As part of Amnesty International’s Human Rights Week, I, along with Donnie Wieand later in the day, stood in a replica Guantanamo Bay Prison Cell, which was featured in last week’s CT. I would like to give information as to why this is a situation deserving (demanding, really) of attention and action. Guantanamo Bay is […]

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The article published in the Campus Times, “China prepares to sweep gold in Relays of Shame,” authored by Mark Fleming, is full of bone-deep bias against China and the Chinese people. I wonder why the editor would let this kind of article appear around our campus. Does that mean that racist articles can also be […]

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After four years of involvement with “The Vagina Monologues” here at the UR, first as a performer and then as a co-director, I was given the opportunity of a lifetime — to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of “The Vagina Monologues” and the V-Day Campaign in New Orleans over the past weekend. Called “V to the […]

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This year’s effort to organize and plan Dandelion Day, one of University of Rochester’s oldest standing traditions, has been intensive. The stakes are high and the pressure to ensure the day’s sustainability lies not with one student group, but with the entire student body. From all sides, we hear one clear statement: keep Dandelion Day […]

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Dining Services and Residential Life recently made exceptions to the new housing-based meal plans that will allow students in certain Special Interest Housing groups to choose meal plans below the minimum required by their residence. Specifically, Special Interest Housing members in Residential Group One can choose a Residential Group Two meal plan (100 Clubs). Furthermore, […]

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The controversy surrounding Arun Gandhi has brought attention to the practice and belief of nonviolence. Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has been a loyal follower of the culture his grandfather embodied throughout his life. The problem with his provocative blog post, then, was not that it espoused his views, to which each person […]

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The UR academic departments, an integral part of the small UR community, must do a better job in reaching out to the students to gauge support for current academic programs. The way to start is to have forums for students to share opinions at the end of each semester. The students, with their experiences in […]

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At some point during today’s Danforth sit, I remembered the larger world — a dysfunctional world that has not experienced Danforth cookies — outside my everyday life, neatly bordered by a cemetery and river. I then recalled my dust-gathering college guide that once cited a student’s complaint about the apathy and self-absorption that […]

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