Adnan Hajizada's father is uncertain but hopeful that his son will be released from prison after an appeal is heard in the Baku court of appeals on Dec.
The Sociology 306 class orchestrated the University of Richmond's first flash mob late last night at the Heilman Dining Center. The purpose of the flash mob ? a group who assembles suddenly in a public place to perform an action ? was to encourage inclusivity on campus.
University of Richmond football coach Mike London accepted the head coaching job at the University of Virginia today, ending his two-year run with the Spiders. Virginia held a press conference at 1 p.m.
Nine men became the inaugural members of the first historically black fraternity on the campus of the University of Richmond Friday night, during a ceremony at the University Forum. Wilshire Bethel, Michael Coleman, Dwayne Foster, Raymond Fraser, Reginald Gooden, Rashad Lowery, Charles Mike III, Jeremiah Morse and Ra-Twoine Fields marched in-step to the Forum singing cadence and wearing black and gold masks.
The University of Richmond's department of religion presented James Turner Johnson, a professor from Rutgers University, to lead a discussion titled "Realism, Idealism, and Just War: Thing about the Use of Force in American Debate." Johnson, a professor of religion and associate of the graduate program in political science at Rutgers, argued against realists' either-or dichotomy that separates realism and idealism as polar opposites. Johnson attributed the birth of political realism to theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and political scientist Hans Morgenthau, who flourished from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Abdul Sheikh arrived in the United States at 16, alone and afraid on an early morning in December 2000. It was a time of many firsts: His first flight on an airplane and the first time he saw snow on the ground, which he mistook for salt.
Barbara B. Wallace, an adjunct professor of Italian in the department of modern literatures and cultures who learned to speak the language during her late 30s, died on Sunday after a bout with cancer. Lorenza Marcin, director of the Italian language program, worked with Wallace from 2001-2009 and described her as a perfect counterpart.
The University of Richmond football team earned the fourth seed in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs and will face Elon University during the first round at 1 p.m.
The new on-campus stadium will require three changes next year to maximize parking during home football games: moving student cars, limiting campus events and using the intramural fields for overflow parking. Students who park in X-lot ? the lot by the Robins Center ? must move their cars to the varsity football practice field, near River Road, for the entire weekends of home games, said John McCulla, director of community relations. No events may occur in the Robins Center on game days.
University of Richmond officials are continuing their efforts to reduce the school's carbon footprint through a Climate Action Plan (CAP), which details the administration's strategy to become climate neutral - a net zero carbon footprint - by 2050. The first draft of the CAP is now available online, and the campus community can participate by offering feedback and suggestions during the public comment period, which ends Dec.
The cheapest spring break package this year isn't a group trip to Cancun, Mexico; Daytona Beach, Fla.; or even Virginia Beach, Va.
The Green Bikes have survived their first semester, but not without repairs that have caused sponsors to question whether the program will be continued in the future. Karen DeBonis, a member of GreenUR, said the success of the program depended on the students. "Obviously we hope that students will respect the bikes as if they were their own," DeBonis wrote in an e-mail.
In last week's column I talked about the basics of Reserve Officers Training Corps. This week, I am going to talk about what happens to those cadets who graduate from the program. Cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S.
Theft Nov. 10, 12:36 p.m. A Westhampton College student's blue LG ENV3 cell phone was stolen from the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness.The cell phone's value was estimated at $100. Nov.
The members of the Richmond College Government Association approved the contents of a letter -- intended for the General Education Revision Committee -- which expresses serious concerns about the University of Richmond's curriculum revision proposal in its current form. The RCSGA letter, passed in a unanimous vote during a meeting last Wednesday, summarized the main concerns that had been brought to the attention of both the Westhampton College Government Association and the RCSGA by students, and offered suggestions for amending the changes to create a more favorable finalized proposal. The General Education Committee members will continue revising the current proposal until a Nov.
Seven panelists from the GLBTQ community participated in the second "Q&A: Queer and Answers" forum Monday night in the Westhampton Center Living Room. Several students came to the hour-long discussion, which started with reflections on the Live Homosexual Acts at the Pier Sunday night. "It's hard for me to judge because I know all the people that wrote all of those stories," said sophomore Jon Henry, president of the Student Alliance for Sexual Diversity (SASD). "I'm just glad they're out in the open now and that the people can understand this community." Most panelists said they were pleased with the turnout. "I thought there would be like three people and [Henry's] mother that would show up," senior Matt Mello said.
About 50 faculty, staff and students in Tyler Haynes Commons cheered at 2:28 p.m. on Monday when the space shuttle Atlantis successfully launched, carrying Spider alumnus Leland Melvin on his latest mission to the international space station. The mission is Melvin's second in space.
Students came together to break the silence on GLBTQ issues at the University of Richmond by recounting true stories of students, faculty and alumni who questioned their sexuality or lived as members of the GLBTQ community during the Live Homosexual Acts at the Pier Sunday night. Sophomore Jon Henry, president of the Student Alliance for Sexual Diversity (SASD), told the 100 people in attendance that he hoped the collection of stories and monologues would help promote more discussion about GLBTQ ? Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning ? issues on campus. The performance opened with a reading of the "Letter from the Closet," an anonymous letter submitted to The Collegian in January 2009 by a member of the GLBTQ community who had not yet come out. Henry said the letter and its author had prompted discussion about GLBTQ issues, and that the Live Homosexual Acts intended to further that dialogue. "Tonight we gather to acknowledge the power of communication," Henry said.
Mike Callahan escorted his wife, Shirley, to their second prom, 53 years after escorting her to her senior prom at Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C. The 17th-annual Alpha Phi Omega prom, themed "An Evening Under the Sea" and held in the Alice Haynes room Wednesday, drew 40 senior citizens from the Richmond community, said junior Kim Pham, a brother in Alpha Phi Omega.
Eighteen tables of sunglass-wearing University of Richmond students, staff, alumni and community members ate by candlelight tonight at Delta Gamma sorority's first Dinner in the Dark. The dinner aimed to educate guests about blindness by offering a firsthand experience of what it's like to have a visual impairment.
