UR Weekly Roundup | Week of Nov. 6
Campus is adorned in peak fall colors as the basketball season returns this week. Remember to cast your vote this Tuesday and check out some events happening on and off campus.
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Campus is adorned in peak fall colors as the basketball season returns this week. Remember to cast your vote this Tuesday and check out some events happening on and off campus.
University of Richmond Police Chief Dave McCoy is on a mission: Along with the lifesaving tools like automated external defibrillators that save people from heart attacks and fire extinguishers that put out flames, he wants to have a lifesaving drug that reverses opioid overdose, called naloxone, accessible to every student.
WCGA and RCSGA met this week after both bodies suspended their meetings the week prior.
As the colors of fall painted campus in warm hues, local vendors brought the University of Richmond to life during Harvest Week's vendor fair. On Nov. 1, several local vendors set up their booths and colorfully displayed their products in the Tyler Haynes Commons, where students learned about their businesses and tasted their delicious, locally made products.
Editor’s note: The Collegian decided to leave out the names of students in this article for their safety. Students have come forward with accounts of verbal abuse and hate speech. The editors of The Collegian decided to include their interviews as anonymous sources.
In the most recent response to a bias report, Vice President for Student Development Steve Bisese sent out an email on October 26 alerting the UR campus that after the demonstration and counter-protest, students have reported incidents of name-calling and offensive social media posts. The Collegian looked into the new bias reporting pilot system introduced in the beginning of this semester.
Dressed in a stuffy, over-sized spider costume, 5-foot-tall Destiny LeVere Bolling, ‘16, danced to upbeat music and high-fived cheering fans before a home University of Richmond basketball game. Webstur, UR’s mascot, had a special place in Bolling’s heart, which compelled her to volunteer for the role at least once during her student years. Little did the fans know, beneath that fluffy arachnid exterior was a future politician passionate about altruism and advocacy.
Editor’s note: This article has been edited from its original copy to protect the identity of a student.
The University of Richmond Field Hockey team fought hard in its final game of the season against the College of William & Mary Oct. 29.
The University of Richmond football team picked up its fourth consecutive win versus Campbell University 44-13 Oct. 28 in the final Colonial Athletic Association conference matchup for the Spiders.
Almost a year ago today, several students walked into the Heilman Dining Center wearing sombreros and ponchos to raucously celebrate the arrival of Halloween and ended up defending themselves against accusations of cultural appropriation and racism. This year, on Oct. 24, in the same dining hall packed with diners talking about what to wear for Halloween, several students told The Collegian that they learned from last year.
This week marks the beginning of November and the end of daylight saving time. Remember to adjust your clock and set aside some time to check out these events happening this week.
Though its influence may seem subtle, theoretical mathematics underlies the science and technology that we use in our everyday lives, serving as a framework for many scientific discoveries.
While the anticipation of summer was knocking everybody’s door at the end of April, international spiders had a major problem to sort through – the logistics of safely storing their belongings for the next four months.
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Former University of Richmond men’s basketball player Jacob Gilyard, ‘22, who now plays professionally for the Memphis Grizzlies, has risen to the occasion when it comes to his playing time this NBA preseason.
This week has a lot in store thanks to the overlapping of homecoming and Halloween weekend. Check out some events happening both on and off campus below.
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team eked out a narrow, 1-0 win at the University of Richmond Oct. 19 in the Spiders’ final home conference matchup.
Senior Moe Kassem noticed that the majority of the tables at the Heilman Dining Center were filled with students that looked like each other. The predominately white sorority and fraternity members sat in the first room, the majority of the athletes sat with their teams in the front of the second room, the international students sat with each other in the back of the second room and students outside of those categories sat together in the third room.
The Science Belonging Committee is an organization started by biology professors Colleen Carpenter-Swanson and Shannon Jones to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment for all people in the sciences.