In the wake of Hurricane Sandy's destruction of the New Jersey coastline, junior Matt Palmisano did not get much sleep, he said. "My mind and my heart were back home," Palmisano said.
The Student Alliance for Sexual Diversity at the University of Richmond has developed a t-shirt and video campaign to cultivate a more inviting on-campus environment, in which LGBTQ members can feel more included, said Lydia Wang, co-president of the organization. The campaign has been dubbed "Striving to be an Ally," which are the same words printed across 300 navy blue T-shirts SASD ordered, Wang said.
University of Richmond graduates' loans are part of the growing rate of student loans across the United States that now total more than $1 trillion. Two-thirds of college seniors who graduated in 2011 accumulated an average debt of $26,600, according to the Project on Student Debt website. Forty-three percent of the students who graduated from Richmond in May 2012 had an average debt of $21,065, said Cindy Deffenbaugh, the director of financial aid at Richmond. IS RICHMOND STUDENT DEBT WORTH IT? Like any university or college across the country, it is possible to graduate from Richmond without any debt through the use of scholarships, grants and financial aid, but because of Richmond's high tuition, there are still students who leave with large sums of debt, said Jerry Stevens, a professor of finance at Richmond. One graduate from the class of 2012 was given grant money each semester that partially covered tuition.
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.
