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?Wild Things? tunes brought to life
This past Thursday, I made my way down to The Bug Jar to check out Josh Netsky ' The Honeybears's 'Where the Wild Things Are" tribute concert. The stage was set with appropriate decorations, and the band members donned furry ears to mimic the book's characters. Netsky, a student in the music business program at […]
Reform newspaper program
BY Reid BuckleyWith all the talk of 'sustainability" and 'going green," I have found a great source of hypocrisy here at UR in the College Readership Program. For those who are not familiar with the program, the CRP is responsible for providing copies of the New York Times, the Democrat ' Chronicle and USA Today […]
Modern day universities often lack intellectual communities
BY Samuel BensonOne of the biggest changes in paradigm from the early 20th century to the present day pertains to the role of education in society, and nowhere is this change more evident than with regard to college. Attending college, for many, has gone from being a privilege to becoming an expectation.This change is largely […]
Letters to the Editor
Inaccurate op-ed on alcohol policyI am writing to you today as an undergraduate student and also as the speaker of the SA Senate. That said, I am not expressing the opinions of the Senate, but purely my own. I was very upset at Eric Meyer's inflammatory opinion piece about Dean Levy in last week's article […]
The world calls
'I'm surrounded!" I wasn't even out of the United States yet, and everywhere I looked there were Chinese people.This was my first thought as I sat down at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, N.Y. My second thought was, 'What the hell am I doing?"The days leading up to my flight to Beijing, China […]
Security Update
Another bike thief apprehended, charged near Hill CourtOn the morning of Friday, Nov. 13, at approximately 10:45 a.m., a University staff member saw an individual attempting to lift bikes from the bike racks outside of Munro and Slater Halls. Finally, the individual was able to pull a bike off the rack and proceeded to ride […]
In Rochester
Sarah Palin and Laura Bush plan trips to RochesterFormer Alaskan governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and former first lady Laura Bush will be making two separate trips to the Rochester area.Palin will be visiting The Borders on 1000 Hylan Drive near Marketplace Mall this Saturday, Nov. 21, from 6 - 9 p.m., to promote […]
Seligman average in presidential salaries
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education's Nov. 6 report on Executive Compensation, UR President Joel Seligman's earnings ranked him 27th among presidents of universities classified as having a high volume of research and 58th among all private university presidents. Seligman's total compensation for the 2007-08 fiscal year was $671,100. This constitutes $639,495 in salary […]
?7? an upgrade from Vista hell
At long last, Windows users can finally find an operating system they can call home.Sure, we all remember Vista. It was bad, it was slow and it single handedly kept most people from upgrading their computers from the now ancient Windows XP.My own experience with switching to Vista last semester was about on target with […]
When searching for a brew, go local
A long time ago I heard a phrase that I found to be particularly potent and I have subsequently lived by it. 'Think global, drink local" is a personal favorite of mine and I try to follow it as closely as possible, especially the latter part. I've found that local drinks and drinking customs are […]