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2010-11 SAAC budget released
Last Monday night, the Students' Association Appropriations Committee (SAAC) passed the budget for the 2010-11 academic year at the weekly Senate meeting.A total of $875,700 was handed out to student groups, up 2 percent from the $858,000 awarded in last year's budget. Requests from SA groups grew by 5.6 percent from last year, with $971,600 […]
New loan bill has little effect on UR
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which was part of the healthcare reconciliation bill that was passed this past March, will alter the way that students take out loans to pay for their college education. Despite significant changes as a result of this new legislation, the current UR federal loan administration system will allow […]
Preliminary results in
The Students' Association's unofficial election results were released on Tuesday, April 7. Sophomore Scott Strenger and junior Ashley Haluck-Kangas two current senators are the winners of the presidential election, having received a total of 719 votes out of 1,425 total presidential votes.The official results will be released on Monday, April 12. Information Technology must certify […]
Security Report
Munro roof becomes a party1. On Saturday, over the span of an hour, there were two separate incidents of students going on to an off-limits roof.The incidents took place at 12:44 and 1:18 a.m., both at Munro House in Hill Court.According to Senior Security Investigator Dan Lafferty, it was determined that access to the roof […]
Team can?t find sweet spot
After one day at the Mid-Atlantic Region Invitational, the golf team eyed first place from just outside medal contention.The men couldn't keep up the pressure at the Hershey Country Club and eventually fell to eighth place out of 15 teams after the second day of competition. They shot a total score of 632.'The team and […]
Stop D-Day tours
On April 24, UR students will celebrate Dandelion Day, a university tradition that started in the 1950s and developed into the current one-day festival typically held the weekend before classes end. Given the nature of the celebration, the Office of Admissions does a disservice to the University, as well as prospective students, by scheduling tours […]
Improve sustainability
Sustainability has become omnipresent in UR's dialogue. When people hear about the latest sustainability initiative, they often assume it's the right thing to do. Sustainability, the rational effort to ensure that our activities will not deplete limited resources, is a laudable goal. However, some applications of sustainability at UR are misguided.One of the primary concerns […]
Girls gain confidence with multiple sweeps
On the wire in the eighth inning, with one player on base, sophomore right fielder Kim Grimes stepped up to bat and hit a two-run walk off home run against St. John Fisher College.And, to no one's surprise, she did it again.After a shaky start to their season in Florida, the women's softball team has […]
Jones vs. Hopkins II teases fans for 17 years
The eighth season of the '80s television series 'Dallas" produced one of the worst finales in the history of drama: The protagonist, Pam Ewing, wakes up and sees her once late husband, Bobby Ewing, alive and well. Devoted fans pissed their pants and foamed at the mouth as they were left with the lackluster conclusion […]
All-American phenoms
The squash team finished their season on a high note with the No. 4 team in the nation producing two College Squash Association first team All-Americans.The team's No. 1, senior Jim Bristow, has been the physical and mental leader for the squash team over the past four years. This season's All-American award is Bristow's fourth […]