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Bikram yoga grows popular on campus

By Molly Gentzel | April 7, 2011

A growing number of University of Richmond students are practicing Bikram yoga, a 90-minute series of postures in a room heated to 105 degrees, and reaping its benefits. Garland Hume, co-owner of Bikram Yoga Richmond, had a "miserable" first experience with Bikram yoga. "I left the room after 45 minutes," Hume said. Bikram yoga consists of 26 postures and two breathing exercises. After making it halfway through her first class of Bikram yoga, Hume said she had sat in the waiting room and had begun to feel its effects. "I remember going home that day and sitting down to memorize vocabulary cards for an upcoming test," Hume said.

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Q and A with: George Saunders

By Marina Askari | April 7, 2011

George Saunders was born in Amarillo, Texas, in 1958 and was raised in Chicago. He originally thought he would join a rock band after high school, but two teachers influenced him to attend college.

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Tweet, eat, sleep, repeat

By Liz McAvoy | March 31, 2011

Twitter is on the rise. Students, faculty and staff accessed Twitter.com an average of 1,500 times on Wednesday, said Greg Miller, manager of Richmond's network services. Now that this article is in print, that number will likely jump. Twitter, the social networking tool that allows users to share brief thoughts or links to other information they find meaningful or interesting, has been on the Internet for five years as of last Monday.

David McCoy will be the new chief of police for the University of Richmond.
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New chief wears many hats

By Michelle Guerrere | March 31, 2011

Student needs are important to the new chief of police. When David McCoy was little, he never dreamed of being a police officer. But McCoy said it was the timing and choices he made upon graduating that led him to an almost 26-year career with the City of Richmond Police Department and has now brought him to the University of Richmond as associate vice president for public safety. A self-pronounced "people person," McCoy said his favorite part of his job was interacting with others. "That's the beauty of the profession -- you get out and you talk to people," he said. McCoy grew up in Buffalo, NY, and attended Canisius College in downtown Buffalo, where he majored in political science and minored in criminal justice.

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Jazz group visits Greece

By Markie Martin | March 24, 2011

The University of Richmond's 12-member jazz combo and its director, Mike Davison, took a spring break trip to Greece and played eight gigs in Athens and Thessaloniki. The group played at sites from the Philharmonic of Greece to Mylos nightclub -- different venues that several jazz members said were some of the country's most popular. Davison, who has been the Richmond jazz director for 25 years and toured with groups such as Motown and The Temptations, landed the Greece opportunity when a guidance counselor from the American Farm School in Thessaloniki heard his combo perform at a University of Richmond reception.

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Tune In: Spartacus ... sex, violence and flashy cinematography

By Elliott Hammer | March 2, 2011

"Spartacus" is a new, awesome take on pornography. I suppose it could be categorized as a historical time-period fetish series -- nothing gets me going like the Third Servile War! There is some plot, a feature that some thought was forever lost in the golden age of the '70s, but there is not so much that it distracts from the sex scenes and general nudity. "Spartacus" operates under several guidelines.

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Student interns gain political insight

By Liz Aquilino | March 2, 2011

Many University of Richmond students spent the first six weeks of the semester interning at the Virginia General Assembly, making connections and gaining political experience that may help them along their career paths. The first step for the interns was enrolling in a two-unit legislative internship class with professor Daniel Palazzolo, said senior intern Ben Paul. Palazzolo then matched each student with a delegate or senator who shared his or her interests and political beliefs, Paul said. The interns worked 20 hours each week doing administrative tasks, attending receptions and keeping track of the bills being passed. "There's a lot of grunt work you have to do," said senior intern Nicole Prunetti.

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The popularity of Phil's Continental Lounge

By Rachael Specter | February 23, 2011

Karaoke at Phil's Continental Lounge is attracting more students to the already popular Thursday night hangout. Kyle Measell, owner of Phil's, said karaoke was the main attraction at what he called his "fun, kid-friendly restaurant." Measell said he and his wife had bought the restaurant and bar in 2003 and could not have predicted its popularity among University of Richmond students. "It wasn't until we got karaoke in 2008 that more UR kids started to come," Measell said. One night, 20 students came in and sang all night long, Measell said.

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Mystery artist makes science 'bear'able for students, faculty

By Kaylin Politzer | February 23, 2011

Students and faculty first reported sightings of elaborate architectural white board drawings in the Gottwald Center for the Sciences three weeks ago, but the artist, who leaves behind nothing but a bear claw signature, remains anonymous. Some of the images include the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum, the Taj Mahal, Chitzen Itza, the Arc de Triomphe and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Using only an arsenal of polychromatic Expo markers, the artist draws these images on random public white boards throughout the building's first three floors. Sophomore Patricia McNamara said the artist must have used a personal set of markers because the colors in the images were bolder and more varied than the ones professors used in the classroom. "The drawings are out of control," McNamara said.

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To Dine or Not To Dine: Nile Ethiopian

By Brigid Beitel | February 23, 2011

Deciding how many stars to give Nile was really a struggle. I ended up writing this entire article before deciding that Nile was only worth two out of five stars. Ethiopian cuisine typically consists of spicy vegetable and meat dishes in the form of "wat" or thick stew, served with, atop or inside "injera" which is a large flatbread but seemed to me more like a large spongy sourdough crepe. Ethiopians do not use utensils.

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Tune In: Come back!

By Elliott Hammer | February 23, 2011

Just as some shows overstay their welcome, others are cut down in their prime. Here are some shows that should not have been canceled: "Pushing Daisies" was a detective fairy-tale comedy in which a piemaker can mysteriously bring the dead, be they fruit or people, back to life with one touch and with the second touch reverse the effect.

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Picasso comes to Richmond

By Ali Eaves | February 22, 2011

Pablo Picasso is six artists rolled into one. He was the inventor of cubism, a master of classical painting, a leader of the French avant-garde, a surrealist, a sculptor and a printmaker.

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