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(04/15/10 6:15am)
Upon reading the Family Foundation's blog post about their president, Victoria Cobb, receiving the Jepson School of Leadership Studies' 10th Reunion Recognition Award and the resulting student protest, my first instinct was to laugh. It amused me that the Family Foundation — such a supposedly influential, powerful organization — would be so threatened by a group of undergraduate protesters that they chose to insult us rather than to focus on their esteemed leader in their article. That they were unable to correctly spell the word "hypocrisy" was merely icing on the cake.
(04/14/10 6:11am)
At the recent forum to discuss the concern over Victoria Cobb receiving the award from Jepson, a fellow student said something to the effect of, "These comments come from the students' sadness; we don't feel safe here."
(04/14/10 6:00am)
We are often asked to reflect on how these four years have changed us; but what about the impact that we have made on the University of Richmond? When I came to UR I thought that I would start a ballroom dance club, but it just took a backseat as I played ultimate frisbee and did research and lived abroad for a year. This past fall I said, "Why not?" and Eight Left Feet, UR's new ballroom dance club, was born! Now our weekly meetings consistently have around 20 people or more and according to Facebook there are 78 members (Facebook never lies). It has been so much fun to be a part of the group and I am confident that the young members and our adviser, Dr. Scott Allison, will continue molding the club into something amazing!
(04/09/10 2:29pm)
It may seem like a contradiction for someone who promotes inclusiveness and tolerance to speak out against honoring Victoria Cobb.
(04/08/10 5:33am)
The issue that seems to be getting lost within the current dialogue is not whether Victoria Cobb and the Family Foundation have the right to speak out against LGBTQ people, abortion and an array of other issues — because she ABSOLUTELY DOES. The issue here is that the University of Richmond and the Jepson School should not be awarding a person, however good her intentions may be, and in turn, an organization which fights to oppress an already oppressed and marginalized group.
(04/07/10 3:39am)
In last week's Collegian, Alex Borwick and Jeff Hunt suggested that the Jepson School's recognition of Victoria Cobb's leadership accomplishments was inappropriate in light of her political positions and professional advocacy. The relevant question to consider, however, is not whether we agree with her political leanings (and I will not argue for them here), but whether she has met the criteria set forth by the Jepson School for quality leadership. The article errs in its conflation of the two.
(04/04/10 3:07pm)
The article last week suggesting that Victoria Cobb should be denied her leadership award immediately struck me as wrong on numerous levels. Most obviously, the authors express dripping intolerance for someone they view as intolerant. In case you missed the irony, they, who champion tolerance, refuse to tolerate someone. It's easy to tolerate different views that are tame, or don't affect you, but if you truly value tolerance, the test occurs when a view comes along which really hits you hard.
(04/01/10 6:00am)
As proud Richmond students, we are disappointed with our institution's decision to award Jepson's 10th Year Reunion Recognition to Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation Virginia, a group that lobbies against homosexual rights and anti-discrimination legislation.
(03/31/10 4:24pm)
Contrary to Emily Miller's dire warnings and cynical predictions (see 'Afroman to perform: joke's on us'), I found the Afroman concert during Pig Roast to be enjoyable and enriching. Her attacks on Afroman's talent and career proved to be patently ridiculous.
(03/25/10 5:33am)
The office of Common Ground has been following discussions taking place in The Collegian and elsewhere about racism and the varied campus-life experiences of students. And we have been disturbed by recent headlines about the Virginia Attorney General questioning the place of sexual orientation in anti-discrimination statements of public colleges and universities.
(03/25/10 4:56am)
I wanted to share this parable with you. I did not write it, and in all honesty, I have no idea of its origin. It was given to me, from friend to friend, during several iterations as a forwarded e-mail.
(03/20/10 9:56pm)
When I went to Greensboro, N.C., for the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament last year, I thought life couldn't get much better.
(03/20/10 12:28am)
Most think slavery is an unjust institution because it deprives slaves of the fruits of their labor and is often inherited at birth. Slavery upsets us because it prevents people from benefiting in proportion to the value they generate for others, and because they become enslaved based on their demographics rather than their actions.
(03/04/10 5:59pm)
Have I ever been asked if I was an athlete? Yes. But believe me, there was no evident reason for doing so, other than me being a black male at this university. The majority of black males at this campus are. I'm 5 feet 6 inches and around 150 pounds. I know of at least three other people who've had similar experiences.
(03/01/10 7:04pm)
Universities are places where everyone shares, or should share, at least one common objective: to learn. With that in mind, I will aver that J. Isaiah Bailey's "Being black at the University of Richmond: the whole truth" (The Collegian, February 25, p. 11) is not only disturbing but also very important. I recommend that everyone read and then re-read this piece, which Isaiah has framed as a poem, in order to gain a fuller understanding of the realities that confront African American students day after day after day here at Richmond.
(02/26/10 7:09pm)
After finally getting around to reading "Guyland," what can I say about Kimmel's assertions except that they are confusing? He insists that "Guyland" is mostly the territory of wealthy, college-educated white males aged 16-26, yet at the same time tries to define it as a new stage of development which society is recognizing and coming to grips with, much as it did with adolescence. Under this definition, he proceeds to superimpose some observations he's made about the narrow demographic mentioned above on young men in general. On its face, "Guyland" seems merely a straw-man crafted in order to criticize men, because the demographic he's talking about (unemployed 16-26 year olds who have no career ambition and often live in their parents basements) is a demographic of losers almost by definition.
(02/04/10 5:30am)
My daughter Meaghan was the star of the weekend as the University of Richmond's junior year Ring Dance took center stage last February. It is a wonderful event born of a longstanding tradition of women's pride at one of America's great educational institutions in one of our country's great southern cities.
(02/04/10 5:00am)
Editor's note: The following two letters are anonymous. The Collegian's policy is not to publish anonymous opinion submissions except in extenuating circumstances. I granted these writers' requests for anonymity because few people were aware of the extent of their conditions.
(02/02/10 6:02pm)
I have to side with Carmody on this one in saying that Lee's editorial is repulsive, not so much for her rudeness towards an uncomfortable topic, but for her pure ignorance of the bigger issue -- the pervasiveness of mental illness on campus including eating disorders (which are not contingent only to "5-foot-7 and 100 pound" girls, but affect both men and women of varying sizes and personalities) but also notably depression and chronic anxiety.
(01/29/10 7:29pm)
Dear University of Richmond students, faculty and staff,