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(12/14/08 7:08pm)
The men's basketball team lost 77-76 to Virginia Commonwealth University in the final seconds at the Robins Center Saturday. Thousands of fans -- some cheering for VCU, some for Richmond -- attended the game.
(12/10/08 4:50pm)
The final week of the fall 2008 semester included numerous holiday celebrations and performances. Carriage rides carried students around campus on Wednesday, Dec. 3. For the first time, President Ayers hosted a winter wonderland celebration at his home. His backyard was transformed into a dining area with desserts and appetizers, sheltered underneath a large decorated (and heated) tent. The synchronized swimming team performed in front of hundreds at its annual holiday show in the Natatorium on Thursday and Friday nights. And the a capella groups came together in the Tyler Haynes Commons for their annual holiday show.
(12/08/08 6:06am)
BOONE, N.C. -- Dozens of students traveled five hours to The Rock here in Boone to cheer on the Spider football team, which won 33-13, upsetting the three-time defending national FCS champions.
(12/08/08 3:34am)
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday night for two candlelight services, held at Cannon Memorial Chapel. The service, now in its 35th year, featured performances from a bell choir, University of Richmond's Schola Cantorum and the university's women's chorale. Led by Acting Chaplain Kate O'Dwyer Randall, the service included readings from Bible passages and a rendition of "Silent Night," accompanied by a congregation-wide candlelighting.
(11/07/08 4:25pm)
For the first time, the annual Relay for Life was held on campus Nov. 1. Cancer survivors, supporters and students walked around the lake from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. in support of finding a cure for cancer.
(11/05/08 9:56am)
In the final days of the 2008 Election, both political parties stormed in and around Richmond trying to muster up support before Tuesday's contest.
(10/26/08 3:19am)
The University of Richmond celebrated homecoming the weekend of Oct. 24-26. The No. 9 Spiders football team shut down the Georgetown University Hoyas 48-0, a game during which seniors Keon Piper and Rachel Chikowski were crowed homecoming king and queen.
(10/26/08 2:04am)
Fraternities and sororities at the University hosted the annual Trick-or-Treat Street on Oct. 18 at Fraternity Row. This year, profits from the event went toward funding a liver transplant for 3-year-old Cole Hafer of Richmond.
(10/23/08 3:59am)
Presidential nominee Barack Obama, a Democrat, spoke at a rally at the Richmond Coliseum with an estimated 13,000 people in attendance. Democratic Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine introduced Obama, and former Virginia Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner, also a Democrat, spoke as well.
(10/19/08 10:12pm)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The University of Richmond men's and women's cross country teams competed in the Penn State National Cross Country Invitational Friday. The women placed 7th and the men placed 9th.
(09/29/08 4:22am)
From left, sophomores Laura Major and Hayes Gouger admire local craftsmanship during the Arts Around the Lake exhibition Aug.
(08/29/08 12:25am)
All photos by Dan Petty. Contact staff photographer Dan Petty at dan.petty@richmond.edu.
(05/11/08 3:59am)
The University of Richmond hosts a candlelight ceremony for parents and graduates the night before graduation at Westhampton Lake, where men and women line opposite sides of the shores, listen to speakers, musical performances and watches fireworks — one of the final times the classes will be together.