just that. Although the […]
Men split two matches
UR's men's swimming and diving had an exciting weekend of competition. The team swam two meets back-to-back this weekend, first on Friday afternoon against St. Lawrence and then Saturday against Union College. Rochester beat St. Lawrence University 144-83. "Our guys are getting faster and faster every meet," Head Coach Danielle Herring said. "Every time we […]
Ready? OK! Cheering rocks
There is quite a pervasive disinterest in varsity sports on this campus, and I think much of it has to do with being school spirited out after all those mandatory pep rallies we attended in high school. Come to remedy the situation here at UR is the cheerleading club, inspiring enthusiasm without the forceful tactics […]
Union drops soccer in ECAC semifinal game
The Yellowjackets extended their season when they qualified for the Eastern College Athletics Conference Northeast Regional quarterfinals. Their first opponent in this single-elimination tournament was Skidmore College, a team sporting an impressive record of 13-6-1.Despite this laudable record, the Yellowjacket defense put Skidmore's offense to rest by allowing just two shots throughout the entire game.Rochester […]