Dan Petty
Online Editor, 2008-09
Dan served as the online editor of The Collegian during the 2008-09 academic year, pioneering the newspaper's Web site redesign the summer before his senior year. The final product won best overall college newspaper Web site from the Student Society for News Design in the spring of 2009. Previously, he was The Collegian news editor, from 2007-08.He blogged for The New York Times during the 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates and has also interned as a staff writer for The Associated Press in Richmond, The Pennington (N.J.) Post weekly newspaper, and Stateline.org, a daily news Web site dedicated to tracking, analyzing and explaining trends in state government and politics.He is a multimedia and online intern for the summer of 2009 with The Denver Post through a program with the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund.While at Richmond, he ran varsity cross country and track and field and played in the university's wind ensemble. He majored in biology and journalism and earned a minor in French.
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Nov 5, 2009, 12:30 am ET
Spider alum reports from cross country championships
»By Dan Petty

Saturday was the fourth time I huddled with my team in the middle of an open field, yards from the starting line and moments before the race for the Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championship title.

Aug 10, 2009, 12:46 pm ET
Court strikes down Hajizada and Milli’s appeal
»By Dan Petty

A district court in Azerbaijan dealt another setback to Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli on Monday, rejecting a claim that law enforcement agencies had presumed their guilt without conducting a proper investigation.

Aug 5, 2009, 6:39 pm ET
Azerbaijani court agrees to hear appeal from Hajizada and Milli on Monday
»By Dan Petty

An Azerbaijani district court has agreed to consider an appeal on Aug. 10 from Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli, who say that law enforcement agencies violated their presumption of innocence when arresting them on charges of hooliganism.

Aug 3, 2009, 4:54 am ET
Hazijada’s court hearing expected to be after Sept. 8
»By Dan Petty

A court hearing in Azerbaijan for detained University of Richmond alumnus Adnan Hajizada is expected to begin after Sept. 8, his father said, and a video message apparently from Hajizada also confirmed.

Jul 21, 2009, 6:55 am ET
Girlfriend says Hajizada loves his country, judge rejects detention appeal
»By Dan Petty and Stephanie Rice

A judge in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku has rejected an appeal of the two-month pretrial detention for activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizada, dealing a serious setback to opposition hopes that they would be freed before going to trial on charges of hooliganism.

Jul 20, 2009, 1:35 pm ET
Kocher to be next university chaplain
»By Dan Petty and Stephanie Rice

University officials announced yesterday that the Rev. Craig T. Kocher would be the University of Richmond’s third official chaplain.

Jul 20, 2009, 10:58 am ET
Youth Movement: Azeri judge rejects Hajizada’s appeal
»By Dan Petty

An Azerbaijani judge has rejected an appeal to the two-month pretrial detention for Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizada, the Ol! Youth movement is reporting.

Jul 18, 2009, 2:53 am ET
Adnan Hajizada
Professors sign letter supporting Hajizada, pretrial hearing delayed
»By Stephanie Rice and Dan Petty

In the first unified response at the University of Richmond to alumnus Adnan Hajizada’s controversial arrest in Azerbaijan, 17 professors have cosigned letters in his support to congressional leaders and both Azerbaijan’s president and U.S. ambassador.

Jul 16, 2009, 4:47 am ET
Hajizada’s activism began at Richmond, father says
»By Stephanie Rice and Dan Petty

Adnan Hajizada, recently arrested for what friends said was his open criticism of the Azerbaijani government, learned how to be a democratic activist while a University of Richmond student, his father told The Collegian.

Jul 15, 2009, 4:35 am ET
Adnan Hajizadai
‘05 alum, activist arrested in Azerbaijan, possibly over government criticism
»By Stephanie Rice and Dan Petty

2005 University of Richmond alumnus Adnan Hajizada has been arrested, detained and apparently beaten in Azerbaijan after he and a fellow activist posted video critical of the nation’s government, according to e-mails and media reports.

Jun 29, 2009, 7:36 pm ET
Chaplain search down to two candidates, O’Dwyer Randall’s future role unclear
»By Dan Petty

President Edward Ayers said late Monday that the search for a permanent chaplain to the University of Richmond has been narrowed to two candidates, neither of whom are Acting Chaplain Kate O’Dwyer Randall.

May 21, 2009, 10:47 pm ET
Steven Gerstenfeld
Former tennis coach sentenced to 5 years prison in child pornography case
»By Dan Petty

A U.S. District judge has sentenced former University of Richmond men’s tennis coach Steven Gerstenfeld to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to attempted receipt of child pornography.

May 18, 2009, 4:21 pm ET
Henry N. Butler
Northwestern prof declines b-school dean position
»By Dan Petty

Henry N. Butler, a Richmond alumnus and executive director of Northwestern University’s Searle Center of Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, has declined an offer to be dean of the Robins School of Business.

May 13, 2009, 3:03 am ET
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Photo Gallery: Westhampton Lake Candlelight Ceremony
»By Leigh Donahue and Dan Petty

University of Richmond seniors gathered Saturday night around Westhampton Lake for a candlelight ceremony, which included musical performances, student speaker Abigail Cohen and a fireworks display.

May 12, 2009, 9:08 pm ET
Riannon Blaisdell-Black
Photo Gallery: ROTC Officers’ Commissioning Ceremony
»By Dan Petty

Nine students — three from the University of Richmond, five from Virginia Commonwealth University and one from Randolph-Macon College — were commissioned as 2nd lieutenants in the U.S. Army on Saturday during a ceremony at Cannon Memorial Chapel.

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