Graffitist tags Eastman School
1. On Sept. 17, 2014 at 8:44pm, Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers assigned to the Eastman School of Music were advised of someone writing graffiti on the exterior wall of the school. An...
View ArticleGPS stolen from car in Hill Court lot
1. On Sept. 14 at 7:53pm, a Public Safety Officer was stopped and advised of a car in Hill Court lot under Phase Bridge with a broken window. The officer located the car and found the front passenger...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble opens; rest of College Town to open by spring
The University’s Barnes & Noble reopened Oct. 12 in a new and much larger location at the corner of Mt. Hope and Elmwood Avenues. The new Barnes & Noble replaces the bookstore’s former...
View Article‘Full speed ahead’ for Douglass renovations
Director of Dining Services and Auxiliary Operations Cam Schauf announced a complete overhaul of Douglass Dining Center and the Frederick Douglass Building (FDB), as well as several other changes...
View ArticleMen found with bolt cutters and stolen bikes
1. On Oct. 25 at 9:59pm, a Public Safety officer saw two males on Fraternity Road, of whom one was riding a bike and the other was walking. The officer lost sight of the two males for a short time....
View ArticleWherefore college?
I have two friends who, despite having been best friends with each other since elementary school, could not be more different in their approaches to their UR educations. One friend has had the same...
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Seligman hosts town hall meeting
University President Joel Seligman held a Town Hall Meeting on Nov. 4 to update students on projects and events happening on campus and to answer students’ questions about a variety of topics. The...
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Tibetan politicians and refugees address UR
Author Gordon Chang was joined via Google Hangout by two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and two Tibetan refugees living in Nepal in a panel held on Thursday,...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning former UR student delivers Neilly Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar delivered a lecture entitled “American Dervish: Muslim American Culture and Family Life” on Monday, Nov. 10. The lecture was part of the Neilly Series hosted...
View ArticleStudy: Gym closing caused weight gain
A study released this week by the University Health Services (UHS) reports that UR students gained an average of 13 pounds during the closing of the Bloch Fitness Center from Sept. 8 to Sept. 17. The...
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Mock Trial holds fifth annual Yellowjacket Invitational
UR’s mock trial team hosted the fifth annual Yellowjacket Invitational on Nov. 15 and 16 in LeChase Hall, accommodating 22 teams and a total of over 200 people, including several local attorneys and...
View ArticleLaptop and iPad stolen from Gilbert Hall
1. On Friday, Nov. 14, two thefts were reported in Gilbert Hall. The first was reported at 11:22am after an iPad was taken from a lounge area. The student stated that they left the iPad for only a few...
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Ferguson protests on campus continue into second night
Parsa Lotfi / Photo Editor UR students and Rochester community members gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 25 for a second time to protest the decision by a St. Louis County grand jury not to indict officer...
View ArticleFormer student tries to get into Drama House
1. On Dec. 7 at 2:52pm, residents of Drama House called and reported a suspicious male trying to gain access into the house. Responding Public Safety officers located a male entering a car on...
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UR students protest decisions in Ferguson and New York
UR students, faculty, and community members have engaged in a series of protests against recent decisions by grand juries in St. Louis County, Missouri and Staten Island, New York not to indict police...
View ArticleHarder and harder to breathe
Maybe it’s just the sewage vent across the street that’s been spewing constantly for the past week, but something is smoky outside ITS. You can even smell it inside the airlock by Connections. You can...
View ArticleVisiting speakers address Tibet issue
The following article contained an error in the print edition that has been corrected for the online version. The article originally stated that Holi was held by the Association for the Development of...
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