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As results favor Dems, a somber mood at GOP election party

By admin | November 5, 2008

By Duncan Phillips Collegian Reporter On a night that seemed ominous for conservatives across the country, the tone of the Republican election party in Richmond was focused on the few bright victories in the state and looked ahead to potential triumphs in the future. A crowd of about 400 supporters gathered in the ballroom at the Richmond Marriott West in Innsbrook to watch the election results pour in.

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UR students vote in record numbers at local polls

By Megan Wilson | November 4, 2008

At 5:45 a.m., a line more than a block-and-a-half long snaked out of the Westhampton Baptist Church voting precinct where 2,200 voters were registered. By 10:30 a.m., more than 30 percent of those voters had cast their ballots, said Richard Stone, chief officer of elections.

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On election's eve, 85,000 in Va. at Obama's final campaign rally

By Dan Petty | November 4, 2008

MANASSAS, Va. -- Once more droves of supporters poured in, chants of "Yes, we can" pervaded the night's cool autumn air, and for the last time Barack Obama took center stage on the eve of a much-anticipated presidential election, as 21 months of campaigning closed here in northern Virginia. "Let me start by noting, Virginia, that this is our last rally," Obama said late Monday night in front of more than 85,000 people at the Prince William Fairgrounds.

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Election News Briefs

By Stephanie Rice | November 2, 2008

New university policy gives employees time off to vote All employees of the University of Richmond will have more time to vote on Nov.

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Bioethicist links health care disparity to history

By admin | November 1, 2008

The racial disparity in health care today has direct roots in the historical treatment of African Americans, bioethicist Harriet Washington said Thursday. She spoke a crowd of about 140 students and community members in the Brown-Alley Room as part of the Women Involved in Living and Learning Quest Speaker Series on Politics of the Body. "There is a duality in American medicine," said Washington, who has been a fellow in ethics at Harvard Medical School and a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at the Tuskegee Institute.

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Conference to impact campus sustainability

By Carly Gorga | October 30, 2008

Twelve University of Richmond students traveled to Virginia Tech during fall break to attend Virginia Powershift, a student-run environmental conference encouraging a movement toward sustainability. Virginia Powershift, held Oct.

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Students research topics related to motherhood

By admin | October 30, 2008

By Kaileigh Connolly Collegian Reporter Psychology professor Craig Kinsley has been researching maternal behavior for more than 20 years and has studied the relationship between intelligence and pregnancy. "I've been trying to understand the female brain since puberty," he said.

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Tracey Ivey to join Alumni Association as president-elect

By admin | October 30, 2008

class="byline">By Taylor Engelson class="bytitle">Collegian Reporter Richmond's Alumni Association's executive committee has selected Tracey Holgren Ivey of Bryn Mawr, Penn., as the association's new president-elect. Ivey has served on the association's executive committee since 2006.

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Police Report: 10/30/08

By The Collegian | October 30, 2008

Arson Oct. 12, 2:38 p.m. -- University police were called to Wood Hall where they discovered rags that had been lit on fire and moved throughout the inside and outside of Wood.

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Several funding requests made at WCGA meeting

By Mary Morgan | October 30, 2008

The Westhampton College Government Association met at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the North Court Reception Room. An Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority member proposed a funding need for the sorority's annual breast cancer walk.

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