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from the archives
Change doesn’t have to be hard: An exploration of UR’s last logo design process
Backlash against a logo change isn’t new — students also grumbled in 2007, the last time the logo was reworked. But the process of selecting a new logo 18 years ago was very different than it was this most recent time around. Read More
Campus Times
From the archives: 100 year blast to the past
Welcome to the world of the Campus, our school’s newspaper 100 years ago. Read More
150 years
The Campus Times in another time (Sept. 26, 1924)
Welcome to the world of the Campus, our school’s newspaper 100 years ago. Read More
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From The Archives: the history of Sex & the CT
The first iteration that I could find was from Sept. 13, 2001 — an unfortunate time for the start of such a column — with the title, “Clean feet, dirty thoughts make the man.” Read More
Boar's Head
From the Archives: Boar’s Head was once a men’s only festivity
The dinner originated in the Men’s College of UR almost 90 years ago and was exclusively for male students, even after River Campus became co-educational and the female students moved from the Prince Street Women’s College. Read More
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The origins of UR’s underground self-expression
The iconic stretch of tunnel underneath Eastman Quad used to constantly change, with new colors and messages from students, for students. Since the 60s, political messages, club promotions, and even sexual innuendos filled the walls, until this past year. Read More
Alumni
From the Archives: Shirley Jackson’s mysterious time at UR
While not enough to add her to Wikipedia’s notable alum, Jackson’s time at UR was significant and depressing enough to inspire many elements of her novel, “Hangsaman.” Read More
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From the Archives: the voices of the College for Women
Although first shunned by the male students, the first female students were determined to not let their voices go unheard. Through their newspapers, The Cloister Window and Tower Times, the female students documented their livelihood and struggles. Read More
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From the Archives: Rochester’s role in the Manhattan project
Seventy-five years ago, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively bringing World War II to a close. However, the bombs came to fruition at the cost of gravely unethical research practices. Read More
Coast Guard
Olivia Hooker: Survivor of the Tulsa Riot and champion of justice
On May 21, 1921, thousands of black families lost their homes and loved ones in Tulsa, OK when hundreds of mostly white residents burned buildings and killed dozens in a predominantly black neighborhood. UR alum Olivia Hooker was one of the last remaining survivors of the massacre, known as the Tulsa Race Riot. Only six […]
