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Spider basketball comes to support "Ballin' for Books"

By James Riddick | March 22, 2012

Only 10 days after their senior season came to an end, Josh Duinker and Francis-Cedric Martel returned to the courts to participate in the Pi Beta Phi sorority's annual spring philanthropy event, "Ballin for Books." Martel, Duinker and their team, "JD, Fran and the Managers," left the gym Friday night as champions of the 3-on-3 basketball tournament, a different environment than their typical night at the Robins Center. "Playing college basketball is very stressful," Martel said.

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University police officer invited to FBI National Academy

By David Weissman | March 22, 2012

Lt. John Jacobs of the University of Richmond Police Department will attend the FBI National Academy this summer where he hopes to build off his 19 years of service in the department, he said. Jacobs said Police Chief David McCoy had put in an invitation for him to attend the academy.

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WCGA pursues credit for science labs

By Marie Jayme | March 22, 2012

Westhampton College Government Association (WCGA) conducted a survey over the past three weeks to get student opinion about awarding credit to science classes with laboratories, after many science students voiced how unfair the unit system has been for such intensive and time-consuming courses. Katrina Goulden, chairwoman of the academic affairs committee for WCGA, initiated and launched the survey, which was open from Feb.

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Richmond UFA's to be revamped during the summer

By Laura Allen | March 20, 2012

This summer, the university housing department has scheduled renovations of the 100, 300 and 400 blocks of the University Forest Apartments. The architects of BCWH and McMillan Pazdan Smith are leading the project and have actively sought students' opinions regarding the new designs.

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Junior Evan Harris elected RCSGA president

By David Weissman | March 20, 2012

Junior Evan Harris was elected Richmond College Student Government Association president, beating out his friend, junior Colin Billings. "I can't be smiling too much right now -- definitely later on -- but right now, it's [Billings] who put a lot of heart into it, who really loved it also lost," Harris said after hearing the results, "but I'll be looking forward to working alongside him next year." Harris said he hoped Billings would take on as large of a role in RCSGA as he could next year.

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Marriage equality film begins documentary series

By Keon Monroe | March 20, 2012

A documentary film presented the 2009 battle for same-sex marriage in Maine on Monday night. The screening is part of "Documentaries in the Greek," a film festival sponsored by the University of Richmond chapter of the Roosevelt Institute. "Question One" is a documentary that looks at same-sex marriage from both sides of the fight, said sophomore Erik Lampmann, the president of the group.

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Trial date set in football player's hit-and-run trial

By Laila Hart | March 19, 2012

The trial of University of Richmond football player Jimmy Speros is set for 9:30 a.m. on June 11, following his preliminary hearing in the John Marshall Courts Building on Monday. Speros arrived at the courthouse early Monday accompanied by his father, Jim.

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UR and VCU hosting 20th Anniv. French Film Festival

By Laura Allen | March 18, 2012

Professors at the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University are co-hosting the 20th annual French Film Festival March 29 - April 1 at the Byrd Theatre in Carytown. Francoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, a French professor at U of R, founded and designed the three-day festival along with her husband, Peter Kirkpatrick of VCU. "It started as a very small event with only five films, and we didn't have the money to invite any directors and actors from the films," Ravaux-Kirkpatrick said.

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Library renovations to add more study space

By Casey Glick | March 17, 2012

A series of planned renovations will add more than 20,000 square feet of study and work space to Boatwright Memorial Library, library officials said. The renovations will attempt to separate quiet and collaborative study areas more logically and increase the amount of work space in the library, said Kevin Butterfield, the director of bibliographic and digital services and interim university librarian. The major phase of the plan is to remove all of the shelving from the large rooms farthest from the main doors on the first and second floors and open up that space for individual and group study areas, Butterfield said.

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Green bikes reintroduced as part of RecycleMania

By Anika Kempe | March 16, 2012

On Tuesday, March 13, the Office of Sustainability hosted a transportation celebration in the Forum where they re-introduced the green bikes to campus, displayed a Chevy Volt and its refueling station and had informational transportation games for students. The event was part of "RecycleMania," an eight-week, nation-wide competition designed to make campuses more environmentally friendly through energy conservation, waste reduction and increased recycling.

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Law school panel discusses property vs human rights

By Chrissy Wengloski | March 16, 2012

Three speakers discussed regulations for patent rights regarding medicine on a global scale as a part of the 24th Annual Emanuel Emroch Lecture at the University of Richmond School of Law on Thursday. As part of the 11th annual symposium put on by the Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business, Richmond law professor Cynthia Ho gave the key-note address in which she explained the basics of patents and how they relate to pharmaceuticals in international markets and societies.

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Japan ambassador discusses 2011 earthquake in Japan on campus

By Sheetal Babu | March 15, 2012

Students, faculty and members of the Richmond community filed into the International Center Commons March 13 to witness the Ambassador of Japan to the United States give his opening remarks in remembrance of Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki joined several panelists at Japan's Earthquake: A Year in Review, a gathering to remember the events of last year's March 11 disaster and to commemorate the progress Japan has made since. Other panelists included Scott Allison, University of Richmond professor of psychology, Andy Anderson, founder of the Taylor Anderson Memorial Gift Fund, Nancy Bagranoff, dean of the Robins School of Business, Martin Chapman, Virginia Tech research associate professor of geophysics, and Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, University of Richmond professor of political science. Wesley Julian, University of Richmond graduate student and media relations coordinator at the Consulate General of Japan in Chicago, was the driving force behind this commemoration that began taking shape in the fall of 2011. "In March, I experienced the great east Japan earthquake firsthand in Miyagi Prefecture," Julian said.

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