The Collegian
Sunday, April 20, 2025

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Lyrics, Beats from Abroad

While spending six months in a foreign country without the radio blasting out the latest pop hits and Bruno Mars-driven rap songs, I had to start listening to the local music to get some fresh songs to ride the tube with.


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Program connects military families at basketball game

Military families cheered courtside Sunday at the women's basketball game against the University of Virginia, in an appreciation program that honored the service of armed forces. Fans were asked to donate toiletries to the appreciation-day program, which was sponsored by the Hampton Roads-based nonprofit, Operation Home Front.


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Fans reflect on Saturday football and basketball games

University of Richmond Spider fans had the chance to cheer in two sports games yesterday, during the afternoon football against The College of William & Mary, and basketball game against Sacred Heart University. Students and alumni packed the stadiums yesterday to witness what is traditionally known as the South's Oldest Rivalry, between Richmond and William & Mary.


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Modlin Center features "A Raisin the Sun"

The University of Richmond Department of Theater and Dance presented a masterful production of Lorraine Hansberry's seminal Civil Rights-era work this past weekend, "A Raisin in the Sun". The African-American poet Langston Hughes more than six decades ago begins the play with a poem that reads, "What happens to a dream deferred?


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We R UR ... or are we?

For many years, the University of Richmond has been concerned about poor student attendance at sports games, particularly football games, and it has worked to solve this problem. Two years ago it completed an on-campus stadium, and it was hoped that more students would attend games and as a result stop the large student half-time exodus. The student section, which was at first placed in the end zone in blinding sunlight, did not improve attendance. This year, the student section has been moved to the south side of the stadium, Athletic Director Jim Miller said.


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Review: Opportunity to connect outside classroom

Making a connection between the Brazilian art of capoeira, economic game theory and American composer, music theorist, writer and artist, John Cage is difficult. The Cultural Connections series did just that by using a loose theme -- games in this case -- to guide three 10-minute presentations by University of Richmond faculty and staff on a subject of their choice. The series began this semester after Boatwright Memorial Library staff members were inspired by "The Dr. T ProjecT" created by Shawkat Toorawa, a professor of Arabic Literature and Islamic Studies at Cornell University.


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Richmond around the World

Two University of Richmond students, Simrun Bal and Andrew Lyell, were awarded U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarships and participated in abroad programs last summer. Bal and Lyell were among 575 students to receive the scholarship out of nearly 5,200 applicants. The U.S.


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Drunken Foray, Jepson Alumni

Two Richmond College men and two Westhampton College women, in a drunken foray, climbed to the roof of the Jepson Alumni Center, obstreperously hung out for a half hour, took down an ample banner that read "Welcome Back Alumni," and climbed down with their memento to Crenshaw Way where they were accosted by University Police officers who said they could hear them all the way from the University Forest Apartments during their patrol on homecoming weekend at about 3 a.m.


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Senior social BUSted

A memorable 2012 Richmond senior Halloween social ended with an accident between one of the social's buses and a stationary car. A bus full of Richmond seniors in costumes ranging from pop stars to Power Rangers hit a car stopped at a red light as it turned the corner, said Jackie Stockinger, president of the Westhampton College senior class.