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Electronic jam band eager to play in Virginia

By Ryan Clark | September 29, 2009

The Disco Biscuits, who will be playing in Richmond, Va., at The National on Oct. 1, will be releasing eight songs this fall from their new album "Planet Anthem," which drops January 2010. Allen Aucoin (drums), Aron Magner (keys), Marc Brownstein (bass) and Jon Gutwillig (guitar/midi keyboard) make up The Disco Biscuits, an electronic "jam band" based in Philadelphia, Pa. The band was created when they met at the University of Pennsylvania and created their "trance-fusion" sound.

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Beyond the Syllabus: Peter Kaufman

By Maria Ribas | September 24, 2009

What do you do on the weekends? I drive to North Carolina where I have a house on the Haw River or stay here and write up my research with breaks to watch varsity football, soccer, lacrosse and baseball.

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CollegeCandy.com gives women their own space

By Jordan Trippeer | September 24, 2009

A new Web site, CollegeCandy.com, aims to be a college woman's best friend, release valve and mini-Wikipedia - with articles written by college-aged women about football, exploring sex, debunking college myths and everything in between. "We felt there was no place that was specifically made for college women," said Lauren Herskovic, the site's managing editor. The site, based in New York City, attracts more than one million unique viewers per month through Facebook, Twitter and links on other sites that boast the motto, "CollegeCandy.com is the glass slipper of the blogosphere - a veritable portal into all things college, be you a sorority sister or women's studies student." Student writers are hired from all walks of life, Herskovic said.

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Students spin tracks at WDCE

By Ryan Clark | September 24, 2009

There is a hidden world in the basement of North Court. Behind a dark brown door near the varsity tennis courts is WDCE 90.1 FM Richmond, where shelves are filled with colorful CDs and records and the iTunes server has 40,000 songs. The world of the University of Richmond WDCE station contains an office, a sitting area with couches and chairs upholstered in bright yellows and oranges and a sound-proof studio. The sound-proof studio is now home to 55 DJs, which include students and Richmond locals, whose shows play from 9 a.m.

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Text Hall of Shame

By Jordan Trippeer | September 24, 2009

(201): Come pick mea upppppp?? (718): You have such a slow learning curve when it comes to the dangers of tequila pong (210): If being drunk were a nationality you would be vietnamese. (315): Who is this? (240): so my roommate has a skeezy boyfriend that drives four hours every weekend just to give me free porn in any room I walk in. (412): Nice hope it all worked out.

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Flicks: Jennifer's Body vs. Twilight

By Jordan Trippeer | September 24, 2009

"Jennifer's Body" is a dark comedic response to that unwarranted fan favorite, "Twilight." It may seem romantic to watch a film about sparkly vegetarian vampires who make girls commit suicide out of infatuation, even when the main characters are about as emotionally and intellectually thin as a smear of drool.

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Featured Flick: 9

By Greg Montine | September 17, 2009

"Our blind pursuit of technology only sped us quicker to our doom." So speaks No. 1, a pontiff-dressed ragdoll and one of a collection of burlap heroes at the center of director Shane Acker's post-apocalyptic tale, "9." Remarkably, that line of dialogue, one that feels lifted from the science fiction pantheon ("The Terminator," "Mad Max" and Terry Gilliam come to mind), works better as a commentary on the state of Hollywood filmmaking than any great insight into humanity. Yes, "9" is another narrative "raking over" that familiar scenario: What would happen after the end of the world?

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Text Hall of Shame

By Maria Ribas | September 17, 2009

(464): I need to be academic so I gotta figure out how to be drunk and efficient at the same time. (540): Are you all coming tonight? (304): No man, we've got the swine. (267): I would rather set myself on fire than date you.

Wood n racket farm
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Students relax at alumnus' off-campus racket club

By Avril Lighty | September 17, 2009

Students, faculty and alumni have discovered a place to play games and sports besides the Weinstein Recreation and Wellness Center or the Intramural fields - a place that even has a lake twice the size of Westhampton Lake. Wood N' Racket Farm is a racket club in Gum Spring, Va., about a 30-minute drive from campus.

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Tim Robbins and The Actors' Gang meet with students for workshop

By admin | September 10, 2009

This week University of Richmond played host to The Actor's Gang -- an unconventional theater troupe directed by the accomplished actor and director Tim Robbins -- who put on a moving performance of "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine." I, along with other Richmond theater students had the chance to participate in a workshop led by The Actors' Gang cast and to talk with Robbins himself. The interactive workshop, held on Monday, gave the students a fabulous look into the techniques used by the actors to create their unique art.

(L-R): Mark Raterman, Ross Bryant, Tim Robinson, Megan Wilkins, Dana Quercioli.
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Second City returns to Modlin

By Margaret Finucane | September 10, 2009

The Modlin Center for the Arts is hosting the comedy troupe The Second City ? a performance group that boasts such famous alumni as Stephen Colbert, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Steve Carrell and Tina Fey ? on Friday and Saturday. The Second City has performed at the Modlin Center three times in the past, with its last performance in 2007.

Student (name unknown) is told by hypnotist Tom Deluca that music is coming out of his shoes. The hypnotist's show was part of the No Place Like Penn weekend.
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Hypnotist has audience in hysterics by unleashing its imagination

By Jordan Trippeer | September 10, 2009

Fifteen students befriended fruit, danced under the control of a voodoo doll and drooled over the sweet-smelling shoulder of a fellow volunteer on Saturday night. The students were all acting from the suggestions of Tom Deluca ? a hypnotist who used the student volunteers during his show at the Robins Center. Courtesy of Dante Fontana/StateHornet.com The skits the students performed occurred because the hypnotism allowed the volunteers to tap into their imaginations ? with encouragement from the audience, Deluca said.

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Text Hall of Shame

By Maria Ribas | September 10, 2009

(860): Can I just tell you...I danced with a Native American with full-on pony tail and t-shirt that said, "Property of G-unit." I hate my life. (908): Hot.

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