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Students take ghost tour of Westhampton Deanery

By Valerie Jama | November 1, 2011

Halloween night brought many University of Richmond ghosts out to play for "UR Haunted," a Jeter and Freeman Hall connection held in the Westhampton Deanery. UR Haunted invited students to take a candle-lit tour of the deanery and listen to the legends of its haunting, one of which includes the tale of Dean May Keller, who lived in the deanery until her death in June 29, 1964, according to urhistory.richmond.edu. Keller still resides in the deanery, but now it is her spirit that lives on, according to the legend. "My favorite part was that the stories were real," sophomore Fatima Al-Bassam said.

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Bookstore sells charity purses

By Erin Moyer | October 27, 2011

The campus bookstore is now selling ITSERA, a line of fair-trade purses developed by a father and daughter alumni team to benefit women who are exploited in Thailand's sex industry. ITSERA, the Thai word for freedom, features woven leather purses crafted by women who were once a part of, or at risk for, sex trafficking in Pattaya, Thailand.

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Professor speaks at Occupy Richmond

By Keon Monroe | October 27, 2011

A University of Richmond professor spoke last Sunday at what he said was one of the most significant social movements in recent years, Occupy Wall Street's (OWS), "Occupy Richmond." This movement is a byproduct of the original OWS demonstrations and has rallied protesters in Kanawha Park in downtown Richmond since Oct.

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Stepping competition unites organizations

By Taylor Cloonan | October 26, 2011

Vowing to "Protect Richmond from the ordinary," members of University of Richmond's Pi Beta Phi sorority won Stepping 101 on Friday night with their military-themed "GI Pi Phi" routine in the Robins Center. Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. reached out to local, historically African-American fraternities and sororities who are known for stepping, and paired members with the Panhellenic sororities, said Dwayne Foster, president of the Alpha's Upsilon Gamma Chapter.

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Freshman performs musical set at a packed Cellar

By Caroline Merritt | October 26, 2011

Freshman George Washburne played for a packed Cellar Tuesday night. After beginning with an acoustic set, he was then joined by sophomores Ian Atchison on the bass and Andrew Robie on the drums, junior Owen Hutchinson on the back-up guitar, and high school friend Cody Reifsteck on the saxophone. As it turned out, most of the crowd was not witnessing Washburnes' music for the first time.

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Club fundraiser supports dog rescue charity

By Keon Monroe | October 24, 2011

Dogs barked and howled around Westhampton Lake Sunday afternoon, in a fundraiser for a nonprofit that helps abandoned or abused animals. Bandit's Adoption and Rescue of K-9's (BARK) is a Richmond-based organization, that works to rescue dogs from animal shelters that would have been euthanized.

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Organizations decorate golf carts for Homecoming

By Sarah Bowers | October 22, 2011

Student organization members decorated golf carts in the University Forum on Oct. 21, and Oct. 22, to represent their student organizations in a Homecoming golf cart parade. The golf cart decorating contest and parade, sponsored by the unifying events committee, guaranteed golf carts to the first 20 students organizations who registered to participate, according to the general contest rules.

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Students must register to attend lodges

By Rachael Specter | October 20, 2011

Richmond officials developed a new guest-list policy for fraternity lodges which became effective yesterday. Alison Bartel Keller, director of Greek Life, said that the new policy was a result of a rise in concern for students' safety and student health. The online registration is for all students who would like to attend a lodge function, Keller said.

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SOBAC works to improve request process

By Taylor Cloonan | October 20, 2011

The Student Organization Budget Appropriations Committee (SOBAC) is working with student activities to improve the funding process for student organizations after deadline confusion last spring and flat-lined funding led to widespread budget cuts. The SOBAC funding application process begins in the spring, Max Vest, director of student activities, said.

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Sig Ep purchases rush T-shirts from Salute the Brave

By Brittany Brady | October 20, 2011

Sigma Phi Epsilon will donate to soldiers abroad by designing its rush T-shirts from Salute the Brave, a retailer dedicated to supporting the military and making donations to service members. Every year, the fraternity members design T-shirts that promote their organization for rush week.

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Health center staff launches flu campaign

By Sarah Bowers | October 20, 2011

Members of the University of Richmond's Student Health Center have launched "Shake the Flu," a campaign to encourage students to get flu vaccinations and avoid being diagnosed with the flu this flu season. Flu vaccinations will be available between 11 a.m.

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