Editor’s note: In this new feature, you can find interesting events that happened this week in past editions of the Campus Times.

Feb. 14, 1979

The Student Activities Office installed the first computer in the country used to keep track of room reservations in Wilson Commons. The computer included an ISMAI 8080 processor.

Feb. 16, 1981

UR Medical School doctors were reported to have approved of unsafe exposure levels to uranium in the 1940s with relation to development of the atomic bomb.

Feb. 18, 1993

The New York Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by former UR student William Griffin to overturn his murder conviction. As a freshman in 1987, Griffin stabbed three students while drunk in the Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls. One of the students later died as a result.

Feb. 17, 2000

The Men’s Track team set two new UR records at the York University Open. The 4×400 relay team beat the previous record of 3:24.68. The 4×200 relay team set a new record of 1:33.83, beating its old record by 0.12 seconds.

Feb 13, 2014

UR is nominated by PETA for 2014 “Favorite Vegan Friendly College.”



Dr. Olidamra’s commitment to benefiting armadillo research

“Yeah, he’s a bit... weird about his armadillos,” Deckham added, awkwardly shuffling his feet. “Like, he talks to them. A lot.”

A timely appeal to the youth: Mangelsdorf covers Taylor Swift’s ‘You Need to Calm Down’

So I figure, good ol’ Tay Tay Swizzy is the bridge to make my anti-union stances clear—maybe these damn kids will finally shut the hell up.”

Don’t save the bees!

And you know what the worst part of it is? Not a single one of them apologized afterward. They just went back to their frivolous bee activities.