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Strader?s Hartnett exhibit a must-see
A new exhibition by Annie Strader, 'Something is Always Far Away," began its month-long display at the Hartnett Gallery last Thursday. The exhibit transforms the entire room into a work of art with its interdisciplinary use of found objects such as soil, dictionaries and salt, used in tandem with hanging light bulbs and video footage […]
Facilitating research
As a research university, UR has a myriad of research opportunities available for students across all disciplines. A particular selling point for attracting prospective students is the vast opportunities for students to find these research positions. With this reputation comes the responsibility for these positions to be easy to find for students. However, there is […]
Herzog?s unusual ?Lieutenant?
As Oscar buzz now goes into full swing, let us take a moment to commend Werner Herzog for the honor of making the two kookiest movies of 2009: 'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done" and 'The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans." Herzog is no stranger to reveling in the bizarre, what […]
Bad Blake comes to life on Oscar nominated soundtrack
There have been countless movies based on the lives of both real and fictional musicians, from the 1927 classic 'The Jazz Singer" to more recent affairs like 'Ray" and 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story." Such films are almost always accompanied by a viable soundtrack. 'Crazy Heart," a film about the fictional country singer Bad […]
ACJC ruling just
The All-Campus Judicial Council has unanimously upheld the impeachment of freshman Senator Chizoba Umesi for violating attendance policies. Umesi argued on Friday that the Students' Association Senate violated Article V, Section 4 of the bylaws, which can place senators who violate the attendance policy on the agenda for removal. He also argued that the Speaker […]
A term abused: The nation that cried crisis
The term 'crisis" has often been used to describe the economic recession of the past couple years. A New York Times headline, for example, read 'Obama Takes Oath, and Nation in Crisis Embraces the Moment" on the morning of the January 2009 presidential inauguration. The United States faces 'an unprecedented crisis, the worst in our […]
Language policy stifles intellectual curiosity
South Africa has 11 official languages, and I cannot get credit to study any of them.Why? UR's language department will not approve credit for any of these languages. I am currently studying abroad at the University of Cape Town where I wished to take a course in Afrikaans (classes start Friday, Feb. 5).I cannot get […]
Big wins force UAA shakeup
It was all about focus this past weekend for the women's basketball team.Take, for instance, UR's overtime victory over the 25th-ranked University of Chicago on Sunday. With just two seconds remaining and the Yellowjackets up by two points in overtime, Maroon guard Jamie Stinson went up for a lay-up attempt that would tie the game […]
2010 sorority recruitment drops slightly, retention grows
The spring Panhellenic Sorority recruitment period ended Tuesday, Jan. 26, representing the start of an incoming class for six sororities on the river campus.On Jan. 22, 167 women entered the recruitment process, and 126 were offered invitations to become a member of one of the Panhellenic Association Chapters. Both of these numbers are down from […]
Security Update
1. Staff members from the UR bookstore contacted UR Security on Jan. 28 at 4:45 p.m. after an individual tried to leave the store without paying for the items that he had in his possession.According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, after staff members approached the suspect he put the items back and left the […]