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Welcome to the jungle where the creepers thrive
We walked into a club we had never been to before, like new born animals in the jungle. There is a hierarchy in the animal kingdom where only the wildest and strongest of animals can survive, and when I say animals, I mean college-aged party animals. We had no clue what kind of oversexed jungle […]
Blueprint for success
Throughout the 2009-10 academic year, Students' Association President Eric Weissmann and Vice President Brittany Crowley have set the bar for the next leaders of the campus community.When Weissmann and Crowley ran for office last year, student communication and connectivity were prominent components of their platform. Both acknowledged that students were hardly aware of some of […]
A sense of the CT
Each year, UR undergraduates are required to pay a Student Activities fee, which support Students' Association Funded groups and supplemental funding. However, with about 240 SA Funded and Recognized groups, it is not possible to adequately fund the wishes of every organization.Last week, the SA Senate passed a nonbinding resolution, called 'A Sense of the […]
A full courseload of … extracurriculars?
When I arrived back on campus this semester after winter break, I knew that I was going to be busy. I was serving on three different executive boards for three separate organizations in positions that I knew were time-eaters. 'I'll be fine," I kept telling myself. "The busier I am the better I will do." […]
Health care bill financially irresponsible
No, the recent health care reform bill will not suddenly sound the death knell for America. And no, we have not slipped into tyranny, as many in the Republican Party and Tea Party movement would suggest. Rather, the recent legislation seems to confirm the shocking ignorance of Democrats and the Obama administration, and their willingness […]
Engineering students require computer lab
A lot of attention has been drawn to the 'Save the POA" campaign in the last couple of weeks. But why is the administration considering moving the Physics-Optics-Astronomy Library in the first place?The answer is a state-of-the-art, 50-workstation, 100-person capacity computer lab which the school currently lacks. This computer lab would be open to all […]
Letters to the Editor: Misconceptions about UHS service
My name is Melissa Kelley and I am the Health Educator for the UHS Health Promotion Office. I am writing today to express my concern for a comment printed in this most recent edition of the Campus Times on March 25. In the UR Opinion section written by Matt Chin, students were asked: 'Where do […]
Rachel Corrie?s legacy: new face of Palestine
On March 16, 2003 in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer crushed the American human rights volunteer Rachel Corrie. While she stood to defend the home of the Nasrallah family and its five children, she did not anticipate that the vehicle in front of her would continue its path.Khaled Nasrallah, who […]
Health care mandates impossible to enforce
Without delving into the details of the health care bill, one feature particularly stood out in the media explosion following its passage. The politicians who passed the bill should have noticed a serious flaw. While the bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to impose heavy fees on both individuals who do not purchase health insurance […]
Tea Party movement: a new counter-culture
A mass of affluent and well-educated people gather to protest the tyranny of government. They are still shaken by the election of a president who has formed a coalition against them that is likely to provide his party many victories in future elections. In response, they settle into morally and politically purified communities, and create […]