“It is extremely rare that any owls interact with humans, which is made clear by all the attention that the UR owl incident has gained,” Neel said.
National First-Generation Week began with a kickoff celebration on the second floor of the Boatwright Memorial Library, which was transformed into a hub of displays, offering students a chance to connect and share their experiences. Attendees engaged in discussions and shared stories all while enjoying snacks and refreshments.
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University of Richmond Police Chief Dave McCoy is on a mission: Along with the lifesaving tools like automated external defibrillators that save people from heart attacks and fire extinguishers that put out flames, he wants to have a lifesaving drug that reverses opioid overdose, called naloxone, accessible to every student.
WCGA and RCSGA met this week after both bodies suspended their meetings the week prior.
Another Jewish student who spoke anonymously to The Collegian out of concern for her safety said that Jewish students felt unsafe on campus after the demonstration.
Another change will be the end of “mass emails” regarding the occurrence of bias-related incidents, unless there is a “safety concern,” according to the RCSGA meeting transcript of the information session.
“The message we wanted to give today was that this was a welcoming space for everyone regardless of what faith you belong to,” a Muslim, first-year student said.
Many students at the University of Richmond and colleges across the country have been feeling scared, sad and under-supported since the start of the Israel-Hamas war almost three weeks ago.
Paraskevi Kotsakiachidou, a sophomore from Greece said that students tended to hang out with those who shared their nationality due to familiarity, which is a common theme amongst students at UR. She said her accent had sometimes led to different treatment by American peers and classmates.
SBC started as a community for biology majors, but it has expanded to all science majors and hopefully soon to those outside of Gottwald Center for the Sciences as well.
Manager of Information Services’ IT communications and engagement, Kevin Creamer, said that Information Services surveyed 900 students about their major technology concerns. The most frequent response it received was the performance of the wireless services on campus.
“It's very hard to see at night,” Beatman said. “I've had experiences where it's almost dangerous.”
The Wall Street Journal recently released its 2024 list of the 400 best colleges in America, and the University of Richmond is absent from the list after the WSJ implemented a recent change to its ranking policies.
This year, The Collegian will be covering student government meetings with a weekly update. Richmond College and Westhampton College have their own student body governments.
“It doesn’t feel like [my] dorm has an identity,” Konrad said. “It feels like it’s in a transitional period. The old name is still in the elevator.”
“I've seen things that both are really encouraging and then candidly, other things that make me a little bit more frustrated with the pace of change,” Karen Welch, panelist and director of investments at Spider Management Company said.
Twenty-three University of Richmond students protested alongside roughly 75,000 people as a part of the Climate Strike in New York City, the biggest climate strike since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Louise Lockett Gordon, Virginia Department of Health epidemiologist supervisor for the Richmond and Henrico Health districts, said that COVID-19 cases have been rising across Virginia since July.
“I think that it’s a good addition, since mental health needs to be talked about a little more [on campus],” Harris said. “There’s always a little more to be done.”
