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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
Richmond

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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Green bikes reappear on campus

By Charlotte Brackett | April 7, 2011

The arrival of spring and freshly blooming flowers spurs the reappearance of the green bikes, which have been in storage for the winter. In 2009, after suggestions from students, the Green Bike Program was introduced to campus with the arrival of 35 dark green, single-gear beach cruisers. Doug Goad, manager of equipment and facilities at the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness, said that those bikes did not last as long as had been hoped, and the school had switched companies and bought slightly different bikes. Fifty-one yellow bikes were purchased from Pibby's, a local bike shop, and were "holding up a lot better" than the original bikes, Goad said. When the Green Bike Program was still in the planning stages, one point of contention with purchasing single-gear bikes was how expensive they were compared with other bikes, but it was decided that these bikes would be best. "We researched campuses from all over and most have gone with the single-gear bike," Goad said.

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Police Report: 03/31/11

By The Collegian | March 31, 2011

Hit and Run March 25, 6:23 p.m. The rear passenger bumper of an RC student's 2008 Honda Accord was hit by a person unaffiliated with the university in lot R16.

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Richmond students feel the effects of natural disaster

By Markie Martin | March 31, 2011

When news hit of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that recently devastated Japan's northeastern coast, the University of Richmond's Office of International Education took action. Michele Cox, Richmond's director of study abroad, immediately emailed the five Japanese students studying at Richmond, the two Westhampton students studying in Osaka, Japan, and their families and notified the study abroad office in Osaka. The Westhampton women, juniors Shirley Leung and Maria Sebastian, and the families of the Japanese exchange students are safe and not in areas of great risk. Cox said it was imperative not only to get in contact with the women via phone, but also to physically locate them.

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Seminar students host museum exhibition

By Kaylin Politzer | March 31, 2011

Students enrolled in Richmond's seminar in museum studies course will host a grand opening celebration of their own exhibition Wednesday, April 6, at the Carole Weinstein International Center. The exhibition "Context and Object: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition" will be displayed at the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature with additional studio space at the Carole Weinstein International Center through May 26. "Context and Object" will showcase two- and three-dimensional art and will compare and contrast the customs of different cultures, including sub-themes such as dining and drinking, music and dance and games and sports. Richard Waller, executive director of university museums and professor of the course, said the execution of a museum exhibition usually took a number of months to several years to complete.

Golf

New disc golf course unites staff and students

By Charlotte Brackett | March 24, 2011

Students and staff participated in the first on-campus disc golf tournament after the course was completed last week as part of the green initiative at the University of Richmond. About forty people were present at the ceremony, where President Edward L.

Sports

Photo Gallery: City of Richmond Pep Rally

By Anna Kuta | March 24, 2011

The city of Richmond hosted a pep rally for the University of Richmond Spiders and Virginia Commonwealth University Rams men's basketball teams, which have both qualified for the "Sweet 16" round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament.

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Police Report: 03/24/11

By admin | March 24, 2011

Shoplifting Mar. 1, 1:56 p.m. Two people not affiliated with the university stole various textbooks valued collectively at $1,050. Mar.

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