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Grant broadens Bonner Center's opportunities

By Madeline Small | April 18, 2012

With a $250,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement staff will create a national model for universities to provide faculty with multiple pathways to connect with local communities through community-based teaching and research. In the past, the CCE has been able to take eight faculty members each year into a community where they learn the model for teaching a community-based learning course, Terry Dolson, the CCE community-based learning manager, said.

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Award-winning play performed by students in Modlin

By Laura Allen | April 17, 2012

The University of Richmond department of theatre and dance debuted Dancing at Lughnasa in the Alice Jepson Theatre this weekend. The original show won the 1992 Tony Award for best play and has been performed by various theatre companies and universities across the country. Mary McDonnell, a theatre major at Richmond who played Kate Mundy in the show, said the cast had started rehearsals before spring break. "I try to participate in every main stage show," McDonnell said.

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Student Symposium highlighted by 3D Printer

By John McAuliff | April 15, 2012

A team of University of Richmond students presented their 'Rapman 3.2' 3-D printer Friday at the School of Arts and Sciences Student Symposium in the Modlin Center. A 3-D printer is a machine that downloads a 3-D design from a program.

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Luaupalooza back, promoting campus unity

By Rachel Bevels | April 13, 2012

Members of Westhampton College Residence Life, Diversity Round Table and Student Activities sponsored the second annual Luaupalooza on the Forum as a campus community-building initiative and study-break alternative to drinking. The luau, held Thursday, featured a DJ, inflatables, tricycles, snow cones and a mechanical bull.

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KAT's wiffle ball tournament benefits ALS foundation

By Nabila Khouri | April 13, 2012

Although the cloudy, cold weather put a damper on the number of teams that played in Kappa Alpha Theta's first "KAT at BAT" wiffle ball tournament, team, "It's Jolmi Time" defeated team, "Swag Kings" in the final match to win the tournament. The winning team, composed of juniors Xander Skoulis, Elliot Pfautz, Casey Glick, Dylan Dextraze and Michael Alas, won the last match, 6-1. This was the first wiffle ball tournament that Theta had hosted. "I love wiffle ball, and we were so excited to finally have this event," Kaitlyn Walsh, the president of the sorority, said. Wiffle ball is derived from baseball and softball but played on smaller pitches with balls and bats made of plastic, Walsh said. They had been planning the event since October, Nicole Olshan a junior and member of the sorority, said.

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Students and faculty to get arrested for UR Busted

By Casey Glick | April 12, 2012

Dozens of students, faculty members and administrators will be "arrested" on phony charges as part of UR Busted, a charity fundraiser sponsored by the University Police Department. Students and university employees can donate $10 to file an arrest warrant for a friend or colleague.

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Lodge culture discussed in gender and sex talk

By Michele Martin | April 12, 2012

Lodge culture is not the only social option for students at the University of Richmond. In a panel discussion, Rabbi Andrew Goodman of the chaplaincy and Westhampton College Dean Kerry Fankhauser took on the issues of gender, sexuality and mental health as they relate to the Richmond campus, from Greek life to religion. Goodman said: "The problem lies with the fact that college students do not have enough cultural frames of reference to see that the lodge culture doesn't have to be the default.

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A & S Convocation emphasizes community engagement

By Maria Rajtik | April 12, 2012

Both the student and faculty addresses at the Arts & Sciences Honors Convocation emphasized the importance of community involvement through the application of a liberal arts education. The addresses were given by a senior interdisciplinary major, Cheleah Jackson, and Jennifer Erkulater, an associate professor of political science at the University of Richmond. Forced to yell out to the crowd for the first half of her speech because of a broken microphone, Jackson reminded the class of 2012, "We are officially 26 days away from graduating from the University of Richmond." Jackson shared with the audience the impact Richmond has had on her, and both the good and bad habits she has acquired.

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Sophomore wins Mr. Richmond Pageant

By Ryann Dannelly | April 12, 2012

Jack Gilligan won the Mr. Richmond Pageant with his classic black suit, his response about his favorite memory in Lora Robins Court and his talent of flying a plane. CAB hosted the Mr. Richmond Pageant on April 10, featuring eight Richmond College students from a variety of organizations including Greek life, the Judicial Council, the track team and the ice hockey team. The participants were Gilligan, Bryan Scalici, Hunter Northcutt, Ryan Busch, Charlie Boles, Sean Livesey, Erich Mueller and Matt di Stefano. The two hosts for the event were Alyssa Davis and Alex McDilda. Participants competed for the chance to be named Mr. Richmond and the prize of Dr. Dre Beats headphones. The pageant was broken into three competitions. The first competition was the formal wear event in which the men "strutted their stuff," as Davis described, across the stage in suits that ranged from classic black and white to a green suit jacket and a suede black suit jacket. During the formal wear competition, the hosts shared interesting facts about the contestants to help the audience get to know them. Livesey's favorite childhood book was Everybody Poops by Taro Gomi.

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Two professors named among top 300 in nation

By Avery Shackelford | April 10, 2012

Two professors at the University of Richmond have been named among the nation's 300 best professors in a guidebook published by The Princeton Review and RateMyProfessors.com. Joseph Troncale, associate professor of Russian, and Stephen Long, professor of political science and international studies, have been included in the guidebook, which was created by compiling ratings and survey data from both organizations, said Robert Franek, the Princeton Review's senior vice president and publisher. Pooja Patel, a freshman in Troncale's first year seminar, "St.

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Pro-life and Pro-choice advocates occupy Forum

By David Weissman | April 9, 2012

Advocates of Pro-life and Pro-choice occupied the University of Richmond Forum throughout the day Monday, but there was no dialogue between the two groups. The nationally prevalent debate between Pro-life supporters and Pro-choice supporters is about whether the government should ban abortions or not.

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West Indian Lynk hosts Limin' Out

By Rachel Bevels | April 8, 2012

The Westhampton Green was littered with people. Three women played jump rope behind a table supporting three cakes, a box of jerk chicken, a box of beef and two jugs of limeade and fruit punch.

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