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Talk educates on risqu films
Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas's Department of Radio, Television and Film Harry M. Benshoff gave a lecture titled, "Beyond the Valley of the Classical Hollywood Cinema - Rethinking the Loathsome Films of 1970" on March 25. It was sponsored by UR Film and Media Studies and the Program in Visual and Cultural […]
Kidney lecture proposes solution
Economist and George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard University Alvin Roth delivered a lecture where he proposed methods on how to handle the shortage of kidneys used for transplants on March 29.This lecture was part of the Lionel McKenzie lecture series, where graduate students choose a notable person in economics to […]
Campus Times Endorses Pete Nabozny for SA President
In this time of governmental transition, the president of the Students' Association necessarily needs to be a facilitator. With a new constitution in the works, as well as proposed restructuring of the senate, any presidential candidate will need to not only continue the work started by Chris Calo's administration in repairing relationships between different branches […]
University misconstrues intent of Greeks
The past two weeks have been a culmination of the past couple years as a dark time for Greek life at the University of Rochester, and therefore the overall quality of student life. By now, most people have heard that the brothers of Alpha Delta Phi and Sigma Alpha Mu have lost their houses, at […]
Low profile releases yield CD gems
It is official, well hopefully, that spring is finally here in Rochester. With this time of year comes spring cleaning and the Campus Times is no different. Cleaning out our CD bins, we chose a list of CDs we couldn't previously review due to sheer volume, not to the quality of the material we receive.Paloalto, […]
Chapter house loss hurts Greek community
As a governing body, the Fraternity President's Council has the responsibility to unite the fraternities into a forward-moving body of students, always seeking to improve the college community. Some fraternities provide a social outlet for students, a place where all undergraduates can come together and hang out on the weekends, listen to live music, dance […]
Women's track clashes in the Battlegrounds
The women's track and field team started its outdoor season last weekend at the Battleground Relays, hosted by Mary Washington College. With the Rochester weather preventing the team from practicing outside in the days and weeks leading up to the outdoor season, it seemed likely that the women would be a bit rusty. In a […]
Men's track sprints into the outdoor season at Relays event
Despite only getting one day to practice outside before having to face their first outdoor competition since the end of last spring's season, the men's track and field team showed up to play last weekend at Mary Washington College's Battleground Relays. "We ran pretty well," Head Coach John Izzo said. "Most of our relays ran […]
Best thing on the 'net
I have been hearing a lot about this "Xanga" thing recently, and by recently I mean for the past four years. It's grown and evolved into a world-wide infection that's worse than MY_DOOM. Someone needs to put a stop to the abomination known as Xanga. This blog entry illustrates why.My fav xanga has a bright, […]
Sub-urban adventures
Lurking in the bowels of the earth, unbeknownst to the average Rochesterian, running through the former trough of the Erie Canal, are the remnants of a once proud and flourishing subway system. One warm March morning I ventured with a group of rag-tag industrial explorers, who are in no way affiliated with UR, into these […]