Football fans and tailgating families alike celebrated with unexpectedly clear skies last weekend at the university's annual family weekend. About 950 families participated in a variety of university-sponsored events from Friday to Sunday. Saturday's football game against Old Dominion University, a Richmond rival, attracted a large Spider fan base at E.
After the Save Our Sports forum, President Edward Ayers said the Board of Trustees' decision to eliminate men's soccer and track and field programs was final and would not be discussed further. The meeting was held on Sunday at Ukrop Auditorium in Queally Hall for those in opposition of the decision to voice their opinions and to discuss potential alternatives.
What Happened: University of Richmond students, faculty, administrators, alumni and parents packed the Ukrop Auditorium Sunday afternoon to discuss, in a public forum, the Board of Trustees' decision to cut men's soccer and men's track and field to add men's lacrosse.
The coordinator closes the forum, asking everyone to please write down remaining questions on the given note cards with email addresses.
The annual Arts Around the Lake show will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday Sept. 30 on the paths around the Westhampton Lake. Carolyn R.
The graduating class of 2013 gathered with its families and friends during its Senior Cheers to toast its last Family Weekend at the University of Richmond. This reception occurred from 9 p.m.
A cartoon of mine was published in the Opinions section of The Collegian. The cartoon depicted girls of the Westhampton class of 2013 in white dresses, having fun, holding flowers, hugging and having their picture taken.
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Liquor Law Violations Sept. 22, 1:15 a.m. A Westhampton College student was referred to the dean for a violation in Lora Robins Court. Sept.
When Nancy Bagranoff was hired as dean of the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business in 2010, she said she had made it a goal to learn more about the business community around the city of Richmond. In order to fulfill her goal, she sought guidance from the ambassadors for the business school on the Executive Advisory Council. "I went out to their places of business in Richmond," Bagranoff said.
The announcement that the University of Richmond is cutting the men's soccer and men's track and field programs to add men's lacrosse has sent shockwaves throughout the university community, including alumni, athletes, students and faculty. The Board of Trustees ultimately made the decision, said Jim Miller, Richmond athletic director.
Despite the announcement that their team will be eliminated at the end of the 2012-2013 season, the six men who are on the University of Richmond track team, but do not also hold spots on the cross country team, have decided to finish out their education at the university. Even though the majority of the track team members are also members of the cross country team, not all students appear on both rosters.
The Octaves, University of Richmond's oldest a cappella group, discovered Monday that it was runner-up for the Zipcar and Ford September Students with Drive Competition. Zipcar, a car sharing and car club provider, partnered with Ford to create the Students with Drive program, a monthly competition in which five winning clubs receive driving credit to use toward group transportation, according to the program's Facebook page. As a September finalist, The Octaves won $1,000 worth of Zipcar credits.
The Robins School of Business will host a panel led by women to discuss job options and how to balance work and life in the field of finance. The event, "Women in Finance Panel: Lenses on Successful Careers in the Financial Services Industry," will be held in Queally Hall's Ukrop Auditorium from 6 p.m.
Editors note: Senior Charlie Hudson spoke with The Collegian before the team was asked to not speak to the media. Yesterday, about three hours before the varsity club lacrosse team had its first practice of the season, Charlie Hudson, a senior player, sat down for an interview about the team's soon-to-be NCAA division I status. "It was definitely exciting," Hudson said, remembering how the team reacted to the announcement.
The Westhampton College senior and first-year classes celebrated Proclamation Night on Sunday in the Robins Center to highlight the importance of women's leadership, friendship and the Honor Code. Proclamation Night is usually held in Cannon Memorial Chapel, but was moved to the Robins Center this year because of the large sizes of the senior and first-year classes. During the ceremony, first-year women signed the Honor Code and wrote a letter to their senior selves, while senior women read the letters they had written as first-years. "It's really important to continue the heritage of women's education," said Juliette Landphair, dean of Westhampton College.
Bobby Ukrop of Ukrop's Homestyle Foods said he enjoyed friendly competition, but preferred outcomes that were win-win for both parties, during his talk at the Robins School of Business on Thursday. "We've been lucky," Ukrop said of his company's success, "but the harder you work, the better luck you have." Ukrop played basketball for Richmond in the 1960s and said he had applied his knowledge of teamwork to his stores.
Elena Kagan, associate of the U.S. Supreme Court, told an audience of law students, professors and invited guests that she approached opinion writing the same way she prepared to teach law classes: by breaking down an argument and using analogies and hypothetical situations to make ideas stick. "I try to drop the legalese and express things the way people would in normal conversation," Kagan said during her speech on Sept.
Journalism Professor Robert Hodierne's Afghanistan military documentary, "Afghanistan: The Surge," is to be aired Thursday Sept.
Sunny Jain, leader of the Brooklyn-based band Red Baraat, wants the University of Richmond to dance tomorrow. "People are going to dance," Jain said.
