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Dinner celebrates WC roommates

The four-year roommate dinner, Westhampton College Dean Juliette Landphair said, was a Westhampton College tradition that celebrated the longevity of roommates staying together for four years and the friendship that came out of that roommate relationship. When Landphair first started as dean in 2002, she overheard students talking about a steak-and-wine dinner. The former dean told Landphair about it and said they still recognized roommates, but there wasn't a dinner and it didn't involve steak or wine.

Common violence in a common room

Blood spurted and dripped down the projection screen in the University of Richmond's International Commons Feb.

Tune In: Annoying flaws in otherwise perfect shows

"Dexter" is an amazing show. It's engaging, interesting, well shot, and Michael C. Hall is perfect as the title character, Dexter Morgan. There is, however, one flaw that has irritated me endlessly throughout the series: Debra Morgan doesn't know how to curse and it is the worst thing that ever happened, ever. Her character thinks that she can string together any of George Carlin's seven dirty words and use them in any situation, regardless of what grammatical function they are fulfilling! In the wise words of Walter Sobchak, "this is not 'Nam, there are rules." If you make a grammatical error, you might sound slightly uneducated. But, if don't curse correctly, you sound like a goddamn idiot! As much as I want to, I can't give any examples of Deb's cursing here, but if you watch the show you should know what I mean. Beyond her ineptitude in the field of cursing, Deb might be the most selfish character in the show, even more so than Dexter. When confronted with any situation, Deb twists it until it becomes about her.

Question of the Week: Ring Dance 2011

The Collegian asks students about their favorite part of Ring Dance. Contact videographer Julia Pepe at julia.pepe@richmond.edu

Tune In to TV: Trying new things

In the spirit of the New Year I have decided to give some shows a chance that I normally wouldn't consider watching.

To Dine or Not To Dine: Tarrant's Cafe

Tarrant's Cafe is relatively off the beaten path for those who frequent the culinary mecca that is Cary Street and the Fan.

Video: UR Glee Club

UR Glee Club performed "Bridge Over Troubled Water" during its debut at the Black History Month Dinner on February 1, 2011.

Dispelling the myths of Westhampton Lake

Westhampton Lake is like homework for University of Richmond students -- it can't be avoided. Most students cross the lake several times a day to go to class, eat their meals and visit friends. Last week, senior Chad Crigger heard his friends talking about jumping in the lake. "My friends said, 'What have we done with our time here?

Tune In to TV: TV that doesn't suck

NBC's "30 Rock" and "Community" returned last week to continue their 6th and 2nd seasons, respectively (my Thursdays just got a lot better). Both shows returned in prime form. If you don't already know, "30 Rock," starring Tina Fey (maybe the only funny woman on television), is among the best comedy shows around. Last week's episode, "Mrs. Donaghy," focused on marriage, portraying it as a cutthroat game of one-upmanship. A misunderstanding caused by Liz's bride-like attire and the ceremony being held in French, causes Jack, who was supposed to have married Avery (Elizabeth Banks, the closest you'll get to a second funny woman on television, and in the same show!) to marry Liz. Liz, with peer pressure from her TGS (originally called The Girlie Show) team, leverages the signing of divorce papers in order to get a better budget and regain perks lost from Kabletown's (*cough* Comcast) acquisition of NBC. Meanwhile in plot B, budget cuts force Jenna and Danny to share the same dressing room, turning them into a bickering married couple with Kenneth as their "child." Tracy Jordan is MIA for most of the episode because he is off hosting the international pornography awards.

With peers abroad, stateside juniors reshape social circles and find balance

Juniors who did not go abroad last semester said they did not regret staying on campus. "You only have four years of college," junior Keely Naughton said.

An intimate portrait of Circa Survive

If you know me personally, you know that I live and breathe music. For the most part I listen to an eclectic mix of thrash, pop-punk, folk and alternative, or as most people would call it, emo.

A Field Guide to Study Abroad

The Collegian interviewed several juniors returning from abroad this semester from countries including Argentina, France, India and Switzerland. Caitlin Manak, Junior Jaipur, India/Minnesota Studies of International Development Why did you pick that place?

Tune in: Fall TV recap

This past fall was an especially good season in television. We were introduced to some great new shows, namely Boardwalk Empire, Louie, and The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. If you didn't catch these shows, then do yourself a favor and find some time to watch them.

Photo Gallery: Stepping 101, Hollywood Nights

The second "Stepping 101: Hollywood Nights" competition, hosted by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. at Millhiser Gym on November 12, 2010, featured the University of Richmond's six Panhellenic sororities: Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi.

Students find jobs, stay in Richmond after graduation

Senior Katie Der predicted since she was a freshman that she would leave her hometown of Chester, Va., after graduation and relocate to New York City - until recently, she said. After spending the past two summers interning in New York, Der said she had decided to consider staying in Richmond more seriously. "I could be in New York with a $30,000 salary, living in a hole-in-the-wall or stay in Richmond, living in a nice apartment in the Fan with a much higher quality of life," Der said. Richmond, New York and Washington, D.C., are the three main cities where Richmond graduates start their careers, said Joe Testani, associate director of the Career Development Center.

Internships abroad costly but beneficial

Production studies III class prepares for 'Marisol'

The students in the production studies III class chose to produce "Marisol," a magical realist play written by Jose Rivera in the '90s. The play, which will be the end result of the students' work in the capstone class for the theater department, will take place in February. "Marisol" tells the story of Marisol, a woman from the Bronx who works in publishing in Manhattan and tries to homogenize herself.

Professor works as costume designer on movie set

Johann Stegmeir, assistant professor of theater and dance at the University of Richmond, worked as costume designer on the movie set "Peace, Love and Misunderstanding" in the Hudson Valley of New York last summer. The movie, set to release in 2011, is directed by Bruce Beresford and features actors Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Chace Crawford. Stegmeir said the movie was about reconciliation. The daughter, played by Keener, has rejected the lifestyle she grew up in and her hippie mother, Fonda.

Behind The Syllabus: Joe Troncale

Courtesy of Joe Troncale What do you do on the weekends? On Saturdays I usually go kayaking or help my wife with chores around the house and the farm, and on Sundays we go spend time with friends at our ashram in D.C. What's the craziest thing you did when you were in college? I took a leave of absence to go to a small town in Mississippi to work as a civil rights worker during the '60s non-violent movement, then enlisted in the Army to avoid the draft and was then given an honorable discharge when I declared myself a conscientious objector to all war. What's one thing your students would never guess about you? I love to go camping with my Russian friends to pick mushrooms and I make lunch for my 93-year-old mother-in-law every day before leaving for the university. What's your favorite college memory? A meeting in Moscow as a foreign service officer with Andrei Sakharov, the Russian scientist who developed the hydrogen bomb and then protested against it. If you could take a year off, what would you do? I would spend six months on retreat at Adi Da Samrajashram on the Fijiian island of Naitauba and the other six months in St.

Employee delivers more than mail

The mailman carried a box twice his size to an old white van and loaded it in on top of bins full with letters and packages.