Black student coalition hosts teach in protest
By Ben Wasserstein | March 12, 2021The teach-in was organized by Amankwaah, Shira Greer, Simone Reid, Kayla Corbin, Katiana Isaac, Jordyn Lofton and Kristen Starks.
The teach-in was organized by Amankwaah, Shira Greer, Simone Reid, Kayla Corbin, Katiana Isaac, Jordyn Lofton and Kristen Starks.
Lawrence and Spear both currently serve on RCSGA as vice president of administration and vice president of finance, respectively.
The bi-weekly rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 prevalence testing this semester have resulted in some false-positive results for students.
A Black Student Coalition released a statement on Black student welfare calling for UR to make a plan to meet the demands by April 1.
Professor of political science Monti Datta explained that Hallock will be entering a community that has begun to reckon with injustice.
The Faculty Senate decided to designate a light workload week, when professors are supposed to assign less work than usual, Williamson said.
First-year Matteo Gonzalez views the transition as a step in the right direction, he said.
In-person campus tours, limited to one admitted student and family per guide, have resumed, after pausing in March 2020 because of COVID-19.
This week Conner talks with high schooler and activist Hadrien Padilla, Collegian multimedia editor Nina Joss, and reporters Ellie Watson and Julia Straka.
Recruitment will occur on Feb. 27, 28 and Mar. 6 and 7, McCoy wrote in an email to The Collegian.
There has been some uncertainty among students on what qualifies as a close contact and when someone should self-report or quarantine.
The University of Richmond men’s basketball team has been quarantining and isolating in hotels and, at one point, used a shortened quarantine period.
Hear stories about delays in getting students to UR's on-campus isolation units, changes in midwife licensing and diversity at governor's schools.
In a co-written petition, two University of Richmond students called upon the Biden administration to cancel $50,000 of student debt for all students.
The Collegian could not confirm whether the in-person event that broke COVID-19 restrictions was a recruitment event.
The University of Richmond Police Department will also not be targeting curfew breakers, Dave McCoy, UR chief of police, said.
An off-campus student was surprised that he could not quarantine on campus, understanding that off-campus students have different access to campus facilities.
The University Faculty Senate on Jan. 22 decided not to adopt a proposal that would allow students to take one class as a credit with a D or no credit.
The minimum wage is set to increase four more times in the following five years, to $11 in 2022, $12 in 2023, $13.50 in 2025 and $15 in 2026.
Conner Evans recaps the week in news as reported by his classmates who cover the Virginia General Assembly the Capital News Service.