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Octaves finish as runner-up in Zipcar competition

By admin | September 27, 2012

The Octaves, University of Richmond's oldest a cappella group, discovered Monday that it was runner-up for the Zipcar and Ford September Students with Drive Competition. Zipcar, a car sharing and car club provider, partnered with Ford to create the Students with Drive program, a monthly competition in which five winning clubs receive driving credit to use toward group transportation, according to the program's Facebook page. As a September finalist, The Octaves won $1,000 worth of Zipcar credits.

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Robins School of Business hosts "Women in Finance" talk

By Jamie Edelen | September 27, 2012

The Robins School of Business will host a panel led by women to discuss job options and how to balance work and life in the field of finance. The event, "Women in Finance Panel: Lenses on Successful Careers in the Financial Services Industry," will be held in Queally Hall's Ukrop Auditorium from 6 p.m.

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Lacrosse players silenced in wake of promotion

By Katie Branca | September 26, 2012

Editors note: Senior Charlie Hudson spoke with The Collegian before the team was asked to not speak to the media. Yesterday, about three hours before the varsity club lacrosse team had its first practice of the season, Charlie Hudson, a senior player, sat down for an interview about the team's soon-to-be NCAA division I status. "It was definitely exciting," Hudson said, remembering how the team reacted to the announcement.

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Senior and first-year women attend 97th Proclamation Night

By admin | September 24, 2012

The Westhampton College senior and first-year classes celebrated Proclamation Night on Sunday in the Robins Center to highlight the importance of women's leadership, friendship and the Honor Code. Proclamation Night is usually held in Cannon Memorial Chapel, but was moved to the Robins Center this year because of the large sizes of the senior and first-year classes. During the ceremony, first-year women signed the Honor Code and wrote a letter to their senior selves, while senior women read the letters they had written as first-years. "It's really important to continue the heritage of women's education," said Juliette Landphair, dean of Westhampton College.

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Alum Bobby Ukrop speaks to students in "C-suite Conversation"

By admin | September 22, 2012

Bobby Ukrop of Ukrop's Homestyle Foods said he enjoyed friendly competition, but preferred outcomes that were win-win for both parties, during his talk at the Robins School of Business on Thursday. "We've been lucky," Ukrop said of his company's success, "but the harder you work, the better luck you have." Ukrop played basketball for Richmond in the 1960s and said he had applied his knowledge of teamwork to his stores.

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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan speaks to students

By Taylor Cloonan | September 22, 2012

Elena Kagan, associate of the U.S. Supreme Court, told an audience of law students, professors and invited guests that she approached opinion writing the same way she prepared to teach law classes: by breaking down an argument and using analogies and hypothetical situations to make ideas stick. "I try to drop the legalese and express things the way people would in normal conversation," Kagan said during her speech on Sept.

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Campus Police: How much enforcement is too much?

By admin | September 20, 2012

Despite the University of Richmond Police Department's efforts to be a campus resource, some students have expressed concern about approaching officers because they fear getting in trouble for breaking rules. According to the police department's website, an overwhelming majority of crimes reported on campus in 2008, 2009 and 2010, were incidents involving liquor law violations. There has to be some concern from students that if they get too out of control, they will be held liable for their actions, said Chief of Police David McCoy. "I don't want it to feel like we're infringing, or that we're somewhere we shouldn't be," McCoy said, "but the reality is that high alcohol leads to high risk, and if there is high risk, we have to have police around the area." Senior Kelsey Guttormsen thinks there are officers who would rather help students than get them in trouble, but that many officers seem to be jumping on opportunities to accuse students of breaking the rules, she said. "If I needed to contact someone for help in the future, I would probably seek help outside of the campus police," Guttormsen said. Some underclassmen had different views on the police department.

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Richmond students ran The Color Run last weekend

By Taylor Cloonan | September 20, 2012

About 8,000 runners dressed head to toe in white began the 5k Color Run, and arrived at the finish line in an explosion of color. The Color Run began and ended at the Richmond International Raceway, and participants covered the three-mile course, which included four "color zones." Volunteersand fans armed with squirt bottles showered the runners with a different colored powder at every kilometer. Participants ranged from young children to adults, including many University of Richmond students.

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CASE honors Richmond for its fundraising improvement

By Mia Lichter | September 20, 2012

The University of Richmond won a 2012 award honoring its superior fundraising program in the category of overall improvement. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) recognized Richmond after considering 1,011 eligible institutions, selecting 429 and awarding 30, said Julie Solomon, assistant vice president for development. "For the school overall it's a statement that we're doing the right things in terms of the programs we've put into place, and the alumni have been responding with gifts," Solomon said. CASE considered a many factors when judging the schools including: the pattern of growth in total support, evaluation of what contributed to the total support figure, overall breadth in program areas and their patterns of growth, pattern of donor growth among alumni donors and other individual donors and total support in relation to the alumni base. "It was surprising.

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Black dresses, no escorts for class of 2016 Ring Dance

By Maria Rajtik | September 20, 2012

Junior women will be asked to wear black dresses to Ring Dance, and escorts will no longer be a part of the ceremony, starting with the class of 2016. Ring Dance will still be held in The Jefferson Hotel and will look to emphasize the class ring and academic accomplishments of the women, said Kerry Fankhauser, associate dean of Westhampton College.

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Police Report: 9/20/2012

By The Collegian | September 20, 2012

Liquor Law Violations Sept. 14, 11 p.m. A Richmond College student was referred to the dean for a liquor law violation in Marsh Hall. Sept.

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"Be One" campus campaign works towards sustainability

By Ryann Dannelly | September 20, 2012

The "Be One" campus-wide campaign will continue to focus on highlighting and improving the University of Richmond's sustainability and decreasing the campus' carbon this school year. "Be One" aims to educate the Richmond community about the different ways that everyone can help turn goals of sustainable actions into sustainable habits, said Megan Zanella-Litke, the sustainability coordinator. "Often, the list of sustainability problems in the world can become overwhelming and makes it seem like individual actions won't help," Zanella-Litke said.

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Boatwright renovations expected to increase traffic to TLC

By Katie Branca | September 20, 2012

The summer brought many changes to Boatwright Memorial Library this year, but has anyone checked out the third floor? Just past the entrance to the Media Resource Center, and up the stairwell to the left, students can wind their way to the Technology Learning Center (TLC): a program run by the Center for Teaching and Learning Technology that provides technology resources to faculty and students on campus. Melissa Foster, the TLC computer lab specialist, said construction workers gutted bathrooms, bashed holes through walls, painted and installed windows, making the TLC not only easier on the eyes, but also, she hoped, easier to find.

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Queer Book Club to be held in new LGBTQ lounge

By Jamie Edelen | September 20, 2012

Members of the Queer Book Club held their first meeting to discuss lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning issues through reading "Stone Butch Blues," by Leslie Feinberg. Students, faculty and staff met in the new LGBTQ lounge in room 325 of the Tyler Hanes Commons from 5 to 6 p.m.

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