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Richmond not immune to increased bed bug presence

Bed bugs are spreading at an alarming rate across the United States. According to a story by Laura Petrecca in USA Today, pest control companies have seen a 57 percent increase in cases related to bed bugs in the last five years and an 81 percent increase since 2000. On the University of Richmond's campus, one case of bed bugs has been reported during the new school year, according to Al Lane, manager of custodial and environmental services.

Print Edition PDF: 9/16/10

Click here to download the September 16, 2010, full PDF edition of The Collegian.

Tyler's Grill suffers decrease in patronage

Sophomore Will Murray sat in the dining room at Tyler's Grill eating dinner with two of his friends the other night with empty tables all around him.

Camp Kesem sponsors summer camp

For many people, coping with the fact that a loved one has just been diagnosed with cancer or has passed away from cancer can be draining. But a group of Richmond students works to bring hope, smiles and magic back to dozens of children by fundraising to send the children of parents who have or have had cancer to a week-long sleepaway camp, for free. Camp Kesem is a national organization with 24 chapters across the United States that was founded at Stanford University in 2000.

D-hall staff addresses waste

For first-year and transfer students, Sept. 10 marked the first run-in with Trayless Fridays at the Heilman Dining Center. Confusion set in as they approached the islands that normally hold trays.

Police Report: 9/16/10

Drug/Narcotic Violation Sept. 8, 10:31 a.m. A Richmond College student was referred to the dean from Thomas Hall for possession of drug paraphernalia. Sept.

University welcomes 22 international scholars

Each year, the University of Richmond brings in visiting scholars and staff from all over the world.

Science students present summer research at symposium

University of Richmond students presented their summer research Sept.10 in the Gottwald Science Center during the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Symposium.

Fraternity lodge culture to change on football game days

On Saturday, Sept. 18, the dynamics of a typical lodge will be completely different: the parties will start at 9 a.m., and liquor will be permitted. Lodge events, along with other tailgating sites, will open four hours prior to the kick-off of the University of Richmond's first on-campus football game against Elon University in the new E.

Students present summer research

University of Richmond students presented their summer research this afternoon in Gottwald during the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Symposium. The poster session, which took place from 3 p.m.

Four on-campus assaults reported last weekend

A slew of on-campus crimes at the University of Richmond were reported last weekend, ranging from assault to breaking and entering. Three Richmond College students were victims of assault between 2 a.m.

Print Edition PDF: 9/9/10

Click here to download the September 9, 2010, full PDF edition of The Collegian.

Panelists show how art brings change

Daniel Jose Custodio, a poet who founded the Slam Nahuatl local slam poetry group in 2008, said he thought anytime an artist depends on an institution, he or she is compromising the art. "The artists really have to go beyond the channels of institutions, beyond the university, beyond getting the grant money or the pat on the back [to create change]," he said. Two years ago, Custodio created the End Hunger slam poetry series in which Slam Nahuatl troupe took the proceeds from their shows and provided a single mother and her two children with funding for an entire year's worth of groceries. Custodio was one of six artists who discussed the role of art in creating social change at a panel discussion Sept.

Question of the week: What are your plans for the weekend?

Police Report: 9/9/10

Theft from Motor Vehicle Sept. 3, 11:56 a.m. A Maryland License plate, valued at $20, was stolen from a Westhampton College student's silver Honda in R-lot. Vandalism Spet.

No news is good news?

Once upon a time, there was a mystical, magical land where beer grew on trees, boys only wore pants and bowties that looked like the Easter bunny threw up on them and textbooks, cigarettes, microwaveable burritos, alcoholic beverages and other pleasantries could be purchased with special currency that magically refilled itself each semester (or with one desperate call to Mom). This special land was where young idiots from New Jersey (like myself) would go to endure rigorous training to become successful accountants, surgeons, journalists and other boring professions that we swore in third grade we would never succumb to.

New sustainability coordinator named

Man enters university apartments, touches students

Two Westhampton College students reported to campus police Saturday that a male intruder had entered their apartment around 5 a.m.

GreenUR sells bike inventory within one hour

Nearly an hour after GreenUR's bike sale began, all 13 bikes were sold. Braving what would normally be considered an early morning, Richmond students gathered in the Forum before 9 a.m.

One Book, One Campus continues

The sixth annual One Book, One Campus: Dialogues in Social Justice program will commence this September and will continue until March 2011.