Alumni of the Living Dead

CampusTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 / VOLUME 143, ISSUE 6 Times SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org UR Tight-Lipped Amid Torrent of Criticism Damages Done BY JUSTIN TROMBLY Caused by a pipe burst in MANAGING EDITOR suite 430 in Gale on Valentine’s Day morning, the incident While students have been left at least 10 students with vocal in their condemnation of significantly damaged property UR’s response to last week’s Gale and affected around 30 more, House flooding, the University spilling through all four floors has remained relatively silent. of the dormitory and many of The University’s publicthe building’s heat sources. response to an open letter The damages totaled between from the Students’ Association $4,000 and $10,000, according (SA) president, Monday’s to estimates calculated by SA unanimously-passed SA Senate Senator Anmol Almast, who resolution, and massive student spearheaded the resolution, outrage has so far amounted which was passed in a 13–0 to just one meeting between vote during Monday’s Senate SA President Grant Dever meeting and urged the and Director of the Office for administration to compensate Residential Life and Housing affected students. Services Laurel Contomanolis. Contomanolis said It has not responded directly Wednesday that damage to the letter or the resolution, to University property has and students say Residential exceeded $25,000 thus far, Life has yet to apologize to— when asked if the University or officially contact at all— had estimated that cost. AYUMI YUASA / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Gale residents for damages Almast’s data indicates that incurred in the Feb. 14 flood three laptops were lost in the No Jackets Required Takes the Grammys since its initial emails about the flood. Some items necessary for Senior Tom Downey belts out Bruno Mars and Marc Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” for NJR’s Grammy-themed performance. See situation last week. SEE FLOOD PAGE 4 page 13 for the story. SA Senators Call for Reevaluation of Alumni of the School Snow Day Policies Living Dead BY SARAH TEITELMAN the students’ complaints. While he can’t say exactly BY SAM PASSANISI centuries hasn’t managed to SENIOR STAFF SENIOR STAFF “Dean Feldman and SA how professors and University catch up to that figure. President Grant Dever will officials are feeling, Keenan The University is a different be meeting at some point said he can only imagine that With nearly 166 years of story, though. The question was With the snow from last this week to talk about this,” they would be somewhat, if continuous operation, the discussed in a meeting with week’s record snowstorm melt- Keenan said, “but the stu- not fully, in support of his res- University has produced scores University Archivist Melissa ing away, angered students are dent body’s reaction has been olution—especially because of of alumni, many of whom Mead. left to wonder—what happens strong.” the dangerous driving condi- are still alive. People don’t live Mead began by establishing a next? Keenan added that he is tions last week. To students forever, though, so after 166 cutoff, a class year earlier than In response to the IMPACT sure the administration will who live on campus, the snow years, the question is: How which the number of surviving petition created as a result discuss the issue soon, and may seem like a major incon- many UR alumni are living, and alumni would be negligible. She of student outrage with that they do understand this venience. but for students, how many are deceased? settled on 1940, since a surviving UR’s decision to not cancel is a genuine student concern. staff, and faculty who live off This brain-teaser has also member of this class year would undergraduate classes, He has full faith that the campus, the snow was also a been posed about the human have to be at least 95 years old. Students’ Association (SA) administration will take ap- hazard. race, where it has a surprisingly Meanwhile, it’s not quite as Senate unanimously passed a propriate action to address the Keenan also spoke of how clear-cut answer. According easy to make an assumption resolution Monday urging the popular complaint. the snow was detrimental to to population researcher Carl about living alumni. You administration to reconsider When asked about schools the mobility of students with Haub, there are far more couldn’t say, for instance, that its snow-day policies, which in the area, Keenan recalled physical disabilities, particu- humans buried in the Earth no UR alumni have died in the are historically stringent. a similar situation that hap- larly since most areas on cam- than currently living on it. A past ten years, even though the SA Senator and sophomore pened last year with Roches- pus were not plowed. 2011 article by Haub, titled number might be negligible. Christian Keenan, who draft- ter Institute of Technology At Monday’s Senate meet- “How Many People Have Ever For recent class years, it might ed the resolution, is positive (RIT). ing, senators discussed how Lived on Earth?” suggests a be necessary to obtain a list of the issue will be addressed. “With last winter being the ramps were not properly conservative estimate on the alumni and check the status of Keenan said that he is hap- more brutal than it seems to plowed— and thus, disabled order of 100 billion. The U.S. each person (made easier by the py with how students have be this winter, RIT students students who had class in one Census Bureau estimates the alumni magazine, Rochester sought help from their gov- voiced their concerns about of these buildings were essen- current world population at Review, which lists obituaries ernment. “The students truly closing procedures,” Keenan tially stranded outside. about 7.3 billion, so it’s safe to whenever possible). felt strong about something,” said. “From there, I am told Keenan reiterated that he is say that there are far more dead Using 1940 as a cutoff splits he said, “and came to the SA that it went to their student hopeful that the administra- humans than there are living. the history of the University Government, and we respond- government, and they reacted tion will listen to student con- The human race has simply been into a 90-year era and a 76-year ed within less than one week.” very similarly to what we have cerns and work with the SA to around for so long that even the era, which seems at first glance With regard to the adminis- done this past week.” He cred- find a solution. exponential population growth to favor deceased alumni as the tration, however, Keenan isn’t its this as the main reason RIT Teitalman is a member of of the nineteenth and twentieth larger group. This line of sure how they’ve received to was closed last Tuesday. the Class of 2016. SEE ALUMNI PAGE 7 INSIDE ART DEMANDS TECHNOLOGY OSCAR GOLDEN STATE RESPECT & SPORTS PREDICTIONS WINS 50 THIS CT PAGE 4 OPINIONS PAGE 6 FEATURES PAGE 12 A&E PAGE 14 SPORTS PAGE 2 / campustimes.org NEWS / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 Sanders Supporters Bring Down the House BY CAROLINE piggy bank for the event, a CALLAHAN-FLOESER humorous callout to Sanders’ FEATURES EDITOR promise to break up big banks and install checks on Wall “Bernin’ Down the Ger- Street. A “popping party” began man House,” a 14-hour music at 5 p.m. to pop the piggy bank, festival,took place this past with the added intrigue that Saturday in Rochester’s South some balloons had tickets for Wedge to support presiden- Sanders-themed merchandise tial candidate Senator Bernie inside. Sanders. “All these details cannot quite The event, organized by describe the shock wave we all Rochesterians Seth Faergolzia sent through each other, com- and Mary Lupien, maintained ing together in friendship and solid attendance for all 14 mutual belief in an indescrib- AARON RAYMOND / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER hours of live, local music, and able cause,” Faergolzia posted activities—from the moment on Facebook after the event. UR MEN'S HOCKEY DEFEAT GENESEO 9–2 the German House opened its “One that will have a definite UR Men’s Hockey defeat Geneseo and advance to the UNYCHL Frozen Four, where they will compete for the UNYCHL cup. door at noon, until the event effect on many generations to ended at 2 a.m. Local musicians come. Humanity for human- PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE began playing at 12:30 p.m., ity!” breaking to talk about Sanders, Faergolzia and Lupien resulting in loud cheers from thought the event was such a Water Leak in Rush Rhees Library (1) the audience. Behind the 16 success that they have already FEB. 20—A water leak caused damaged to ceiling tiles 3 bands that played that day, a began planning a similar, col- in Rush Rhees Library. The leak was repaired. projector showed a montage laborative event with a Syracuse of videos, pictures, and quotes team, called “Fuel the Bern.” Suspicious Person Near Eastman of Sanders. The new event will be held on The Rochester event coincid- April 16 at Anthology, a concert FEB. 20—A person was reported to be acting ed with the Nevada Democratic hall on East Ave. strangely in the Gibbs Street area, near the Eastman Caucus and South Carolina One-hundred people signed Theater. The area was searched and the person was Republican Primary, and was up to volunteer for phone not located. 2 1 meant to be part concert, part banks. Attendees were even able political rally, with campaign to register to vote, and at least Larceny at College Town (4) materials and merchandise for 30 people did.

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