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Dear John' another Sparks let-down
Each time a Nicholas Sparks novel is turned into a movie, fans likely expect his words to be translated into a masterpiece film. But with the exception of 'The Notebook," every Sparks adaptation so far has been disappointing, such as 'A Walk to Remember" and 'Nights in Rodanthe." Despite the fact these movies featured big […]
RPO concert an amazing experience of discovery
It's not every day that I am able to enjoy the various performances that take place at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. For the past few weeks junior Tom Karo and I had attempted to attend a concert at Eastman, and when we heard about the $6 tickets to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concert last […]
In Rochester
Local Rochester hockey hero makes it to the OlympicsNew York Rangers player, Ryan Callahan, 24, will be representing Rochester, N.Y. on the U.S. hockey team at the 2010 Olympics.Callahan, who is the sole athlete from the Rochester area on the U.S. hockey team, grew up in Greece, N.Y., which is a suburb of Rochester. Callahan […]
Campus Briefs
Simon School offers scholarships to winners of contestOn March 5, The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration will launch an online competition with a grand prize of full tuition for one business student.The competition will require participants to develop full business strategies and solutions to six critical business decisions, and was established to […]
Warner enters debate
Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy's efforts to take mayoral control of the Rochester City School District took center stage at UR last Thursday night.A packed Dewey lecture hall with an audience consisting of undergraduates, Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development students and a wealth of community members, including teachers heard from a panel […]
WRUR growing with audience
WRUR's audience is much broader than the campus that hosts it. Starting off as just an AM station broadcasting only to the University, nowadays WRUR's principal audience is comprised of the local Rochester community.The radio station was recently voted the best station in Rochester by City Newspaper in 2009.This recognition, along with the station's enhanced […]
Summer at UR on new path
After putting into motion long-felt internal ambitions to strengthen summer life at UR, the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering has begun taking steps to rework and bolster the offerings for students who choose to remain at UR over the summer months.'We want to build a sense of summer community," Dean of the College Richard […]
New Simon TV now on air
A new broadcast studio in the Carol G. Simon Hall on the River Campus is now fully operational. The studio is designed to help publicize the expertise of UR faculty, interview student award recipients and relay videos from UR President Joel Seligman.The studio allows faculty members to record their segments, which are then broadcasted on […]
UR student to attend Clinton Global Initiative Conference
Havalee Henry, a School of Medicine and Dentistry student, is set to represent UR at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) University Conference, which occurs in April. Henry was selected from a national pool of applicants to attend the conference.At the conference, more than 1,500 students will work with global leaders and private citizens on issues […]
Justice for all: Repeal ?don?t ask, don?t tell?
Since its inception in 1993, the military policy commonly known as 'don't ask, don't tell" has attracted criticism from two sources: those who believe that LGBT soldiers should be permitted to serve openly in the military, and those who believe that homosexuality is fundamentally incompatible with military service for a variety of reasons. Anyone who […]