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Housing Department to change all UFA locks

By Fred Shaia | October 25, 2010

In light of recent breaking-and-entering reports on campus, the University of Richmond housing department will change all locks on the doors of the University Forest Apartments, said Carolyn Bigler, assistant director of undergraduate student housing. "We're going to be issuing new keys for all residents, and the work will be done within the next two weeks," Bigler said. The schedule for the lock changes is as follows: * Apartment blocks 100 through 1100 will be changed on Wednesday, Nov.

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BASE forum promotes awareness of LGBT suicides

By Liz Monahan | October 24, 2010

On Sept. 22, 2010, Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi, 18, of Ridgewood, N.J., jumped off of the George Washington Bridge after his college roommate broadcast live images of him online having sexual relations with another man. BASE (Black Alliance for Sexual-Minority Equality) held an open forum on Monday, Oct.

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Video: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

By Liz McAvoy | October 23, 2010

Alpha Chi Omega hosted Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, a new philanthropy event held Tues., Oct. 15. Four-person teams registered to walk a relay around the lake, learning facts about domestic violence at different stations.

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Social networking contributes to alum realty success

By Elizabeth Hyman | October 21, 2010

University of Richmond graduate Blair Brandt recognized the difficulty his recently graduated friends were having in apartment searching and created a solution to help, which became The Next Step Realty. The company, founded in April, matches recent college graduates with real estate brokers in cities where the apartment searchers have employment, said Brandt, who was a leadership studies major with a business minor.

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Virginia lags on water improvement

By Milos Jovanovic | October 7, 2010

While students are preparing for midterms and a much-needed fall break, a small step in an important, national debate took place Wednesday night at the Jepson Alumni center. Hundreds of people, mostly from the local community, but also from other parts of the state, and even a few students, gathered to hear Virginia and federal government representatives report on the condition of the Chesapeake Bay and the state's efforts to reduce pollution draining into the bay from its many rivers. There are more than 10,000 miles of rivers and smaller tributaries in the "Chesapeake Bay watershed," which comprises the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and the District of Columbia.

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Professor, Vietnam journalist records war life in Afghanistan

By Jimmy Young | October 7, 2010

Captivated by the first of many radiant sunrises he would see during his nearly ten-week stay near Kenjak-e Olya, Afghanistan last summer, journalism professor Robert Hodierne said that the evening sunsets were probably just as spectacular. The Marine accompanying him that morning responded, "If you're lucky, you get to see both." This grim acceptance is one aspect of the reality of war that Hodierne wanted to convey in his PBS documentary about 75 Marines serving a seven-month tour of duty in the volatile Helmand Province, located deep in hostile Taliban territory. "Combat Outpost: Afghanistan," produced by Partisan Productions, chronicles the lives of Marines in the 2nd platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, to whom Hodierne was given completely unfettered access. His goal was to illuminate the everyday life of a U.S.

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