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Leadership in Journalism course an interdisciplinary success

By Maggie Burch | January 28, 2013

The two professors co-teaching the university seminar "Leadership in Journalism" are excited about leading an interdisciplinary course, fulfilling The Richmond Promise, they said. Journalism professor Tom Mullen and leadership professor Tom Shields started working a year ago on the university seminar they are teaching this semester, Shields said. The university seminars are new for the university, and were started by the Provost's Office to push cross-school collaboration, Shields said.

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Kesemania pushes to raise awareness, funding to benefit 2013 camp

By Molly Gentzel | January 28, 2013

Camp Kesem held "Kesemania," its annual week of fundraising and awareness efforts, this week, with the goal of increasing the number of campers attending the 2013 program, said Samantha Meeker, Camp Kesem co-chairwoman. Camp Kesem, which means "magic" in Hebrew, is a national organization that holds an annual camp for children ages 6-16 whose parents have or have had cancer.

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Different schedule, cottages affect sorority recruitment

By Rebecca Wilson | January 28, 2013

Schedule changes are not unusual to the sorority recruitment process at the University of Richmond, but this year's schedule was met with mixed responses from potential new sorority members and current members. Recruitment has started on Sunday in past years, so that change was not that drastic, said senior Elle Wilkinson, recruitment chairwoman for Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

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Campus radio initiative seeks to promote local, independent music

By Maggie Burch | January 24, 2013

Josh Urban, host of the monthly rock show "The Signalman" on campus radio station WDCE, is the man behind the station's new initiative, RVA Worldwide. The initiative is "designed to connect local and regional bands with DJs on WDCE," according to information released by RVA Worldwide. RVA Worldwide is not a particular show on WDCE's station, but rather, an idea Urban has embodied in his show and that he hopes other DJs on the station will adopt as well, she said. "This is making it official," Urban said about giving a name to the idea of supporting local, independent musicians.

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Dining hall expands choices with new stations

By Renee Ruggeri | January 24, 2013

Six new food stations and bars will open this month at the Heilman Dining Center, Glen Pruden, executive chef at the dining hall, said. The new choices are a ramen station, a burrito station, an artisan grilled cheese station, a revamped Indian bar, a chicken wing bar and a Philly sub bar, Pruden said. Pruden, who has worked at the university for 35 years, said the difference between the stations and the bars is the way the food is served.

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Richmond Compliments and @URSpotted lead social media wave

By Jessica Racioppi | January 23, 2013

Two Westhampton College seniors launched Richmond Compliments, a Facebook page with more than 1,300 members of the Richmond community, this December. The two women agreed to an anonymous interview with The Collegian over Facebook message under the Richmond Compliment abbreviation "RC." RC said that the two women trusted each other to keep their identities confidential and worked well together and communicated frequently about potential improvements. "The irony is that we have never met each other in real life," RC said. The creater of @URSpotted, a twitter account that launched in January 2012, said in an anonymous interview with The Collegian that it hoped to resume tweeting this spring, having been fueled by a little healthy competition from Richmond compliments. @URSpotted said: "I envy the creators of Richmond Compliments.

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Students gather to witness Obama's second inauguration speech

By Renee Ruggeri | January 22, 2013

Upon entering the Alice Haynes Room Monday to watch President Barack Obama's second inauguration, students and faculty were greeted by a life-sized cardboard cutout of a smiling photograph of Obama. Obama began by reminding the audience, "what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith ... what makes us American is our allegiance to an idea." About 10 people gathered to watch the president's live speech on TV. Though acknowledging the United States' adherence to the Constitution created by the Founding Fathers, Obama emphasized that the country must make the adjustments to it that must be made together, as the world begins to change. "Fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires action," he said. Some of these changes are the end of the decade-long war and the beginning of economic recovery, Obama said. The nation "cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it," he said.

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Author David Weinberger to speak at university next month

By Ben Panko | January 22, 2013

David Weinberger, an acclaimed author, technologist and internet researcher, will speak about the expanding internet industry and its impact on libraries at the University of Richmond next month. The lecture, which will take place at the Jepson Alumni Center at 2 p.m.

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Westhampton students donate toward custodial staff gifts

By Avery Shackelford | January 19, 2013

Before winter break, Westhampton College students donated money toward holiday gifts for their custodial staff, and this year they raised the most money ever, said Sarah Everette, Westhampton College area coordinator. The Westhampton Residence Life staff received $1,400 in donations from students, $200 more than last year.

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Bobby Ukrop resigns from Board of Trustees

By David Weissman | December 20, 2012

Bobby Ukrop, one of Richmond's largest donors during the past several years, has resigned from the university's Board of Trustees, as first reported by Richmond BizSense. Ukrop, who graduated from UR in 1969, had served on the board for 13 nonconsecutive years before stepping down at the board meeting on Dec.

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