I want to thank the editors and staff of the campus times for the great job they are doing with the “campustimes.org” website. For many alumni, once we leave the U of R the Ivy covered halls, dining center meals, and sub-artic winters are only memories. The Campus Times on-line has provided us a way to remenisce our undergraduate years through a lense we remember, that of a student, and not through the stale University alumni publications.

Gerard Lancaster, M.D., ’97



Groundhog Day

as per the groundhog way of life, students will be required to return to their dorms immediately after the ceremony and hibernate until the first dandelion (a groundhog’s delicacy) sprouts from the ground.

Notes by Nadia: Why you might not be sticking to your New Year’s resolutions

If you want to achieve your New Year’s resolutions without immediately burning out, you need to start slow. Goals aren’t achieved overnight.

Mirar’s debut “Ascension” brings a metal with a different sort of appeal to the mainstream

While it’s unlikely Mirar will become metal’s new flagship band — they are still a bit too subversive to attract any truly mainstream appeal — the crossover elements at play here serve to make them a band worth watching.