This week, Women’s Caucus co-sponsored a trip to Washington, D.C. with the Black Students Union. The trip’s mission was to build civic engagement at UR by bringing a diverse group of students to the National Mall for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama.
As an organizer of the trip, I frequently received questions about the trip’s …
The past weeks have been quite tough for the squash team: we lost to Harvard University just before the break 4-5, came back to school early to lose to Yale University 4-5 and eventually lost to Cornell University 4-5 last Friday. We are all obviously very frustrated because of the tense losses. As the team …
I seem to remember at least one of my high school teachers using a green pen to correct papers, rather than a red one, simply because she preferred the color. I forget which one gave that particular reason, which is unfortunate, because she was also one of the toughest graders I ever had.
I’m reminded of …
I figured the first of my blog posts should outline somewhat what I hope to accomplish with this blog — what can be expected. My original idea was to start a “music” blog. OK, great. That’s probably the most ambiguous statement ever made. Maybe it’s not THAT ambiguous, but it’s pretty confusing. Regardless, I spent …
This week’s question: Why do we serve? What is your view of community service and the importance it has in determining a person’s quality for everything from part-time jobs to the Rhodes Scholarship?