Parents Weekend 2012 features football and fair weather
(10/02/12 4:55am)
Football fans and tailgating families alike celebrated with unexpectedly clear skies last weekend at the university's annual family weekend.
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Football fans and tailgating families alike celebrated with unexpectedly clear skies last weekend at the university's annual family weekend.
The announcement that the University of Richmond is cutting the men's soccer and men's track and field programs to add men's lacrosse has sent shockwaves throughout the university community, including alumni, athletes, students and faculty.
Members of the Queer Book Club held their first meeting to discuss lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning issues through reading "Stone Butch Blues," by Leslie Feinberg.
Bill Rawluk, parking specialist at the University of Richmond, is preparing to switch to a new electronic parking ticket system to go along with his new smart car.
Summer renovations of Boatwright Memorial Library include eight individual study rooms, a designated floor for silent study space, three remodeled bathrooms, additional power outlets, access to library offices and a new bell tower entrance as part of the university's master plan to expand the library in the next five years, said Lucretia McCulley, director of outreach services.
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot was chosen as the One Book, One Campus selection for 2012. Faculty members selected the book because of its variety of themes and overlapping subject areas, including science, ethics and leadership, which have the potential to provoke valuable conversations across campus, said Molly Field, administrative coordinator for the Office of the Chapliancy.
Advocates of Pro-life and Pro-choice occupied the University of Richmond Forum throughout the day Monday, but there was no dialogue between the two groups.
The Office of International Education's annual International Celebration and Awards Ceremony on April 3 stressed the importance of creating a global environment and community at the University of Richmond.
In a forum set up to discuss whether University of Richmond's college coordinate system was advantageous or not, one of the most intriguing topics brought up was the possible need for a third college coordinate option.
Lt. John Jacobs of the University of Richmond Police Department will attend the FBI National Academy this summer where he hopes to build off his 19 years of service in the department, he said.
A standing-room-only crowd of more than 500 students packed the Alice Haynes Room at the University of Richmond Monday night to watch sorority sisters sashay down the runway for Kappa Alpha Theta's third annual KATwalk fashion show.
The University Dancers have been training since August, in preparation for their Annual Spring Concert, to take place this weekend.
It was a 'Fierce Friday' at 5 p.m. on Feb. 10 as students lined up to have their pictures taken at a photoshoot sponsored by UR Fierce in the Commons of the Carole Weinstein International Center.
As the eight participants walked on stage before Tuesday night's the Art of Kissing, William Cane had one piece of advice for them.
The Annual Fund, which directly benefits Richmond students, continues to grow despite the recession. Alumni donated more than $5.5 million to the university in 2011, according to annual fund statistics collected by the Office of Annual Giving. This number has increased from $5.1 million from 2009-2010.
On Feb. 4, members of the junior class of Westhampton College will file into the Jefferson Hotel in long, white dresses, their faces beaming. But there will be fewer faces in the crowd this year.
George Allen, the former governor of Virginia who is running for U.S. Senate, visited the University of Richmond and told students he would be "like a dog on a bone" to make his campaign plans a reality for building a brighter American future.
A steady stream of cars flowed through C-Lot Tuesday for the University of Richmond Police Department's Vehicle Safety Day.
A University of Richmond student said he and his apartmentmates were disgusted when they discovered mold on the their bathroom wall during their first week on campus this semester. The student, junior Jesse Lucabaugh, said he and his apartmentmates reported the finding to their resident adviser in the University Forest Apartments.
University employees and family members of Mark McGill, a deceased facilities employee, spread throughout the forest surrounding the Westhampton Lake to play in the Mark McGill Disc Golf Tournament on Sunday.