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By admin | October 2, 2013UR Police Chief David McCoy will shed light on the policies and programs of the university police as part of a new column in The Collegian.
UR Police Chief David McCoy will shed light on the policies and programs of the university police as part of a new column in The Collegian.
Who went to the Richmond Street Art Festival? Wasn't that so cool? On the days that the Street Art Festival was going on, I couldn't look at social media without seeing a flood of pictures of UR students standing in front of those murals, smiling proudly at discovering this fun, alternative part of the city.
Just as we thought Robin Thicke and his arguably misogynistic product slipped into the past along with the rest of this summer's guilty pleasures, the universities of Edinburgh and Leeds, UK, have dragged him back into the spotlight by banning his song "Blurred Lines" in affiliated nightclubs. No doubt, keyboard feminists are deeming this another chink in his garishly sexist armour, but how wrong they are.
A few weeks ago, I ventured into a space I would normally avoid: a fraternity apartment party. Notoriously hyper- and hetero- sexualized, this bedrock of the college party scene is a place in which, as a queer woman, I generally feel uncomfortable. But hey, lesbians like to drink and dance too -- and sometimes a frat party is the best place to do that. It was a great time.
They say change is good. But when it comes to Apple's new iOS7 update, the change doesn't seem so good after all. I am a complete lover of all Apple products and own many, but I just cannot seem to understand the hype surrounding the new software system. Before I go on to criticize the system and the people who obsessed over it, I will say that I did, in fact, download it.
Could it happen today? A young man is deceived, beaten within inches of his life with a gun and left for dead, tied to a fence post in the middle of nowhere.
The following is an interview with Samantha Bonom, '99, a senior content producer for Y&R, a marketing and communications company based in New York City. What did you study at University of Richmond and what were your post-graduation plans? I studied marketing with a specific interest in advertising.
"I don't know anything about the candidates." "I don't really do political stuff." "I have to ask my mom." "I'm superrrrr busy.
I don't think that there was anything I could have done to prepare myself for University of Richmond orientation. Hearing the campus police chief, a law enforcement officer, talk about how he knows that we will all drink (underage) but that the campus police were there to keep us safe really made me feel like I was in the "cool" parents' house in some disturbing new MTV show.
It's one of the most awkward experiences man has confronted. When faced with this challenge, the most interesting man in the world was reduced to silence.
Shelley Goldsmith was an exceptionally normal college kid. An honors student with a full merit scholarship to nearby University of Virginia, she spent her time volunteering, hiking, sailing, playing tennis and hanging with her friends and Alpha Phi sisters. How I know so much about Shelley is because this exceptional woman did something completely normal for any college student: She made a bad choice.
Dear Performer, On April 19, I attended the performance of your group D-Squad at the Pier.
"You do you, and I'll do me." This is a phrase that has become increasingly popular in today's increasingly "tolerant" culture.
Sometimes it can be a little bit of a downer to return to school after a long, hot four months of working at that same summer job you've had since high school, traveling, name-dropping your fancy summer internship, spending time catching up with old friends and family, or whatever other activity you were engaged in that didn't involve homework or cafeteria food (sorry D-Hall, you're really tasty and DARN do you know how to make a panini, but you're still a cafeteria). Sure, it's exciting to see everyone's new haircut and set up your room.
In June of 2009, President Obama went to Cairo to give his first major foreign policy address as president of the United States.
Of all the responses to this week's tragedy in Boston, perhaps the most cogent came from The Onion, a cerebrally satirical news publication.
The following is an interview with Wendy Haynes Eastman B'76, an entrepreneur, fundraising professional, vice president of operations of Kevin Eastman Basketball Camps LLC and a member of the University of Richmond Alumni Association Board of Directors. What did you study at the University of Richmond and what were your post-graduation plans? I graduated from the Robins School of Business with a B.S.
What is South African culture like? I heard this question countless times upon my return to the U.S.
Academic stress doesn't bring out the best in any of us. Some retreat to the library for 24+ hours, subsisting off 8:15 bagels and red eyes (double shot, iced, with skim). Some plan ahead, only to spend the morning leading up to the exam or deadline freaking out that they didn't study hard enough, or forgot an essential detail. Some people get passive-aggressive; some just get mean.
Live Aid, Farm Aid, Live 8, NetAid and Live Earth. Since George Harrison and Ravi Shankar popularized the concept with the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, benefit concerts have become regularly occurring, star-studded events with a formulaic mix of aging rock stars grasping for relevance and world leaders grasping for exposure. Al Gore or Pink Floyd might show up and entertain us, but vague goals and undefined aid destinations make these affairs feel more like The Tonight Show with donations than charitable events. We can find examples of musicians actually helping people at the University of Richmond, and not just for free airtime.