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Washington?s obsession with transparency
President Obama often talks about transparency. He says in almost every interview and town hall meeting that he wants to put everything Washington does on a Web site. In response, Republicans cry foul and point to the lack of transparency in the final stages of the health care debate. Although Obama has apologized for the […]
Partisanship halts progress in Congress
Last week, Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) announced that he will not seek re-election this coming November. Bayh, a two-term senator, surprised Democratic officials in Washington and people across America with his decision. Before revealing his retirement, the Indiana senator was extremely popular, winning each of his elections by a large margin and earning consideration as […]
Artistic admissions
Artistic expression holds an appeal for many at UR, considering the University's 25 performing and fine arts student organizations and strong enrollment in dance, music and art classes. This artistic subculture has begun to receive greater recognition in the admissions process with the newly created Prince Street Scholarship, a scholarship devoted to attracting applicants who […]
Give faith-based charities a chance
Extra ecclesiam nulla salus: outside the Church there is no salvation. The doctrine is based on the idea that man is so wicked that he deserves eternal damnation, but he can receive eternal life by confessing and serving God.After Saint Cyprian first made his edict, 1,760 years later, our society is far more secular, and […]
Improve summer life
The recent announcement that the College of Arts and Sciences is looking to improve summer life on River Campus acknowledges the current disparity between student life during the summer and the academic terms. The population during summer months is small only several hundred and could be greatly expanded with new incentives for students.Adding job opportunities […]
College presidents approve of Duffy's plan
Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy's plan for control of the Rochester City School District received a stamp of approval from 19 area college presidents, including UR President Joel Seligman, on Tuesday.In a letter e-mailed to the Democrat and Chronicle and published on its Web site, area college presidents cited this year's expected 46 percent citywide graduation […]
Security Update
Super glue causes emergencyA graduate student reported that while she was sleeping in the lounge on the fourth floor of Wilson Commons an unidentified suspect poured super glue into one of her ear cavities at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23.The victim reported she woke up in tremendous pain and saw the unidentified suspect walking […]
Gov. Paterson jumpstarts campaign election
After kicking off his campaign last Saturday morning at Hofstra University, Governor David Paterson came to Rochester Laborers Local 435 on Fourth St. where Rochester's youth drum line, the Mighty Liberators, marched him into a room of over 200 supporters.Junior Anna Dumont, a former intern for Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and Congressman Eric Massa, worked with […]
Arrested ex-professor dies in home
Former UR professor William Fals-Stewart, 48, who was arrested last week on felony charges, died suddenly on Tuesday afternoon. Fals-Stewart was pronounced dead at his Eden, N.Y. home. As of press time, the cause of death had not been determined and Eden Police Investigator Shawn Bishop the investigator authorized to speak on the developing case […]
Ford Jr. tackles civil rights, politics
Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. delivered a keynote address at the Interfaith Chapel Thursday night as part of UR's celebration of Black History Month, which was sponsored by the Black Students' Union.Ford's lecture entitled 'Civil Rights and Leadership in the 21st Century" focused on many of the problems facing our nation today, most notably […]