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'You are not missing out': Why iOS7 isn't worth it

By admin | September 25, 2013

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.

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The Spider Way: In Print

By admin | September 25, 2013

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.

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The Orientation Agenda

By admin | September 19, 2013

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.

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'Lives Depend on This': We must reform America's drug laws

By Ben Panko | September 19, 2013

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.

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Relativism is Incoherent

By admin | September 5, 2013

"You do you, and I'll do me." This is a phrase that has become increasingly popular in today's increasingly "tolerant" culture.

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Ten Things to Get Hyped about for Fall at Richmond

By Gigi Dejoy | September 5, 2013

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.

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The Spider Way: In Print

By admin | April 18, 2013

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.

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How to stay civil through exams, and not hate everyone by beach week

By Gigi Dejoy | April 17, 2013

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.

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Changing the world, one note at a time

By Ben Panko | April 10, 2013

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.

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The Spider Way: In Print

By admin | April 10, 2013

The following is an interview with Rob Blandford B'79, president and chief investment officer of Spider Management Company LLC. What did you study at the University of Richmond and what were your post-graduation plans? I have a B.S.

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