Some university awareness groups have given little directed attention to National Eating Disorders Awareness Week from Feb.
The potholes that have been popping up - or rather dipping down - along many campus, city and Henrico County roads are slowly being repaired by university and city employees, with priority given to the most-damaging holes. This year's winter weather has brought unusually low temperatures and large amounts of snow and moisture, which have contributed to the increased number of potholes. "When water gets under the pavement and then freezes, it expands and it pops the asphalt up," said Stephen B.
Larceny Feb. 19, 10:48 p.m. An Xbox 360 with a detachable 60-gigabyte hard drive, valued at $100, was stolen from the Tyler Haynes Commons. Theft Feb.
There seem to be several places and things on campus that no one knows about. We see them every day and ask the person with whom we're walking to D-Hall (or ourselves), "What is that?" or "Who does that belong to?" or "I wonder whether we have any buildings built over an old swimming pool?" The first place on campus that comes to mind is the fenced-off area next to Lora Robins Court.
The Vagina Monologues, which is performed internationally around Valentine's Day to support V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls, opened Friday night and was performed again Saturday night in the Tyler Haynes Commons. The accompanying audio features background music, cheering fans, an introduction to The Vagina Monologues performed by the student directors and comical sounds of orgasms performed serially by all of the performers. Contact staff photographer Tanveer Ahmed at tanveer.ahmed@richmond.edu
Deborah Sommers has been named executive director of the Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond. She will take on her new position July 1. Sommers will be responsible for a number of performances and events at the Modlin Center including: the 45-event Great Performances Series, three main stage productions by the university's theatre and dance department and the University Players and Dancers, 30 musical performances in the Department of Music's Free Concert Series as well as community events and performances throughout the year. Sommers also will direct and teach Richmond's arts management program. Sommers was impressed by the faculty, students, staff at Modlin Center and overall environment at Richmond when she visited the university in January, she said. "Hearing that I would be a part of this amazing community, I was so excited to be going to the university," she said. Sommers has been the director of programming at Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts since 1992. Before joining the Quick Center, Sommers was company administrator of the Performing Arts Center at the State University of New York at Purchase, coordinating the professional season programming, artists and residencies.
Oddly enough, you can. If you are a student, alumnus, faculty or staff member, trustee or immediate family member of any of those people, you can choose to have your body rest eternally in the University of Richmond's Columbarium and Memorial Garden. A Columbarium is a burial vault for human ash remains and is derived from a Latin word meaning "a place where doves nest." The Columbarium to the left of the Cannon Memorial Chapel has 2,884 niches that can each hold two urns.
Theft Feb. 9, 11:58 a.m. A Westhampton College student's iPhone, valued at $600, was stolen from Boatwright Memorial Library. Harassing Communications Feb.
Members of the University of Richmond's Sigma Chi and STAND chapters are co-sponsoring award-winning poet and rap artist Omekongo Dibinga to speak about the crisis in the Congo on Wednesday, Feb.
It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in America. It is consistently listed among the most widely disseminated papers in the world.
Student emergency medical technicians will, as of this semester, be able to communicate with nearly all public safety organizations in the area using a two-way radio system. The student EMTs are members of UREMS, a first-responder agency that has about 25 active members and is composed entirely of undergraduates.
The rules of manhood dictate that men exhibit no feminine behaviors, earn a sizeable paycheck, remain composed in times of crisis and act aggressively from middle-school age through adulthood. But these rules often create a world in which its other inhabitants ? women and men who do not comply with the code ? endure adverse, pervasive treatment. During an on-campus discussion Wednesday night, author Michael Kimmel explained the effects of this code, as defined by another researcher, and provided possible solutions for how men and women could navigate through "Guyland," the intricate, cultural world of young men between the ages of 16 and 26 that Kimmel analyzes in his book of the same title. Kimmel's appearance, coordinated by Chaplaincy director of arts and education Camisha Jones, was a culmination of the year-long One Book, One Campus initiative, first sponsored by the Office of the Chaplaincy five years ago to compel students, faculty and staff to talk about issues affecting the campus.
Many University of Richmond students are opting for alternate jobs with programs such as Teach for America and the Peace Corps, with the economy possibly motivating their choices. The Career Development Center hosted "Peace Corps Revealed" on Feb.
Disclaimer: I am president of a campus ministry that is funded by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, which is a partner organization with the Virginia Baptist Historical Society. You walk by it every day if you have a class on the Richmond College side of campus.
Two University of Richmond students are preparing to dispatch to Haiti on a relief mission from Feb.
Burglary Feb. 4, 9:47 a.m. Cash in the amount of $150 was stolen from a Richmond College student in Gray Court. Liquor Law Violation/ Illness Feb.
Wed., Feb. 10, 1:30 p.m. University of Richmond communications sent an e-mail to all students, faculty and staff this afternoon to confirm that all classes had been cancelled as of 10 a.m.
Members of the Westhampton College class of 2011 participated in the 2010 Ring Dance ceremony Feb.
Sat., Feb. 6, 12:00 p.m. Because of the weather, the University of Richmond will be closed Saturday, Feb.
The Princeton Review has included the University of Richmond on its list of the 50 best-value private colleges in the nation. According to a USA Today article about the list, the selection criteria included more than 30 factors in three areas: academics, costs and financial aid. "It's wonderful to be regarded as a best value, particularly during weak economic times," said Gil Villanueva, the assistant vice president and dean of the Office of Undergraduate Admission.
