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Behind the syllabus: John Treadway

By Margaret Finucane | January 27, 2010

What do you do during the weekends? I usually spend weekends trying to get my computers to work - so that they can fall apart on me again the following week... What's the craziest thing you did when you were in college? I spent the night in a catacomb on the Via Appia. What's one thing your students would never guess about you? Well three things come to mind: 1) I play the accordion (poorly). 2) I am an aficionado of German country-western music. 3) When I was an undergraduate at Florida State, I worked in the university's computing center and helped write computer programs for physics professors.

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Modlin offers a wide array of shows for the spring

By Reilly Moore | January 27, 2010

Musicians, actors and dancers from around the world-- including many performers who have taken the stage at the University of Richmond before -- highlight a diverse list of shows at the Modlin Center for the Arts during the spring semester. The performances many Richmond students may find most interesting will occur on Sunday and Tuesday evening when L.A.

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University museums open new exhibits for spring

By Kate MacDonnell | January 20, 2010

The University of Richmond museums are scheduled to open several new exhibits during the spring 2010 semester and will host programs in conjunction with many of the current and new displays. The "John Cage: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures" exhibition will remain on display in the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and Print Study Center through April 7.

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John Cage inspires campus-wide celebrations

By Maria Ribas | January 20, 2010

The work of composer and artist John Cage is the common thread between a series of art and meditation events taking place throughout the semester, including an exhibition of his watercolors, titled "John Cage: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures," on view at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and the Harnett Print Study Center at the University of Richmond. Cage was one of the seminal figures of the postwar avant-garde, particularly known for his nonstandard use of musical instruments and his reliance on chance, rather than deliberate decisions, to shape his compositions. "His ideas are still new and refreshing," said Stephen Addiss, professor of art history and co-curator of the exhibit.

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Featured Flick: The Book of Eli

By Jordan Trippeer | January 20, 2010

I went to two Christian middle schools, and had to go to church every single Wednesday. My visits to church included two hours of singing and listening to sermons and studying the back of the head of the person in front of me.

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Text Hall of Shame

By Margaret Finucane | January 20, 2010

(540): ppl have mistooken the free condoms in dhall atrium 4 candy & tried 2 eat them WTf! I think I may have 2 transfer away, how can u misstake condoms 4 candy?? (818): I hate the small school dramas more than anything I just want to dance on the bar and throw up on a friday night in peace! (717): shotshotshotshotshotsshotsTERRORISM.

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Q&A with Colson Whitehead

By Maria Ribas | December 18, 2009

Colson Whitehead was born in 1969 and grew up in Manhattan. He attended Harvard College, then spent two years working as a pop culture critic for the Village Voice.

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Review: The African Company Presents Richard III

By admin | December 1, 2009

The costumes and set design, along with the performances of many of the actors, were very strong elements of the department of theatre and dance's recent production of "The African Company Presents Richard III." That being said, the script was predictable and lacked dimension, keeping the audience from truly connecting with what was happening on stage. Founded during the early 19th Century, The African Company was the first African-American theater company formed in America.

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Featured flick: 2012

By Jordan Trippeer | November 18, 2009

The Mayans predicted you would read this article and then a giant sun fart would engulf the Earth, now aligned with all the other planets, causing massive earthquakes that rip California from the West Coast and tsunamis that flood North America and Asia.

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Text hall of shame

By Margaret Finucane | November 18, 2009

(703): My moral code. U know...the one that makes me want to organize events like bomo with the blind (213): I'm standing five feet from DIRT NASTY at a frat concert! (310): Really?! Try to get in his van after the concert! (213): Oh yea?

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Behind the syllabus: Lee Carleton

By Maria Ribas | November 18, 2009

What do you do during the weekends? Since I'm working on my Ph.D. in Media, Art and Text at Virginia Commonwealth University, most of my time is devoted to studying for that and to my teaching at the University of Richmond.

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