A semester comes to an end once again, and there are various organizations, actions and entities the Campus Times feels merit praise or critique.

CHEERS to the registrar’s office for having online registration run smoothly this semester with enough capacity to allow all students to register without difficulty.

JEERS to the newly re-designed Web site for the discontinuity of design, which has some old sections still lingering with the new, as well as some poorly designed pages in the new sections.

CHEERS to dining for making efforts to get feedback from students regarding dining options and the expansion of times and locations for using the Club meals.

JEERS to the Senior Class Council, who decided the senior gift with little input from the class and are giving a gift of a scholarship, which will not be able to be enjoyed by the entire school.

CHEERS to UR for re-routing the RTS bus system which now has service to the Pittsford Wegmans, Greece Ridge Mall and other locations students may not have been able to get to previously.

JEERS to the re-design of the Pit, which has led to lengthy sub lines that interfere with the grill line, and to the C3 store, which has not served the students in any capacity beyond the already-existing Corner Store.

CHEERS to the Rochester Every Day program for involving more local businesses in the program this year and encouraging the students to go out in the city of Rochester.



Please stop messing with my pants

It started off with small things. One morning, the cuffs of my pants were slightly shorter, almost imperceptibly so.

The ‘wanted’ posters at the University of Rochester are unambiguously antisemitic. Here’s why.

As an educator who is deeply committed to fostering an open, inclusive environment and is alarmed by the steep rise in antisemitic crimes across this country and university campuses, I feel obligated to explain why this poster campaign is clearly an expression of antisemitism

Conversations that matter: Nora Rubel’s hope of shaping future political discourse on Israel and Palestine

Interpreted by some as an anti-Israel and anti-Zionist series, Rubel emphasized that while the need to support a particular side passionately is understandable, it is crucial to be aware of what you are standing behind by exposing yourself to historical and present knowledge.