Opinion
Ask Maddy: My thanks and farewell
By Madyson Fitzgerald | April 24, 2023You never know the amount of difference you could make within a community — within the world — without trying first.
You never know the amount of difference you could make within a community — within the world — without trying first.
Student-athletes at the University of Richmond do not have permitted access to all of the parking lots on campus during the day. This causes a time constraint that often makes them late to class or causes them to skip meals.
Why didn’t the URPD contact students when there was a person with a knife on campus?
When legendary producer Madlib creates and voices an imaginary friend who materializes as a furry, yellow, cigarette-smoking, pig-snouted aardvark and proceeds to converse with it for an hour on his 2000 record “The Unseen,” it’s pretty sick.
In the caterpillar stages of the singer/rapper’s metamorphosis, Bladee sounded exactly like who he was: a kid in Stockholm rapping over his friend’s beats, disguising his nearly atonal singing with buckets of effects.
During the fall 2022 semester, the University of Richmond made The Princeton Review’s list of the top 50 Green Colleges, ranking at #21.
Dear Maddy, I don’t know if I can keep eating DHall food. What are some recipes or restaurants that you love?
To me, it was all foreign. In high school, I attended a few birthday parties here and there. But the students here were hungry for parties, and fraternities were ready to serve.
“The Black Man is the one (or the thing) that one sees when one sees nothing, when one understands nothing, and, above all, when one wishes to understand nothing.” -Achille Mbembe
Hypothetically, if UR were to rebrand and get a new mascot what should it be? The squirrel, the owl, dhall cat, the geese, or something totally diff?
People often don’t appreciate their connections with insects or realize how deep they go.
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Grocery store displays become bombarded with red roses, pink packaged candies make their way into every checkout line and things become heart-shaped that definitely shouldn’t be.
Dear Maddy, Do I need to graduate with a job already lined up? In other words, how do I not feel like a failure if I’m the only one without any concrete plans for post grad?
This column aims to highlight the interesting courses the University of Richmond offers and to give students a better understanding of the options. Students only have so many opportunities to take classes outside their major, so let’s make them count!
One of the first things I’ll say is that it may not be easy. Whether it’s a breakup with a boyfriend or personal family conflicts, college life seems more challenging while navigating relationships.
My journey at Boatwright has been a humbling one, but I can still remember the first time I dared go down just one more level.
As a rule, I try not to think about my regrets too often, but there are actually several things I wish I would have done differently during my time at the University of Richmond.
The University of Richmond, like other campuses, places a great stake in offsets to achieve its sustainability goals.
With “Mothership Connection,” George Clinton, the funkxtra-dimensional being and mastermind behind the record, would not only capture the sound and feelings of a generation but would go on to inspire other music deities.
Once again, ignorant displays of White privilege have caused students of color profound harm, and once again, it has fallen on students of color to undertake the work of calling our institution to account.