This year, Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k, a road race often attended by University of Richmond students in the first week of spring, is scheduled for the same day as Pig Roast, the university's spring celebration. The road race begins at 8:30 a.m., and the fraternity lodges open at 11:30 a.m.
In 2009, the University of Richmond admissions staff received an unprecedented number of acceptances from rising college freshmen, resulting in the university's largest class, with 950 students, and a shortage of on-campus housing. The class of 2013 is primarily women, with approximately 150 more women than men, according to admissions office reports.
Spray-painted symbols found around campus this weekend were almost identical to those printed in the advertisement placed in The Collegian by the secret society Sub Rosa.
The University of Richmond's cross registration program allows students to take free courses not offered on campus at other schools, though earning a spot in these classes is not guaranteed. Richmond has agreements with Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University and Virginia Union University that enable students to enroll in courses taught at any of these schools free of tuition charges, but extra class fees including materials and labs are not covered, according to a handout provided by the registrar's office. Fewer than five Richmond students per semester try to cross register at other universities, but the process is not formally tracked, said Jean Creamer, the registration and operations manager for the university. Students who cross register do not have priority over students who are permanently enrolled at the other universities, Creamer said.
The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will host SPEaster, a philanthropic event to raise money for the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls at 11 a.m.
More than two years after the earthquake hit Haiti, the West Indian Lynk (WIL), a Caribbean student organization, is still working to raise awareness of and fundraise for the needs of Haiti. Last week, members sold wristbands in The Commons to support Diane Gaillard's local charity organization, the Adopt Haiti Project. "The cost of a bag of rice is more expensive than a liter of gas in Haiti," said Francis Poitier, president of WIL.
A recent addition to ETC, F'Real milkshakes and smoothies have quickly taken the campus by storm. ETC employees began selling the products the first Monday after Spring Break, and the milkshakes have been selling at a rapid pace ever since, said Brian Sculthorpe, the ETC multi-unit manager. "Within the first three days that we sold them, we sold out of 46 cases, which contained 12 products each," Sculthorpe said.
Students learn Farsi, Hebrew, Turkish and more languages through the Self-Directed Language Acquisition Program. The Self-Directed Language Acquisition Program (SDLAP) allows students to study rarely taught languages through a combination of independent study and interactions with a native speaker of that language. Sharon Scinicariello from the Modern Literature and Cultures Department created the program during the spring of 2009 as a way of expanding course offerings in the Middle Eastern Studies.
Alpha Phi Alpha (APA) and the Black Student Alliance for Sexual Equality (BASE) hosted an open forum to discuss justice in light of the recent killing of the unarmed 17-year-old boy, Trayvon Martin. Kadeem Fyffe, co-president of BASE, was inspired to hold the event after learning about Martin's death through Facebook, he said. "The worst thing you can do to somebody is kill them," Fyffe said.
Laly Lichtenfeld, the president and co-founder of the African People and Wildlife Fund (APWF), returned to University of Richmond's campus for the first time since graduating in 1996 to give a speech as part of the Global Environmental Speaker Series. In her lecture, "A 21st Century Approach to African Wildlife Conservation," Lichtenfeld discussed the demand for effective conservation methods that benefited both the people and wildlife in Africa.
The Oct\0x0101ves' 18th annual Spring Fever concert opened to an enthusiastic crowd that filled Camp Concert Hall at the University of Richmond Friday. The Oct\0x0101ves, made up of 16 students representing various classes at the university, is the only all-male group among the University of Richmond's four a capella groups.
In a forum set up to discuss whether University of Richmond's college coordinate system was advantageous or not, one of the most intriguing topics brought up was the possible need for a third college coordinate option. The topic for Richmond's 6th annual "Forum at the Forum" was "The College Coordinate System: Outdated or Underrated?" Students were invited to ask questions to a five-person panel: Amy Gray, admissions counselor, Joe Boehman, dean of Richmond College, Juliette Landphair, dean of Westhampton College, Meredith Combs, sophomore WCGA class of 2014 senator, and Will Gordon, former RCSGA president. The forum, organized by student consultants from the Speech Center, started slowly.
After the Heilman Dining Center introduced the Text and Tell program on Feb. 6, a wide range of comments led to a new parfait bar, which opened Saturday, March 24. The Text and Tell program allows students to text suggestions or comments they have about the food to the dining hall, said Jerry Clemmer, director of residential dining. Before Text and Tell, dining hall had UR Heard comment cards, said Dave Bevan, production manager and chef at dining hall. The problem with the comment cards was that the workers would not see any comments until later, and they could not respond to food problems immediately, Bevan said. So far, Text and Tell has generated 470 texts, Clemmer said.
Westhampton College Government Association (WCGA) members conducted a three-week survey to get student opinions about awarding additional credit to science classes with laboratories after many science students voiced how unfair the unit system was for such intensive and time-consuming courses. The data from the survey was presented at the WCGA meeting Wednesday by Katrina Goulden, chairwoman of the academic affairs committee.
The University of Richmond raised $27,476 Friday for its sixth annual Relay for Life, a national American Cancer Society fundraiser for cancer research. A colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Wash., began Relay for Life in 1985, and it now brings together more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities across the United States and 20 other countries.
David Haskell, a biology professor at Sewanee: the University of the South, will speak to students Thursday about his book "The Forest Unseen" that focuses on his observations at Shakerag Hollow, an old-growth forest in Tennessee. Haskell, the final guest in the "Global Environment Speaker Series," will speak at 5 p.m.
A group of eight University of Richmond law students have selected Judge Roger L. Gregory, the first African American to serve on the Fourth U.S.
To apply for financial aid in the future, enrolled students must pay a $25 fee because Richmond is now using the College Scholarship Service (CSS) profile to streamline the application process. In the past, applicants had to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a supplemental application for Richmond and copies of federal tax forms, said Cindy Deffenbaugh, director of financial aid at Richmond. With the new process, applicants are still required to submit the FAFSA and copies of federal tax forms, but the supplemental application has been replaced by the CSS profile, Deffenbaugh said. In the past, applicants had to download the supplement, fill it out, print it, mail it to the Richmond's financial aid office and wait for the office to manually process the application, Deffenbaugh said.
The University of Richmond's Social Entrepreneurship SSIR class will be hosting a Benefit for Hope this Sunday that will help fund a sustainable water project in the Dominican Republic. The Social Entrepreneurship SSIR class traveled to the Dominican Republic over fall break and were able to see first hand how expensive water is and how access to fresh water is very scarce in the Dominican Republic and its different communities, Jama said.
Richmond dance club Ritmo Latino will be hosting its first spring concert in The Pier of the Tyler Haynes Commons tonight. The show will start at 9 p.m.
