How do people understand big numbers that are hard to conceptualize? In David Landy's psychology lab, students are publishing research to explore why these numbers are so difficult to understand, said sophomore Megan Delaunay. This past summer, Delaunay worked 30 to 40 hours a week on number representation, she said.
From Nov. 3-4, a group of 15 students in Al Goethals and Brig. Gen. John Mountcastle's Civil War and Leadership class toured the battlefields of Gettysburg to better understand leadership and decision-making in battle. "That battlefield really is a metaphor for the struggle we all face in the profession and our daily lives," Mountcastle said, "especially the uncertainty of the unknown, the stress and fear of both enemies and letting other people down. "This is something that we really look forward to.
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The staff of University Museums and Modlin Center for the Arts hosted the fifth annual Family Arts Day on Sunday, featuring face painting, stick puppets and an instrument petting zoo, in the Modlin Center lobby. This year's theme centered on "Carnival of the Animals," a piece ensemble-in-residence eighth blackbird performed for the event.
Vice President for Advancement Tom Gutenberger, a major target of criticism by men's soccer alumni during last Friday's press conference, was surprised by the allegations made against him, he wrote in an email. "At no time did anyone from the soccer alumni group tell me that they thought I acted in anything but good faith throughout the process," he wrote.
The Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness is holding its second November Fitness Challenge. Students are encouraged to attend as many group fitness classes as possible this month.
The University of Connecticut's head women's basketball coach, Geno Auriemma, is proposing that the rim for women's collegiate basketball be lowered seven inches. Auriemma has won seven NCAA championships, 19 Big East Regular Season Championships and a gold medal, coaching the women's 2012 Olympic basketball team. Auriemma announced the idea in an article in The Hartford Courant, stating that there would be fewer missed layups because the players would be closer to the rim when shooting.
Liquor Law Violations Nov. 2, 11:13 p.m. A Resident Assistant reported a liquor law violation in Wood Hall. Nov.2, 11:18 p.m.
Keith Gill, the University of Richmond's newly appointed athletic director, emphasized a strong commitment to both athletics and academics when he was formally introduced at a press conference held Nov.
At the start of last semester, the Office of Admissions informed tour guides that they would begin taking prospective students and families on a different route through campus to make tours shorter and more efficient, said senior tour guide Austin Carter. The new route begins at the admissions office, travels through the academic buildings on the Richmond side of campus, crosses the Tyler Hanes Commons, covers the Forum and essentially ends at the Heilman Dining Center, Carter said, where tours cross the lower commons and wind their way through the dorms back to admissions. Prospective students now do not see the Modlin Center for the Arts, the Westhampton Deanery, North Court, the Greek Theatre or the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness. Carter said when she had first heard the news in a tour guide meeting, she had been upset, asking immediately how they were going to cover the arts on campus. "Ultimately, I think it's probably a better tour because it's more concise and easier for guests and prospectives," Carter said.
The announcement that Barack Obama will serve a second term as U.S. president after beating challenger Mitt Romney warranted a mixed reaction from the University of Richmond community on Tuesday. "Well, Romney is a garbage person, so I'd say I'm pretty happy," senior Armon Modirian said.
Alumni returned to campus this past weekend, joining students and faculty to celebrate Homecoming and participate in a bonfire, tailgate, football game and other festivities. "I would say Homecoming has always been about the football game and enthusiasm with alums coming back," said Steve Bisese, director for student development.
Here we are. Election Day 2012. Tomorrow, you'll wake up and either wear a righteous smirk or a miserable frown to your 9 a.m.
Senior Hadya Abdul Satar was recently approached by a Spanish international student to talk about the relationship between international and American students at Richmond, she said. "She said it was eye-opening that Americans are so busy during the week," Abdul Satar said.
The new sorority and student activities cottages opened their doors to students and alumni on Saturday afternoon after three years of planning and decades of anticipation. Especially for students in sororities, the cottages have become the realization of a long-time dream to give each chapter a space on campus it can call its own. "They haven't had a place to just be women and be sisters," said Alison Bartel Keller, director of student activities. Since 1989, when the sororities were first chartered on campus, Keller's role was keeping the dream of an activities center alive, so that when the opportunity came to create one, Keller said, they would be ready. With the appointments of Edward Ayers as president and Steve Bisese as vice president for student development three years ago, the opportunity arrived, Keller said.
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The press conference hosted by University of Richmond soccer alumni on Friday presented a question of right and wrong, said men's soccer coach Leigh Cowlishaw. Maybe the answer will not be reinstating soccer and track, but the decision certainly needs to be scrutinized with all the facts presented, he said. Soccer alumnus Scott Byrnes, '91, led off his speech by acknowledging that people might have seen the amount of work that has gone into fighting the decision to cut the men's soccer and men's track and field teams as overkill.
Political science professors Ernest McGowen and Daniel Palazzolo led a forum to inform the campus community about the coming presidential election. The discussion is the third Brown Bag event presented by the political science department this semester and took place from 12 to 1:15 p.m.
Computer dying so I'll end this now. Thanks for joining me, I'll provide a quick recap soon with any new information that may come. "You can put new people in their slots," Byrnes says in response to a comment about President Ayers and other board members. Byrnes answers my question about the Washington Post article released yesterday, saying it didn't include all the information he had hoped it would. "We're not gonna stop," Byrnes answers to a question from RTD. Byrnes now taking questions with two other soccer alumni, one of which is Jim Brady, '85. Byrnes finishes his speech, to a standing ovation, by pulling out a Richmond flag and saying, "Carry the Flag, boys." "I ask you to withhold your donations to the University of Richmond until the Board of Trustees makes this right." Byrnes now asking the board to reinstate the soccer and track programs as soon as possible. "You had an organized group of soccer alumni banging on your door to help, and you ignored us," Byrnes says, in spirit to Ayers. Byrnes says that if the soccer alumni had any idea the program was in jeopardy, they would've brought their arguments straight to the Board of Trustees before the decision was finalized, and the "lacrosse inner circle" couldn't afford that to happen. Major Donor refused to engage with soccer alumni because "it would be inappropriate" because he is a member of the Board of Trustees, Byrnes said. "Eliminating a men's sport will not be an option," Byrnes says, quoting an email about a conversation another soccer alumni had with VP of advancement Tom Gutenberger last summer. Neither Ayers or Miller here right now I don't believe.
The alumni of the recently cut Richmond men's soccer and track and field teams have continued their strategic planning efforts, with large parts of those efforts culminating right before Homecoming Weekend. On Tuesday, eight track alumni published and distributed a 28-page paper, titled "An Examination of the University of Richmond's 2012 Athletic Department Reconfiguration." In the paper, the alumni highlight why outdoor track should be reinstated, citing sources for all research and claims, while indoor track and soccer should be given an opportunity to raise the funds needed to remain along with the addition of a women's sport. "We're just trying to organize everything that we've heard from Dr. [Edward] Ayers and his chief of staff [Lori Schuyler] and [Athletic Director] Jim Miller," said Jon Molz, 2008 track alumnus and current assistant coach for the track and cross country teams.
