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James River: Beware of what lies beneath

By Fiona Carmody | September 2, 2010

I heard a while back that there was some pollution in the James River. I've heard people mention websites and groups from where and whom I can "find more information." I've heard about different science-based classrooms doing experiments and finding horrific content of all sorts mixed into the water composition. I've heard that there are ways to "get involved!" (the exclamation point is necessary for the tone I'm hoping you read that with) with various projects for cleaning up the river, the most popular way, of course, being monetary contribution. All of this to me was but indistinguishable background music to complement the ongoing personal theme song playing in my head.

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Letter: Response to "Escaping tickets..."

By admin | August 30, 2010

Dear Collegian Staff, I recently read Fiona Carmody's article entitled "Escaping tickets never seemed so impossible." I have so many problems with this article that I cannot type fast enough. The most notable issue is Fiona's surprising willingness to admit and broadcast her erratic driving habits.

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Sex Offenders?

By Perry Bentley | August 26, 2010

Last September, the probation officers of nine homeless men in Georgia ordered them to, in the words of the AP wire service, "live in the woods behind a suburban Atlanta office park." When the state government discovered this, Georgia promptly ordered them out. Why?

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Back to basics: Fitness 103

By Tenaj Ferguson | August 26, 2010

Who said New Year's was the only time for change? The back-to-school season is also a time for new beginnings and is a chance to re-engage academically, or to engage at all for that matter! With countless tips you've acquired from past experiences, little do you know, but you are already equipped and on your way to a personal strategic plan that does more than promise.

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Letter: To the University Community

By admin | May 4, 2010

Dear Members of the University Community, I have had the opportunity to talk with many of you individually and in groups about this year's 10th Year Reunion Recognition of the Jepson School. In meetings with me, in the pages of The Collegian, and in public fora, a number of you have expressed concern that the positions of the organization led by one of the recipients of that recognition are not consistent with the spirit of inclusivity that prevails at Richmond and that animates much of The Richmond Promise. The decision about the recipients of this year's recognition was ultimately my own, when, as Dean, I accepted the recommendation of the selection committee.

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Who, what, when, where & how are you? Racial identity issues at UR

By admin | April 22, 2010

I have a friend on this campus ... Who was told by an on-campus psychiatrist that she was an irresponsible [black] woman because she had gone to the hospital. Who was told she wouldn't be able to deal with UR's workload because she was Latina. Who was asked by a staff member why she didn't get to know more of the black men on campus, upon hearing that she was in a relationship with an Asian guy. Who was in a dining situation and a comment was made to the group about the lack of diversity on the sides of the tables.

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My take on: we may live in a dollhouse, but this doesn't make us any less real

By Fiona Carmody | April 22, 2010

Spring is in the air, and we at UofR know what this means: beautiful people strewn across the lawns and crowded into the gym, toning their bodies and perfecting their tans. Pastel polos and flowery sun dresses speckle campus in such a way that the man in the moon mistakes our dear school for a field of blooming flowers. As sophomores, juniors and seniors already know (and as first-years are finding out), this is the time of year that defines our student demographic; as spring outfits and attitudes unite, there is no time of year here that more emphatically depicts our student population as homogeneous. Most of us have heard or said the statements that resound throughout campus based along this vein of homogeneity, and we know they usually tend to be negative (i.e.

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Letter: You're welcome, Victoria

By admin | April 16, 2010

Victoria Cobb's alumni leadership award was only days old when her foundation promptly thanked the University of Richmond with an insulting stab in the back.

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Letter: Calling activists and everyone else

By admin | April 16, 2010

If you are not yet aware, an alumnus of the University of Richmond is currently a political prisoner in Azerbaijan for speaking out against a corrupt government and advocating for his and his peoples' right to a free democratic government. Adnan Hajizada graduated from Richmond in 2005 where his father said he learned what democracy and freedom mean.

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