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Gray Court to remain co-ed

By Keon Monroe | September 8, 2010

A housing crisis in 2009 changed Gray Court, a previously all-male dormitory, into a co-ed environment. Administrators said there are currently no plans to revert Gray Court to a single-sex dormitory. Co-ed housing provides the housing department at the University with more flexibility because suites can be divided between male and females, said Carolyn Bigler, the assistant director of student housing.

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CDC receives bronze ranking for LGBTQ support

By Julie Crandell | September 5, 2010

The University of Richmond's Career Development Center received a bronze ranking from Out for Work, an organization that works with college career centers to improve the quality of support for LGBTQ students transitioning from school to the workplace. Out for Work distributed the survey ? its first ? to 1,500 colleges throughout the United States last spring.

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Phone Services may remove landlines

By Amanda Sullivan | September 2, 2010

University of Richmond Phone Services may follow the University of Virginia's recent decision to remove landline telephones from residence halls. "By April, we may make the recommendation, and could possibly do it next summer," said Doug West, director of Student Telecom Services.

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Richmond expands study-abroad choices

By Sarah Craig | September 2, 2010

During the first weeks back, some students may have noticed more new faces than usual while walking around campus. There are first years and missing juniors who went abroad, but there are also 80 exchange students at the University of Richmond from 32 countries this fall.

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Scam artists pose as athletes

By Ali Eaves | September 2, 2010

Four con artists claiming to be University of Richmond athletes got away with swindling residents of Richmond and Henrico County, officials from the University Police said. The scammers told Glen Allen residents that they were raising money through the athletic department for charitable causes, including books for needy children and a children's hospital. The scam artists went door-to-door asking for donations and used neighborhood cues, such as a university flag, to get a conversation going with their victim, said Howard B.

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New look for UFA furniture

By Sarah Bowers | September 2, 2010

The University Forest Apartments are getting a facelift, sort of. This semester, the University of Richmond purchased new kitchen and living room furniture, including a round table with four chairs, a sofa, two lounge chairs, a coffee table and a floor lamp for all university apartments. Betsy Andress, director of university services in the Office of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing, said that each year an assessment of campus upgrades was conducted and chosen projects were allotted money from summer capital projects funding. "We look every year at furniture needs and try to come up with the biggest need we can provide," Andress said. This year that need was new UFA furniture.

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Campus celebrates lifelong dedication of Lora Robins

By Kristy Burkhardt | September 2, 2010

Upon entering the cool and quiet sanctuary of the on-campus Gallery named in her honor, Lora Robins's oil-painted portrait hangs to the right of the foyer above the exquisite floor made of semi-precious stone. The Gallery of Design from Nature was a personal treasure to the 98-year-old who died last Sunday. In fact, the Gallery's current expansive collections of cultural art and artifacts, from Jurassic dinosaur fossils to other natural gems, began with Robins's collection of rocks from her own basement, former University of Richmond President Bruce Heilman said. While Robins helped to literally contribute the rocks that became the foundation for the collection at the Lora Robins Gallery, she is perhaps best remembered for the contributions that she and her late husband, E.

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Apartment residents mixed on composting

By Kaileigh Connolly | September 2, 2010

Senior Megan Venable sat at her kitchen table framed by rope lights hung around the walls, excited to talk about a set of wooden bins located next to the 1900 block of the University Forest Apartments. The bins house the compost project URot, which was started last year by GreenUR.

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State-of-the-art technology installed across campus

By Bria Eulitt | August 30, 2010

University of Richmond students may have noticed that some significant changes have been made to the campus during the summer, including updated classrooms, computers and other electronic equipment. The new Carole Weinstein International Building (CWIC) has been the biggest focus of technological advancement on campus.

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Poignant service recalls memories of Malone sisters

By Reilly Moore | August 29, 2010

As Diane and Daphne Malone, the mother and sister of Jamie and Paige Malone, carried two candles and led more than a dozen others down the aisle of the Cannon Memorial Chapel at the University of Richmond Saturday, three musicians played a song entitled "Pachelbel Meets U2: With or Without You." The arrangement was by one of Jamie's closest friends because of the Malone sisters' love for the band U2, and it symbolized the purpose of the Celebration of Life service: to grieve the loss and honor the memories of two vibrant young women. About 750 students, faculty and others attended the 90-minute service, which began with a procession of symbols led by Daphne and Mrs. Malone. Each symbol represented one of the many communities Jamie and Paige were a part of.

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Construction on campus nears completion

By Alice Chaosurawong | August 26, 2010

With the opening of the E. Claiborne Robins Stadium around the corner, construction workers have been moving quickly toward finishing up new roadways and Queally Hall, the 37,000-square-foot addition to the Robins School of Business. Queally Hall is approximately 78 percent complete, said University of Richmond architect Andrew McBride, and it is scheduled to open in the Spring 2011 semester.

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