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Interview with President Ayers

By Clay Helms | March 7, 2014

Last Friday, Edward Ayers announced he would be stepping down as university president after next academic year. It will be his eighth year as president, and will coincide with the culmination of the Richmond Promise and Fulfilling the Promise campaigns. In this March 7 interview, Ayers spoke in his office about the past, present and future of his role as president and his relationship with the University of Richmond Clay Helms: In leading up to this decision, when did it first become a consideration for you and when did that consideration transition into a personal decision? President Ayers: I knew that by my contract I had to give the board an answer in March if I was going to renew for another year.

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Richmond serves as site for film

By Kelsey Shields | March 6, 2014

For once, Richmond wasn't the filming location for a Civil War film. Instead, it was the setting for a movie whose visceral topic hit close to home. "Troop 491: Adventures of the Muddy Lions," a two-hour feature-length film, was written and directed by Richmond native Patrick "Praheme" Ricks.

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Students get chance to curl like Olympians

By Richard Arnett | March 6, 2014

Despite its status as an Olympic sport, many Americans don't know a thing about curling. One group of 20 adventurous Spiders will find out just what it takes to be a curler this week when they take a class with the Curling Club of Virginia at the Richmond Ice Zone at 6 p.m.

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KPMG chairman speaks at fireside chat

By Rebecca Wilson | March 6, 2014

After his fireside chat on Tuesday, John B. Veihmeyer, chairman and CEO of KPMG LLP, said the key to picking the right firm to work at came from getting a sense of the organization's culture. KPMG, one of the "Big Four" audit firms, offers audit, tax, consulting and other services to many publicly traded and private companies. "Picking which firm you want to join is like a picking a college," Veihmeyer said.

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Students make abroad plans

By Brennen Lutz | March 6, 2014

Recently, a number of University of Richmond students found out where they would be studying abroad in the fall. Sophomore Garrett Fundakowski said he would be attending a Council on International Educational Exchange program in Bonaire.

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LGBTQ Campus Life seeks nominations for Ally of the Year awards

By Brennan Long | March 5, 2014

The Office of Common Ground is currently accepting nominations for the Ally of the Year Award, an honor that will be presented to one faculty or staff member and one student who have had a positive impact on the LGBTQ community at University of Richmond. "We are looking for dedicated allies who have really done the work to build community, promote equity and justice, and work in solidarity with the LGBTQ community on campus," said Ted Lewis, associate director of Common Ground for LGBTQ Campus Life. Members of the LGBTQ community and allies of the community are eligible for the award, said junior Wesley Meredith, a co-facilitator of Student Alliance for Sexual Diversity. Meredith said an ally could be someone who was not necessarily in the LGBTQ community, but a person who has made an established commitment to advocating for that community on campus. "LGBTQ people in general remain a kind of vulnerable population," Glyn Hughes, director of Common Ground, said.

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Body acceptance class to start this spring

By Meghan Cummings | March 3, 2014

Westhampton College women will have the chance to be part of the university's first body acceptance class starting this spring to fight body dissatisfaction and the pressures surrounding young women to pursue an unattainable, unhealthy body. Two Counseling and Psychological Services staff members, Jan McMillan, licensed professional counselor, and Charlynn Small, licensed psychologist, are on the CAPS eating disorders team and have worked to develop the class.

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Edward Ayers to step down as university president in 2015

By Clay Helms | February 28, 2014

Friday afternoon, Edward Ayers announced that he would be stepping down as president of University of Richmond after the 2014-15 academic year. Ayers wrote in a campus wide email that the completion of The Richmond Promise and the Fulfilling the Promise campaign provided a natural conclusion to his term. Ayers will officially step down June 30, 2015. Promoting access, affordability, diversity and inclusion are the core values identified by The Richmond Promise campaign.

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Virginia's same-sex marriage ban overturned

By Meghan Cummings | February 27, 2014

A federal judge overturned Virginia's same-sex marriage ban Feb. 13, and declared it unconstitutional as the South's most powerful legal reversal of restrictive marriage rights to date. "Our Constitution declares that 'all men are created equal,'" wrote U.S.

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Ayers, board member speak out at Common Ground forum

By Katie Evans | February 26, 2014

University of Richmond President Edward Ayers choked back tears at a Common Ground forum Tuesday night when he responded to feelings expressed by university community members regarding the comments made by board of trustees member Paul Queally. "It is humbling to see that no matter how hard we work, what we have built can be damaged quickly," Ayers said in the last comment of the night.

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