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Seniors begin to raise money for class gift

The class of 2012 senior class gift committee is focused more on participation than a dollar amount, co-chairman Dwayne Foster said. "Alumni satisfaction is one of the factors that goes into our ranking," Bryarly Richards, co-chairwoman of the committee said, "and they factor that by how much alumni give back.


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Lodges amend policy, limit number of registrations

The revised lodge policy, which requires attendees to register by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday for any lodge party occurring that weekend, will now limit the number of lodge parties students can register to attend to two. "I was hoping that people would only sign up for that which they would go to," said Alison Bartel Keller, director of Greek life.


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Mold found in living areas

A University of Richmond student said he and his apartmentmates were disgusted when they discovered mold on the their bathroom wall during their first week on campus this semester.


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UR Hillel holds first retreat

A small group of University of Richmond students gathered in the kitchen of their rabbi's home Friday night for the first retreat organized by UR Hillel, the Jewish student organization on campus.


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Police say on-campus burglaries are avoidable

The two burglaries that occurred in the University Forest Apartments last week could have been avoided, campus police officer Angela Combs said. "Theft is the biggest and most preventable crime we have on the campus," Combs. With the most recent timely warning sent through the university e-mail notifying students of the burglaries, students were reminded to secure their apartments and residence hall rooms when unattended.


Opinion

Sickness of balance

I agree with the diagnosis, oft-cited by Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, that establishment media is losing its way because of its insistence on balance for balance's sake.


Sports

Spider Mayhem starts basketball seasons

More than 300 students attended Spider Mayhem at the Weinstein Center Friday night to mark the beginning of the University of Richmond's basketball season. The pep rally featured men's dunk, 3-point and tuition half-court shot contests.


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Common Ground hosts Saturday alternative events

Cultural Alternative Events is a new series of programs sponsored by Common Ground which offer activities for students who are looking to break away from the party scene and have a mellow Saturday night, Lisa Miles, assistant director of Common Ground, said. The cultural advisers program started last February with a dozen students dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in the residence halls, Miles said.


Sports

Men's basketball player designs line of clothing

Jonathan Benjamin, a junior point guard for the Spider basketball team, has spent his fall semester balancing schoolwork, a varsity sport and Official Visit ActiveWear, the clothing line he started during the summer of 2011. Benjamin said he had always wanted to start a creative clothing line for athletes since "generic gray sweatpants" usually characterized their wardrobes. "A lot of us like to get dressed up," he said.


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Disc golf tournament held to honor deceased employee

University employees and family members of Mark McGill, a deceased facilities employee, spread throughout the forest surrounding the Westhampton Lake to play in the Mark McGill Disc Golf Tournament on Sunday. Staff and students were invited to attend the tournament, which was held around 2 p.m.


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Police Report: 11/3/11

Larceny Oct. 26, 10:18 a.m. A WC student reported her iPhone, valued at $100, stolen from the 700 block of the University Forest Apartments. Oct.


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Students take ghost tour of Westhampton Deanery

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

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

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.