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One hundred years of The Collegian

By Lauren Shute | November 6, 2013

1914 was a big year for the University of Richmond. The school moved from its downtown location to the current campus, Westhampton College was founded and in November, students published the first issue of The Collegian, making the university's weekly, student-run newspaper nearly 99 years old. Steve Nash, the senior research scholar and professor in the journalism department, has shared a role as a faculty adviser for The Collegian with Michael Spear, the department chair, since the 1980s. Nash said when he had arrived at Richmond there had been no type writers in the journalism department.

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Three Richmond freshmen represent all parties in election

By Rebecca Wilson | November 6, 2013

Even though the gubernatorial election in Virginia was significant for the state and for the country, it held special value for a few University of Richmond students who voted for the first time. The result was too close to call for most of the night, and the candidates fell into what Kerri O'Brien of ABC News in Richmond called on her Twitter feed a "[s]tatistical dead heat." Just as much of the Virginia electorate was split on whom to vote for, three Richmond freshmen each chose to vote for a different candidate. The crowd was small for the election-viewing party in the Alice Haynes Room at Tyler Haynes Commons.

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MCAT changes require additional courses of undergrads

By Mia Webber | November 6, 2013

Starting January 2015, the Medical College Admission Test will include a new section that will test pre-medicine students' knowledge of psychology and sociology and incorporate biochemistry and statistics into previous sections of the exam. The changes to the exam will require pre-med students to take college-level courses in biochemistry, psychology and sociology, increasing the number of prerequisite classes from eight to 11, according to a press release from Kaplan Test Prep.

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UR Hungry: Selba

By Sarah Stewart | October 30, 2013

I have heard a lot of good things about Selba, and it was on the top of my list for this season's Restaurant Week. I made reservations for my friend and me online for 6 p.m.

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Libertarian Sarvis an "alternative" choice for voters

By admin | October 30, 2013

Virginia's Libertarian candidate for governor, Robert Sarvis, called himself an alternative to the two traditional candidates for governor in a public forum on campus last week. Sarvis spoke for 30 minutes in the Ukrop Auditorium as part of the Richard L.

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Administration proposes changes to academic calendar

By Catherine Sinclair | October 27, 2013

The academic calendar, including semester start dates and days off, might be tweaked to better accommodate the university community, starting next school-year. Provost Steve Allred and vice president for student development Steve Bisese have been discussing these potential changes with the student government bodies.

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