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Vandalism leaves spray-painted cars, defaced dorm

The University of Richmond Police Department expects by the week's end to make arrests in connection with a vandalism spree that targeted the University Forest Apartments, Crenshaw Field and South Court early Saturday morning. The vandalism left 17 cars with spray-painted streaks and, in at least four cases, images of phallic symbols. There was nothing to indicate that the incidents were related, but police have compiled names of people of interest, said Police Capt.


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Rape on campus underreported

A female student reported being raped on campus on Jan. 12 and is choosing not to press charges, University of Richmond police said. On average, 51 sexual assaults -- which in this case includes rape -- happen per year on campus, said Adrienne Murray, lieutenant of the university police.


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Oliver Hill Scholars sponsor multicultural leadership event

The inauguration of Barack Obama was a turning point in U.S. history, one that has increased political activism among the young African-American community. In honor of Black History Month this February, the Oliver Hill Scholars will present a program titled "Making the Difference: Emerging as a Leader" on Feb.


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3.1 percent raise in total cost of Richmond announced for 2009-10

University of Richmond students will pay 3.1 percent more in tuition, room and board for the 2009-10 school year, sending the overall cost climbing to $48,490 per year. The increase was kept to the lowest in 40 years to minimize the impact on families facing economic challenges, according to a letter sent to students' permanent addresses on Feb.


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Many students dissatisfied with abroad tuition

Several juniors back from their fall semester abroad have complained that it was unfair and unnecessary that they were charged the University of Richmond's full semester tuition of nearly $20,000 when the schools they attended were substantially less expensive. Richmond College student Michael Padovano studied abroad at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.


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Bill Clinton addresses Va. Dems at Jefferson-Jackson Gala

President Barack Obama frees America from the burden of its past and represents the country's future, former President Bill Clinton told the Democratic Party of Virginia at its annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. He noted the diversity of the 3,000 guests at the gala, held at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on Feb.


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Alumnus describes Obama's 'nearly flawless' campaign

An alumnus who was a field director in Iowa for Barack Obama's campaign told a political science class Wednesday about a nearly flawlessly executed campaign that targeted only 250,000 voters in 3 million -- a strategy the campaign used nationwide to win. The alumnus, Tripp Wellde, fell in love with politics during an internship in Washington when he was an undergraduate.


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Scholar uses Poe's works to portray themes of terror

Edgar Allen Poe's works can be used to illustrate that in this "Age of Terror," terrorism, not terror, is the enemy in the new millennium, said Poe scholar Gerald Kennedy. "It is the act of terrorism that affects the soul of a reader," Kennedy said, "but this only becomes apparent after the horror occurs." Through the Edward C.