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Staff member mugged in Genesee Valley Park
Unidentified suspects mugged a university staff member Thursday as she walked along the river path in Genesee Valley Park. The victim was returning to the university around 1:00 p.m. when three suspects stepped in front of her and revealed a knife. "[He] told the victim she was going to give them all she had. The […]
Students make plans for Thanksgiving break
Thanksgiving break ? a welcome relief for fatigued students ? officially starts at noon on Nov. 27, though many students are opting to leave early and some classes have cancelled regularly scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday meetings.Many students are opting to head home for the break and spend the holiday with their families. "I'm going home […]
Warner offers headstart
When New York State changed its teaching certification standards recently, the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development adapted to accommodate the changes.The Warner School, which enrolls about 400 full and part-time students, no longer offers an initial certificate ?formerly called a provisional certificate ? at the undergraduate level."The difference now is that […]
Pilot crashes into softball field, dies
Pilot Richard Coleman of Ogden, N.Y. was killed when he crashed his single-engine Cessna 210-L in a field between UR's Graduate Living Center and the Strong Medical Center parking lot at 5:37 p.m. last Thursday.Avoiding the Medical Center and streets during rush hour traffic, Coleman attempted to land his plane on a narrow strip of […]
Kampmeier teaches through interaction
Students in Professor Jack Kampmeier's organic chemistry class must grapple with questions like, "When one of the stereoisomeric ethylene dicarboxylic acids is reacted with Cl2/H2O, the corresponding chlorohydrin is formed with the stereochemistry as shown below [in a diagram]. Give the correct stereochemistry for the starting ethylene dicarboxylic acids?" In recent years, a complex question […]
Harvey speaks at Eastman
An energetic audience converged at a nearly sold out Eastman Theatre to see radio personality Paul Harvey speak last Thursday evening. Known for his bravery as a broadcaster, Harvey spoke about taking courage despite the negativity and struggle that shrouds America today."This event has been anticipated for so many years," WHAM 1180 broadcaster Beth Adams […]
Useless knowledge put to good use
Are you a store of useless knowledge? So is the Thelion Society, also known as UR's quiz bowl club."The Thelion Society emerged from a broader interest in many types of quiz bowl competitions," adviser and coordinator of the Thelion Society Brenda Myrthil said.Quiz bowl is a competition where teams compete to see who has a […]
Comics cause controversy on UR campus
A series of comics recently published in the Campus Times is causing controversy at UR and in the Rochester community. The cartoons in question, drawn by juniors Chuck Zhang and Brendan Woodcock, have led to accusations of racism."I can see the KKK running [the cartoon by Woodcock] but not a normal newspaper," stock service worker […]
Panel of professors discusses reparation for slavery in U.S.
A panel of professors gave a lively presentation in favor of monetary compensation for African-Americans as a result of slavery entitled, "Reparations for African Americans: An American Dilemma." The talk was held in the Welles Brown room of Rush Rhees Library on Wednesday night.According to guest speaker and Professor Adjoa Aiyetoro the question of the […]
Little talk of airplane crash among students
That the university community was spared disaster as the doomed pilot of the Cessna 210-L managed to point the plane into the small field between the Graduate Living Center dormitories and the UR Medical Center parking lot at rush hour is a given.That the crash elicited so little talk among students and administration on campus, […]