Tagged - rochester
black lives matter
Still no justice for Daniel Prude
Chauvin’s conviction doesn’t prove that the system is just or fixed. Read More
black lives matter
Even the simplest police reform moves at a snail’s pace
Why wasn’t this issue dealt with when the first child was brutalized by the RPD? Read More
rcsd
Apocalyptic eating in the Rochester City School District
School breakfasts and lunches have always looked like they were dug out of somebody’s bomb shelter, but this is a new low. Read More
american politics
A tale of two cities
Rochester champions people who fought for the less fortunate, and perhaps that makes it more able to accept that things need to change, rather than simply looking the other way. Read More
COVID-19
All of Rochester is depending on all of us
There is a special kind of irony in a student receiving the privilege of a higher education transmitting a deadly disease to some of the most vulnerable people in the nation. Read More
President
Mangelsdorf talks background and plans
For President Sarah Mangelsdorf, college life started before she enrolled. Her childhood home was close to Swarthmore College, where her father was a professor. Mangelsdorf took swim and dance lessons on the campus, and watched movies there. As a high schooler, she got a job in the college dining hall, serving “overcooked peas” from behind […]
rochester
Striving for change, lecturer reflects on Rochester’s gentrified history
Fourth-grade elementary teacher Shane Wiegand teaches everything to his students except for art and gym. But Wiegand’s curriculum plan includes subjects absent from most early education — like the history of gentrification. Wiegand delivered a condensed version of his gentrification module to a full crowd on Tuesday at the Barbara J. Burger Forum in iZone. […]
rochester
Community organization seeks to help Rochester’s refugees
“I didn’t want to leave my country,” Omar told the crowd. “I was forced to leave.” Read More
city
Get off campus!
Like a lot of people reading this, I came to UR with the impression that I was somehow going to a “good school” in a “bad location.” Read More
