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Students' study abroad tuition does not add up
By Kim Holzinger | February 14, 2007To study abroad for a semester at the St. Louis University in Madrid, Spain, tuition costs are $9,900.
To study abroad for a semester at the St. Louis University in Madrid, Spain, tuition costs are $9,900.
Vice President for Student Development Steve Bisese announced Monday that Joseph Boehman would succeed him as dean of Richmond College. Boehman is currently the assistant director for residential education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The University of Richmond's Office of the Chaplaincy started the new semester with new staff members and a myriad of ideas to bring students back to the chaplaincy. All of the changes are taking place in the wake of the departure of former Chaplain Daphne Burt, who resigned on Dec.
The final three candidates for the vacant position of dean of Richmond College visited campus this week, meeting with students and faculty and getting a better feel for the environment in which one of them may be working. "All of the meetings had a great turnout from faculty and staff," said Steve Bisese, vice president for student development and former RC dean.
Lois Gibbs knows the power of grassroots activism well. In 1978, after discovering that her town of Love Canal, N.Y., sat on top of 20,000 tons of toxic waste, Gibbs started a movement to remove families from the area.
Whether he was unsuccessfully attempting to dye his hair red with Kool-Aid or writing interesting words he heard that day all over his hands and arms, Michael Robertson kept his friends laughing. Robertson's friends continued to laugh as they gathered in the Whitehurst Living Room last Thursday to share stories and memories about "Kel" at an informal memorial service. Robertson, 20, who transferred to Boston University for his sophomore year, fell four stories to his death from his dormitory window on Jan.
Virginia attorney general Robert F. McDonnell addressed students, faculty and staff about how easy it is for him as a Republican to work with a Democratic governor. McDonnell spoke at a symposium hosted by the University of Richmond Law Review called "Avoiding Constitutional Conflicts in a Divided Executive" at the Jepson Alumni Center last Thursday evening. About 75 law students, alumni, faculty and lawyers gathered to hear respected constitutional scholars debate the legal repercussions of conflicts between state governors and their attorneys general. State attorneys general serve in the executive branch as the chief legal advisers to the state government and its various agencies.
Two University of Richmond professors were among 161 recipients of $40,000 fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research projects during the 2007-08 school year. Gary L.
The bill introduced two weeks ago by Women Involved In Living and Learning students and De'Nora Hill's mother to increase the penalties for stalking in Virginia has a new life. After the initial testimony and debate, the bill was placed in the lockbox where many thought it would remain, thus killing the bill. "Everything got jumbled when politics came into play," said Shanaya Fullerton, one of the WILL students whose class project led to the original bill.
With the start of the new semester came a new home for the Bonner Scholars Program. After its students launched a letter-writing campaign last semester, the program moved from the Office of the Chaplaincy to the Center for Civic Engagement. Junior Sarah Potter, one of the students appointed to speak on the Bonners' behalf, said that although a potential move had been discussed, it had been placed on a backburner and it was the students' actions after former program director Grace Holcomb's firing that moved the issue to the forefront. "I would say that it was a direct result of what we did," Potter said.
When it comes to downloading music, students rarely have been able to describe the action as both "free" and "legal." But that will no longer be the case for University of Richmond students. The university, in association with Ruckus Network Inc., is providing a free music downloading service that is now available to students, granting them access to more than 2.5 million songs. "We had heard from students that they really would like a way to access music legally," said Kathy Monday, vice president for information services who, along with her staff, worked with Ruckus to finalize the university's contract.
A Henrico County Circuit Court sentenced two former Virginia Union University men on Tuesday for the rape of a Westhampton College student. John Patrick Cates, 21, and Brian Anthony Ridgeway, 24, were sentenced to eight-and-a-half years and eight years in prison, respectively, for the rape of a WC student last year.
It snakes out from Lora Robins Court, braving the unsteady terrain as it twists and winds around the corner of UR Drive and Westhampton Way.
Anyone who has ever been bored at the gym has a few new toys to play with in the new Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness. The 90,000-square-foot fitness center offers students and members a number of machines and gym accessories that were not available in the previous facility.
A recently amended resolution asking the Virginia General Assembly for a remorseful acknowledgment of slavery has sparked discussion among members of the University of Richmond community about how issues of race still pervade society. The original resolution, which had asked the assembly to "atone for the involuntary servitude of Africans and call for reconciliation among all Virginians," was modified because opponents believed it would result in reparations, according to a Richmond Times-Dispatch article Tuesday. Glyn Hughes, director of Common Ground, said: "I think white people have a lot of work to do to ... recognize the way our present is haunted by our past.
The Federal Drug Administration has failed to make the public, and the University of Richmond campus, aware of the 11 percent increase of nicotine in cigarettes, a recent Harvard University study says. The Harvard study highlighted an urgent need by Congress to grant oversight of tobacco products to the FDA. "The FDA legislation would require tobacco companies to disclose to the FDA changes in their products and provide the FDA the authority to require them to reduce levels of constituents, like nicotine, that make them more harmful or more addictive," said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, in his company's press release. Maya Vincelli, Operations Manager at 8:15 at Boatwright and EveryThingConvenience Store, said she had heard about the recent study on the local news.
Students at the University of Richmond are finally beginning to see the results of all the construction efforts and frustrations. The Heilman Dining Center has undergone an extensive expansion and renovation.
The surveys are in: no one seems to know what the giant glass box constructed in the Tyler Haynes Commons is, but everyone is eager to find out. The University of Richmond is the co-host of the third annual Virginia Professional Squash Championship. With the Country Club of Virginia, the university will host the four-day tournament, which began with the first-round matches yesterday evening and will conclude with the championship match at 6:30 p.m.
University President William E. Cooper, who announced his resignation on Jan. 12, plans to stay in office until a replacement has been found. "It's probably a good time to do a search to continue the momentum that we enjoy here at Richmond," Cooper said.
Many students are satisfied with the decision to promote Richmond College Dean Stephen Bisese to vice president for student development, but some students expressed concern about the selection process. Although two student representatives were chosen to serve on the search committee created to select Leonard Goldberg's replacement, one said he was not fully aware of how the committee functioned. The student committee member, junior Mehrab Malek, said that he would like to think that, as a student, he was treated as an equal relative to the other members of the committee.