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Physics professor talks about nuclear weapons

By Molly Gentzel | April 14, 2011

Physics professor Dr. Jerry Gilfoyle discussed the importance of being educated about nuclear weapons and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty to a group of students and faculty in his lecture on Wednesday. Approximately 25 students and faculty members came to hear Gilfoyle's lecture, "Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: The Science of Nuclear Non-Proliferation." Gilfoyle explained the significance of the nuclear bomb and why college students and citizens of the United States should be concerned with this issue. Gilfoyle said his interest in nuclear weapons had gone back a long time, and he had spent 2001 working with the federal government in Washington, D.C. There, Gilfoyle did an assessment of the test-ban treaty and submitted it to President Bill Clinton.

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School of Continuing Studies hosts annual charity golf event

By Sarah Craig | April 14, 2011

School of Continuing Studies graduate Mary Ramsey Evans and her husband, Chuck, look forward to April every year when the School of Continuing Studies Golf Tournament rolls around. The SCS Alumni Association puts on the tournament to raise funds for its scholarships so that SCS students are able to receive quality educations. "We wanted people who could not afford an SCS education to be able to," said Lin Koch, president of the SCS Alumni Association.

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APO hosts "Great Gatsby" themed senior prom

By Rachael Specter | April 14, 2011

Senior citizens put on their best dancing shoes for Alpha Phi Omega's 18th-annual prom, themed "Great Gatsby," on April 6 in the Alice Haynes Room. Senior Ashley Fortner, who was the committee chairwoman of the event, said that the fraternity had expected between 40 and 50 senior citizens to attend.

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Students, faculty test drunk driving simulator in the Forum

By Elizabeth Ygartua | April 14, 2011

Students, community members, faculty and staff tried out a distracted-driving simulator in the Forum yesterday as part of an effort to raise awareness about the dangers of texting while driving and drunk driving. The Office of Student Activities and the University of Richmond Police Department sponsored the Stop-Loss simulation, run by UNITE International, a company from Grand Rapids, Mich. In the past, police have run exercises with a golf cart and cones simulating the drunk driving experience, said Sgt.

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Senior speaks about UR experience at award ceremony

By Valerie Jama | April 12, 2011

Senior Crystal Thornhill gave a speech full of positive advice for the soon-to-graduate class of 2011 Tuesday morning at the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Convocation. Thornhill first reflected on her past four years to the audience. She talked about rough times, such as when she battled depression her first year, and also about her most memorable experience here at the University of Richmond with the Virginia Action Alliance for sexual assault and domestic violence. Thornhill's time volunteering for the VAA organization has given her much to reflect on in her own life.

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University police make arrests for annual fundraiser

By Brittany Brady | April 12, 2011

The University of Richmond Police Department made its first arrest at 9 a.m. Tuesday for UR Busted, the university's annual fundraiser for the Virginia Special Olympics. Richmond faculty, staff and students were arrested on charges ranging from being a New York Jets fan to being recklessly pleasant.

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University of Richmond hosts gender studies conference

By Brittany Brady | April 8, 2011

More than 230 people attended the biennial Associated Colleges of the South Women's and Gender Studies conference at the University of Richmond last weekend and more than 40 colleges and universities were represented. The conference, "Emancipation Knowledge: Women's and Gender Studies Now," was centered on the work of its keynote speaker, Patricia Hill Collins, author of Black Feminist Thought. According to the website, the conference focused on the following questions: * How do women's and gender studies programs offer emancipatory ways of education? * How do women's and gender studies classrooms bridge theory and practice? * How do women's and gender studies programs teach and develop activists for the 21st century? * How do feminist and queer theories potentially challenge other curriculum? * What possibilities and pitfalls do new feminist media offer? "Patricia Hill Collins can engage with anyone," said Richmond senior Kosh Kempter, president of Richmond's Women in Living and Learning program, who sat with Collins at the opening dinner.

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Sweet 16 tournament puts a spotlight on campus admissions

By Ali Eaves | April 7, 2011

If web traffic is an accurate measure of the nation's interest in the University of Richmond, making it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament is the most interesting thing Richmond has done in years. On March 19, the day the Spiders defeated Morehead State University to advance to the Sweet 16, 12,400 people from outside Richmond's network visited Richmond's website, according to Phillip Gravely, Richmond's web strategies director.

Juniors, Helen Yanta, Micala MacRae, Alexa Gruber, and Maddie Cleland ready to participant in the annual Monument 10k
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Spiders run Monument 10K

By Rachael Specter | April 7, 2011

A number of Richmond students participated and cheered at Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10-kilometer race presented by MARTIN's last Saturday morning. Sports Backers organized the race, which is now the fourth largest race in the nation, according to Running USA. Jackie Holt, public relations and communications assistant for Sports Backers, said that there had been 41,314 registrants in the race and 1,900 in the Kids Run. "With the excitement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams being in the Final Four, Sports Backers encouraged all participants to wear black and gold in support of the Rams," Holt said.

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Alumnus crosses the continent for good

By Katie Toussaint | April 7, 2011

University of Richmond graduate Keith Donohue spread his philanthropic project to the city of Richmond on March 25 at the William Byrd Community House. It was fulfilling to accomplish hands-on work for a day, even if he did not get to interact with the children, said Donohue, the creator of Positive Present, a non-profit organization promoting positive affirmation.

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Police Report: 04/07/11

By The Collegian | April 7, 2011

Vandalism March 30, 1:04 p.m. The side view mirror of an RC student's Toyota Prius, valued at $50, was damaged in the 700 block of the University Forest Apartments. March 31, 8:06 a.m.

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Richmond raises more than $25,000 in Relay for Life

By Sarah Craig | April 7, 2011

The University of Richmond raised nearly $25,280 April 1 in its fifth annual Relay for Life, a relay walk to support cancer research. The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is a global event that began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Wash., walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society, according to Relay's website, relayforlife.org. According to the website, "Relay has grown from a single man's passion to fight cancer into the world's largest movement to end the disease." Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the U.S., along with communities in 20 other countries, raise funds and awareness to save lives from cancer, according to the website. This was the first year that Richmond held the event for 12 hours overnight, said sophomore Jenna McAuliffe, who is on the Relay public relations committee.

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Huge turnout anticipated for Flo Rida concert

By Masato Tsuruta | April 7, 2011

The University of Richmond Police Department will increase campus security during the Flo Rida concert on Friday night, which is expected to attract a larger crowd than past Pig Roast events, Campus Police Chief David McCoy said. Unlike Pig Roast events in past years, the Flo Rida concert is open to the public.

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Gmail at Richmond

By Rachael Specter | April 7, 2011

Richmond is moving to Google Apps Education Edition over several phases from May 9, 2011, through June 1, 2011. Greg Miller, manager of network services, said that he, Troy Boroughs, assistant vice president of systems and networks, and Kathy Monday, vice president for information services, made the decision in the middle of March to migrate to Google Apps after preparing the transition for months. "All three of us didn't decide on our own," Miller said.

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