The University Police Department has established a walking escort service on weekend nights for any Richmond students who feel unsafe walking across campus alone. From 9 p.m.
Two professors hosted a forum Tuesday evening in Dennis Hall for students to discuss their desire to have more open conversations about sexual assault, gender dichotomies and social life on campus. Political science professor Monti Datta and Spanish professor Carlos Valencia decided to host the forum after discussing the issue with Richmond College Associate Dean Patrick Benner because of the number of sexual assaults reported on campus, Datta said. About 15 students, mostly women, attended the forum in the first-year, male residence hall where Datta lives. Datta said he believed the lack of men present at the forum had to do in part with the subject matter, which could be uncomfortable or scary to talk about. The conversation began with a focus on the culture of the lodges but shifted toward a discussion about rape and sexual assault on campus. Some women at the forum said they thought there was a culture of blaming the victim on campus, which Datta said was the most shocking part of the discussion for him. "It's heartbreaking that there is a common expectation about a woman crying wolf," he said. Between 2 and 8 percent of reported sexual assaults are false, according to the National Center for the Prosecution of the Violence Against Women. Students discussed the difficulty in understanding the gray area between consent and sexual assault. "We need to find a way to make consent sexy," said Christine Parker, a student at the forum. The students agreed that to help people understand the definition of sexual assault, it was necessary that men and women have conversations on the topic together, even if the university mandated those discussions. "This is an issue that everyone is involved in and everyone is affected by," Parker said.
Junior Mimi Mudd was elected Tuesday as president of the Westhampton College Government Association for the 2013-2014 term. After the day of voting, Mudd won the election, barely beating out the opposing candidate, Meredith Combs.
Based on student voting, political science professor Rick Mayes was selected to give the second of University of Richmond's Last Lecture Series, which will be held at 7 p.m.
On the evening of Thursday, March 21, students, faculty and members of the Richmond community came together to commemorate late American composer John Cage through the presentation of a multifaceted artistic experience. Joanne Kong, director of accompaniment and coordinator of chamber ensembles, said the event would include a centennial concert in Camp Concert Hall followed by a Musicircus throughout the rest of Booker Hall. Cage was also the mastermind behind the Musicircus.
Senior Evan Harris came to the University of Richmond intending to become a lawyer until he met the president of the Alumni Association and his personal mentor, Sam Kaufman. When he met Kaufman during his third year, Harris didn't know anyone who he could talk to about pursing a degree in law, he said.
The 2012-2013 edition of The Messenger, University of Richmond's student-run literary magazine, will be one of the largest editions in the magazine's nearly 100-year history, Rachel Bevels, co-editor-in-chief, said. The newest edition, due April 8, includes 128 pages of submissions, an increase from last year's 80 pages, Bevels said. Bevels, along with co-editor-in-chief Astoria Aviles and the section editors, reviewed each piece of fiction, non-fiction, art and poetry, and accepted about one-third of submissions this year, Bevels said. Bevels and Aviles had the tasks of not only taking over management of The Messenger, but also transforming the brand of the publication into a magazine that would continue to have a presence on Richmond's campus, Bevels said. The 2013 staff worked on creating a new look for the magazine, including a smaller paper size and new fonts and colors, which Bevels said she hoped would remain consistent in coming years. "We want people to see the magazine and say, 'That's The Messenger.
Alan DeLorenzo, a former chemistry department staff member, weighed 335 pounds before beginning his weight loss journey at the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness. When DeLorenzo began working at University of Richmond last year, he attended an employee orientation meeting where he heard about the Weinstein Center's Working on Wellness (WOW) program, he said.
The Roosevelt Institute is hosting its second annual social justice film festival at the Greek Theatre, and this year's topics include sexual assault in the military, public hospital emergency rooms, cyber hacking activism and the war on drugs. The event, dubbed Documentaries in the Greek, will begin at 7:30 p.m.
On the evening of Thursday, March 21, various musicians, artists, dancers and poets will come together in Booker Hall to create a carnivalesque, musical experience called the Musicircus. Joanne Kong, director of accompaniment and coordinator of chamber ensembles at University of Richmond, said the Musicircus was part of the John Cage centennial concert. Cage was an influential American composer, artist, poet and theorist who lived from 1912 to 1992.
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The construction of two new residence projects to open in summer of 2014 will begin this month, including a new residence hall next to South Court and the new South Campus Apartments. These dorms are not being built to expand the size of campus or student body, but rather to improve the quality of what the university provides for students, university architect Andrew McBride said.
University Faculty Council had a closed, executive session with President Edward Ayers 4 p.m. Monday, said Jennifer Erkulwater, political science professor and member of the council. Leadership professor Peter Kaufman said he was happy to learn that the faculty council had met with the president.
Patrick Love has been elected president of the Richmond College Student Government Association for the 2013-2014 academic year. Love, a junior, defeated his opponent, junior Lucas Virnig, in the March 5 election.
Although the details are still in the works, the University of Richmond board of trustees recently approved plans for the remaining $13.6 million of a $15 million proposal to upgrade the Robins Center, university architect Andrew McBride said. Over the summer, $1.4 million was spent to improve existing facilities associated with the basketball and football programs, McBride said.
The 82nd annual RCSGA presidential debate took place Monday night at the Pier where candidates, juniors Lucas Virnig and Patrick Love, battled it out for the 2013-2014 Richmond College Presidential title. The debate traditionally takes place the night before voting opens to allow the candidates a chance to voice their platforms and give the student body an opportunity to ask questions before voting. Richmond College dean, Joe Boehman, said he thought either candidate would be able to bring a diverse opinion and thinking to the Senate. "I think both Patrick and Lucas have the potential to be solid presidents," he said. Virnig began the debate by explaining his platform in three key parts: transparency, accessibility and availability.
More than a dozen law professors, scholars and practitioners will come together Friday, March 8 to examine equal educational opportunity in a conference hosted by the University of Richmond School of Law. Law professor Kimberly Robinson, who organized the event, said the conference would explore the modern implications of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling in San Antonio Independent School District v.
American Airlines and US Airways officially announced their plans to merge last week in an $11 billion deal that will effectively create the world's largest airline company. The new airline will take the name of American Airlines and will be run by US Airways CEO Doug Parker, according to CBS News. According to CBS, the merger still has to be approved by federal regulators but that is "not expected to be a major hurdle." With Spring Break starting this weekend, many University of Richmond students will be flying to various destinations throughout the next week.
Two University of Richmond students are working to conserve 3,000-year-old mummy Ti-Ameny-Net and its coffin, which will be displayed in North Court's Stuart L.
The Virginia wine industry is growing on both a national and international level, as well as benefitting the local community, a recent Richmond graduate said. Patt Eagan graduated from Richmond in 2012 and now works at Early Mountain Vineyards in Madison, Va., which is about 30 minutes outside of Charlottesville, he said.
