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Central access
Students on campus need a effective student center. Currently, many of the functions of a student center are dispersed throughout campus - the post office is located in Todd Union, the bookstore is in the Frederick Douglass building and public computers are found in Rush Rhees Library and the ITS Center.Adding computers to the main […]
Spending wisely
Dean of The College William Green recently vetoed the resolution sent by the Students' Association Senate to raise the Student Activities budget fee by $25. Green cited the current chaos in UR's student government as reason for denying the increase.Green is completely justified in this decision. If senate is unable to organize itself, it is […]
Distracting destruction
As a nation that cherishes the First Amendment, it is vital for us to express our views in order to let the leadership know what we want. Whether or not people agree with the war, it is truly positive sign that UR students are organizing protests for both viewpoints - perhaps we are not as […]
Quagmire' of poor thinking permeates war reports
U.K. Defense Minister Geoff Hoon has reportedly described Um Qasr as being "a city similar to Southampton [a port town in the south of England]," a remark that produced the following response from two British soldiers seen, apparently, on Sky News. First soldier - "He's either never been to Southampton or he's never been to […]
Wu addresses human rights
After surviving 19 years in a Chinese prison camp - part of the Laogai system - Harry Wu stressed that he did not want to be thought of as a hero. Instead, he made it clear that the continued human rights violations in China are not only devastating to people's physical will, but also to […]
National League contenders in action
While the American League consists mainly of two-team division races, with only the West having three teams with a legitimate chance to make the playoffs, the National League has plenty of parity. In the East, the Braves are the favorite, but the Phillies, Mets and Expos all have a chance to topple the longest current […]
Jazz festival to invade Rochester this summer
Jazz fans watch out! You're in for a real - wait a minute. Did I just start this article off by saying: - jazz fans watch out? Maybe this whole writing thing isn't for me. Anyway, the artist line-up for the second edition of the Rochester International Jazz Festival has been announced.What is this, you […]
Greek Week a great tradition
If you have noticed a heightened sense of competition amongst the student body over the last few days, it is probably because 'Greek Week" began on Monday. Actually, Greek Week is a bit of a misnomer, since the inter-fraternity and inter-sorority competitions extend for two weeks, but "Greek Fortnight" doesn't exactly rhyme, and "Greek Two […]
Inn' epitome of kung-fu flicks
Take a half-dozen eunuchs, four ex-thieves, two soldiers, and one sex-starved inn owner and you have the cinematic tour de force that is "Dragon Inn." Filmed in beautiful rural China, our protagonists fight to the bitter end to preserve the power of the emperor in this most-famous of kung fu movies. Any aficionado can tell […]
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Dandelion Day - the great day where students take a break from their work and celebrate the beautiful spring weather. This day is shrouded in the haze of time, as there's nobody left on campus who really remembers the first one which began in the slow return to normalcy of the post-World War II years.After […]