Campus
Congress
Students who worked for Slaughter remember her kindness
Slaughter had been a Democratic representative for the Rochester area since 1987. She was not only a strong advocate for women rights, co-authoring the Violence Against Women Act, and the only microbiologist in Congress, but also the author of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. She was known on campus for her fights to secure UR funding.
ACJC
SA puts out plan to keep gendered clubs affiliated, draws criticism
The task force, co-chaired by SA President Jordan Smith and Associate Dean of Students Anne-Marie Algier, was created to address last year’s All-Campus Judicial Council ruling that gendered, SA-affiliated groups were unconstitutional. The decision, which was supported by LGBT advocates on campus, brought into question whether some club sports, a capella, and Greek organizations would survive.
Guns
Conference seeks to understand guns and their culture
Mariner hoped the conference would add more nuance to the conversation around guns in America and “deepen our understanding beyond right and left, white and black, innocent and guilty.”
Mice
Mice in Phase draw resident complaints
Four of the six buildings in Phase — Munro, Kendrick, Slater, and Gale — have been affected, according to Senior Sanitarian Peter Castronovo from the University’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety. Reports to Campus Times by students stated that the mice have been spotted on multiple floors.
Debate
Debaters discuss sex robots
While no winner was declared, a poll was held both before and after the debate to see if attendees felt that sexbots did more harm than good. Before the debate even started, the initial audience, about two-dozen people, was close to equally divided on the issue.
Engineering
Workshop inspires ingenuity in local girls
The breakout sessions, designed for educative amusement, featured a mechanical engineering lab that involved making a rocket with Coke and mentos, an optics lesson on why stars twinkle, a chemical engineering lesson on making solar cells with berry juice, and more.
business
African business conference mixes heritage and finance
At times provocative and at others encouraging, speakers used the conference as an opportunity to share wisdom and advice with fellow aspiring African changemakers.
Earth Hour
Wilson Commons and Douglass go dark for Earth Hour
The event was put together by the Astronomy Club in hopes of gathering support for a lighting system throughout campus that is more environmentally conscious. It also aimed to inform students of the dangers of climate change and the need for sustainability now.
Awareness
Amid campus climate, SEGway gets more inclusive with 5th annual walk a mile
Following the performances and speeches, a new addition to the event included the members of SEGway reading aloud anonymous quotes collected from on campus survivors.
news
Activist alum speaks on LGBT issues in military
Perkowski works as a legal director for Outserve-SLDN, a non-profit association which serves members of the LGBT military community — a career he got into “by accident,” when a friend invited him to be on the board of the organization.
