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Friday, May 02, 2025

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Local Holocaust survivor Alexander Lebenstein speaks to the UR community.
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Chaplaincy combats effects of hatred

The devastating effects of hatred consumed Alexander Lebenstein until he got a letter from students in the German town where he grew up, where he was a victim of Kristallnacht in 1938. "The hatred and pain built up over the years ... I lived with the pain of anger for most of my life," Alexander Lebenstein, a Holocaust survivor, told a campus audience Monday. Initially, Lebenstein rejected numerous invitations to return to his hometown of Haltern am See, Germany, because what he endured led him to hate everything German, he said.


Dr. Ayers speaks at the strategic planning meeting.
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Ayers hosts last forum on strategic plan

"The strategic plan has been cooking for a long time, like Thanksgiving dinner," said University of Richmond President Edward Ayers Wednesday in the Alice Haynes Room during the final open forum on the university's strategic plan.


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Gossip Web site stirs campus community

Is the Juice worth the squeeze? This has been the question on many University of Richmond students' and administrators' minds for weeks, since the university surfaced on Juicycampus.com, a forum launched on Oct.


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Jones to succeed Wilder as mayor, but votes remain uncounted

By Michael Gaynor Collegian Reporter Dwight Clinton Jones will be the City of Richmond's next mayor after carrying five districts and defeating three other candidates vying for the office. But 6,300 absentee votes remain uncounted, a number that could theoretically swing the election for Pantele if there are enough votes in two key districts.


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Students visit the new CDC

By Elizabeth Hyman Collegian Reporter The Career Development Center's new location Tyler Haynes Commons' third floor has been open for only a few weeks, but already students have been making the trip up to visit. Construction continues on parts of the third floor, but amid the ladders and workers is the new CDC, locating behind inviting glass windows and doors. With the walls painted orange, green and yellow, the new space -- where the President's Dining Room used to be -- is calming and has windows overlooking Westhampton Lake, giving the room an open feel. Leslie Stevenson, director of the CDC, lists the facility's aesthetics as one of its advantages over the former location in the basement of Richmond Hall.


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Lincoln had an 'unsuspecting literary ability,' author says

By Taylor Engelson Collegian Reporter One of the secrets of Lincoln's success was that he tended to do his reacting in advance, said the third Jepson Leadership Forum speaker last night at the Jepson Alumni Center. The 2008-09 Jepson Leadership forum was planned last year to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, Feb.


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Jubilation at Va. Dems' party as Obama wins

Newport News resident Lychelle Chisolm kept her four children awake past their bedtimes on Tuesday night because she wanted them to experience history. She was not the only parent to bring her children to the Democratic Party of Virginia's Election Night celebration, held at Toad's Place near the canal.


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Purchase of 'RC Rock' considered

Senators from the Richmond College Student Government Association is exploring whether to purchase a Richmond College rock. During the Wednesday night's RCSGA meeting, senators said students would be able to paint the rock advertising various on-campus events.


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Richmond students respond to Obama's victory

* Photo Gallery: Election Day at the University of Richmond More than 150 elated students in Tyler Haynes Commons embraced, shouted and cried at 11 p.m., when the polls closed on the West Coast and TV networks announced that Barack Obama would be the 44th president of the United States, the first black American to win the office. "This is now a country where you really can be anything, there are no more excuses," said Dwayne Foster, a freshman.


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A somber mood at GOP election party

By Duncan Philips 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 and VCU partner to impact City of Richmond

By Michael Gaynor Collegian Reporter A group of University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University students is striving to make a difference in the city's low-income communities by working one-on-one with struggling residents to help them achieve economic stability and pursue expanded opportunities. National Student Partnerships was founded in 1998 by two Yale University undergraduates who saw a wide economic gap between their college and the city surrounding it.


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Wellness requirement evaluated

By Mary Morgan Collegian Reporter Tom Roberts, the director of Recreation and Wellness, was the first visitor at the Westhampton College Government Association's meeting at 5:30 p.m.


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Energy summit comes to the university

By Tess Tallman Collegian Reporter The University of Richmond hosted the Virginia Climate Change and Energy Business Summit Monday at the Jepson Alumni Center. The event started at 8:30 a.m.