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By admin | October 23, 2008By Mary Morgan Collegian Reporter The Westhampton College Government Association met Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
By Mary Morgan Collegian Reporter The Westhampton College Government Association met Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
By Paige Zorniger Collegian Reporter While many students were enjoying the snow cones and soft pretzels from RCSGA's pre-homecoming tailgate in the Heilman Dining Center last night, RCSGA members met to discuss several important items. First, three students from the Theatre Department's Production Studies III class stopped by to ask for financial support.
A drawing of a swastika was found on a picnic table by a student from the T.C. Williams School of Law on Oct.
Possession of Fake ID Oct. 10, 12:31 p.m. A Richmond College student attempted to use a fake ID at McCormack's Irish Pub and left his belongings at the pub.
Presidential nominee Barack Obama, a Democrat, spoke at a rally at the Richmond Coliseum with an estimated 13,000 people in attendance.
[slideshow=7,550,367] Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama told a crowd of 13,000 people Wednesday at the Richmond Coliseum not to be "hoodwinked" by the economic policies of John McCain, whose proposals he said would be a continuation of the Bush administration. "The question isn't, 'Are you better off now than you were four years ago?'" Obama said.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain rallied supporters in Virginia on Saturday in a state that polls suggest is slipping out of 44 years of his party's control. "It's great to be here in the Commonwealth; this is a must-win state!" McCain said as he opened his speech to about 7,000 people in Woodbridge.
The 2008 presidential race isn't the only Nov. 4 election students registered to vote in Richmond will help decide.
Another act of discrimination struck the University of Richmond on Wednesday after a student from the T.C.
Welcome to The Collegian's blog about the final 2008 presidential debate.
By Paige Zorniger Collegian Reporter The fifth and final point of the University of Richmond's Strategic Plan aims to ensure each student has a "distinct" experience during his or her four years on campus. Strategic Plan committee members say they hope that this point will help foster a feeling of connection, enthusiasm and togetherness among university community members. During its meeting Oct.
By Kate Foss Collegian Reporter Yury P.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin drew a crowd of 25,000 people on Monday at the Richmond International Racetrack, where she attacked Sen.
Former President Bill Clinton spoke at Virginia Commonwealth University Sunday night.
By Emma Anderson Collegian Reporter A 2007 community engagement report shows the University of Richmond had a $450 million annual economic impact on the Greater Richmond economy, contributed over 100,000 hours of community service a year and was one of the top 25 private employers in the Greater Richmond area. Yet, the university is looking for ways to make an even greater impact. John McCulla, director of community relations, compiled the report and said the university was on an upward trend for community engagement.
Finance students involved with the Student Managed Investment Fund, called SMIF or Spider Fund, are working to adjust investment strategies with $300,000 of the university's endowment. As the Dow Jones industrial average dropped on Wednesday to 9258.10, down 189.01 from the previous day's close, fourteen of the university's top finance students who comprise the Spider Fund are putting their education to use by working to ensure the school's money will survive a volatile stock market and uncertain economy. This portion of the school's estimated $1.6 billion endowment has been in the hands of Spider Fund members for 10 years.
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Illness/Liquor Law Violation Oct. 3, 9:21 p.m. A Westhampton College student was taken from the Intermural Fields to St.
By Elizabeth Hyman Collegian Reporter If you stopped by the Pier on Tuesday night and watched "A Beautiful Mind," you were helping, if only indirectly, to raise the awareness about mental health disorders. This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, a national event that is being brought to the University of Richmond for the first time by student-run organization Active Minds.
In one of the labs in Gottwald Science Center lies a bacterium that kills nearly a million people every year. Taking on that bacterium is Prof.