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UREMS students respond to campus emergency calls

By Charlotte Brackett | March 28, 2012

The University of Richmond Emergency Medical Services (UREMS) is a student-run volunteer program composed of 55-60 undergraduate students that responds to all medical emergencies on campus, regardless of what they are, said sophomore Matt Palmisano, the vice president of operations and one of the two supervisors in the group. "Most people think that we only get called for alcohol-related issues, but that is actually not true," Palmisano said.

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Concert features Latin American music and dance

By Nabila Khouri | March 24, 2012

Ritmo Latino's spring concert program featured music and dance from countries and cultures throughout Latin America. Introducing culture through dance and music made the show diverse and exciting, said freshman Richuan Hu, as he made his way through the crowded Tyler Haynes Commons after watching the performance. "It's the first time I've seen belly dance, and I really enjoyed it," Hu said.

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A look at the Heilman Dining Center's chef-hiring process

By Madeline Small | March 22, 2012

When Jerry Clemmer, director of residential dining, hires chefs at the Heilman Dining Center, he looks for candidates with culinary degrees, a history with upscale restaurants and hotels, people skills and an interest in the University of Richmond. "The chef from "Hell's Kitchen," Gordon Ramsay, would not do well here," Clemmer said, laughing. Not all chefs can teach other people and be interested in the well being of the university beyond food, he said. As director of residential dining, Clemmer said his job was to make sure the dining hall operated well in every aspect.

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University of Richmond and VCU host French Film Festival

By Laura Allen | March 22, 2012

Professors at the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University are co-hosting the 20th annual French Film Festival from March 29 to April 1 at the Byrd Theatre in Carytown. Francoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, a French professor at the University of Richmond, founded and designed the three-day festival along with her husband, Peter Kirkpatrick of VCU. "It started as a very small event with only five films, and we didn't have the money to invite any directors and actors from the films," Ravaux-Kirkpatrick said.

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New rhetoric course focuses on Lady Gaga

By Charlotte Brackett | March 22, 2012

Madison Moore, a doctoral candidate at Yale University, will join the Richmond Theatre and Dance and Rhetoric and Communications departments in the fall among his courses one will focus on Lady Gaga and the persona she has created. Moore graduated from the University of Michigan in 2006, where he said he had studied French literature and violin performance.

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WCGA pursues credit for science labs

By Marie Jayme | March 22, 2012

Westhampton College Government Association (WCGA) conducted a survey over the past three weeks to get student opinion about awarding credit to science classes with laboratories, after many science students voiced how unfair the unit system has been for such intensive and time-consuming courses. Katrina Goulden, chairwoman of the academic affairs committee for WCGA, initiated and launched the survey, which was open from Feb.

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Richmond graduate serves as international student adviser

By Marie Jayme | March 1, 2012

Diana Trinh, a recent Richmond graduate, worked for two and a half years as an international student assistant at the Office of International Education and is now employed as a full-time international student adviser. Trinh graduated from Richmond with a major in accounting and a minor in Chinese. "I really liked accounting, but it was not something I wanted to pursue," she said.

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Just call him Elbert: custodial worker befriends students

By David Weissman | March 1, 2012

In a world where texting and emailing are becoming social norms, Elbert R. Dickens said the most unique thing about him was that he could communicate well with people in person. Dickens, a custodial worker at the University of Richmond since 2007, has been Wood Hall's primary cleaner for the past two years, he said.

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Richmond professor adopts daughter

By Maria Rajtik | February 29, 2012

After an arduous adoption process, Richmond political science professor Rick Mayes and his wife, Jennifer, are now in Peru where they have met their daughter, Alejandra, "Ali," for the first time. "When she was 5 days old, she was found early one morning by a gardener of a church in the city of Cusco outside the church's front doors," Rick Mayes wrote about Ali in an email.

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Dance class fuses culture and physical skill

By Chrissy Wengloski | February 23, 2012

Students enrolled in professor Matt Thornton's Capoeira Angola course are practicing physically demanding skills while learning about the cultural implications of an Afro-Brazilian form of dance and self-defense. Capoeira originates from African slaves as a form of cultural resistance, according to the course description.

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Cultural Advisers bring diverse groups together through alternative activities

By Avery Shackelford | February 23, 2012

Cultural advisers at the University of Richmond hope a new way to spend Saturday nights will build community and enhance diversity at the University of Richmond. CA Alternatives began last February with pizza and games in Whitehurst living room as an alternative to lodges or apartment parties, said Lisa Miles, assistant director of Common Ground. "We expected 15 people to show up," Miles said.

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