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By The Collegian | February 3, 2011Click here to download the January 27, 2011, full PDF edition of The Collegian.
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ROTC Spider Battalion's cadence calls reached University of Richmond students' ears as early as 6:45 Saturday morning as the unit conducted a three-mile run through campus. The early morning chants rallied the cadets for Leadership Lab Day, which included an awards ceremony and battlefield training. Things went a little different than planned because of the weather, said 2nd Lt.
The women who picked the highest lottery numbers for housing among study abroad-bound juniors last spring live neither on nor truly off campus this year; they live on Bostwick Lane. Since 1914, the lane's two houses have served as the homestead for Richmond faculty and staff, but recent housing shortages on campus have made it the playground for college housemates. Alex Burr, who spent her fall semester in Australia, said she would describe the housemate situation as interesting.
Two recent University of Richmond alumni fostered an idea to develop and market an on-the-go aromatherapy product called AromaGo.
Contracted police and the Jefferson Hotel's own security guards will strictly enforce regulations at this year's Ring Dance, Westhampton College Deans Juliette Landphair and Kerry Fankhauser said. The new measures, which seek to restrict entry only to those who purchased tickets, are in reaction to widespread vandalism of the Jefferson Hotel property during previous years of Ring Dance. Damages from last year's vandalism were the highest recorded since Ring Dance moved from campus to the Jefferson in the 1970s, Landphair said, and included the cost of cleaning, repairing or replacing: -- Paintings ripped off walls and hallways -- Shattered glassware -- Staircases, elevators, carpets and rented-out rooms damaged by drinks and urine -- An ATM that was urinated on Neither the deans nor a Jefferson representative could confirm the total value of damages or whether anyone had been arrested, but the deans said that they had learned of vandalism incidents from Jefferson staff, surveillance cameras and anecdotal accounts from faculty and guests of junior women. The mother of a then-junior, who refused to be identified, wrote in an e-mail: "Last year, I had a full glass of wine dumped on my head (from behind, while dancing, by mistake, but no apology given) and my husband was spat upon (by a laughing girl in an elevator whose mouth was full of crackers -- she did apologize). "Plus twice -- twice -- I was fallen upon by stumbling students.
Vandalism Jan. 25, 11:31 a.m. A bathroom sink, valued at $500, was damaged in Thomas Hall. Jan.
Police and campus officials are concerned about fraternity shuttles to off-campus parties, but they don't plan to increase driving-under-the-influence checkpoints at this time. Patrol Sgt.
Students and faculty have discussed how to maintain the core values of the Earth Lodge program after Lee Carleton, the current adviser for the program, leaves the University of Richmond after this semester, said Andy Gurka, director of living-learning and Roadmap programs. Despite concerns from students that the Earth Lodge program might disappear after Carleton leaves, Gurka said the school never had the intention to eliminate the Earth Lodge program. "The only way that the Earth Lodge will ever go away is that if we didn't have students who were interested in participating in it," Gurka said, "but the interest is high." The Earth Lodge program was started by Carleton in 2005 as one of the first living-learning communities.
Sophomore Taylor Durland checked into the Westin Hotel on Friday afternoon to take part in Q-Camp, a two-day business seminar held Jan.
Members of Students Stopping the Trafficking of People put live models in the UR bookstore windows last week to raise awareness about human trafficking. The models, who were dressed as sex workers and domestic servants and wore signs that read "Human to go" and "Buy one, get one half-off," were meant to do more than serve as a shocking visual image, said sophomore Addie Rauschert, president of SSTOP. "We wanted to move people beyond the level of awareness," she said.
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Arts and Sciences Dean Andrew F. Newcomb will step down and return to the department of psychology on July 10 after serving 10 years. When Newcomb officially turns over his position, he said he planned to take a one-year sabbatical and return to the classroom in August 2012 as a professor of psychology. "Hopefully, during my sabbatical, I will be able to develop my courses so that students will have a good learning experience," Newcomb said. When Newcomb returns to the department of psychology, it will have been 13 years since he last taught, he said. Newcomb has served the University of Richmond in many different ways since he was hired in 1984.
The Jamie and Paige Malone Scholarship has raised more than $56,000 since it was established in honor of the Malone sisters, said Brian Eckert, media relations director for the University of Richmond. Following the July 15 accident that killed Jamie, a rising junior, and Paige, who graduated last May, the Malone family requested that donations be given to a building fund for Camp Anchor. Both sisters had been counselors at the camp for special-needs children in Hempstead, N.Y. The fund reached its goal so quickly that the family contacted President Edward Ayers to set up a scholarship fund to honor the women. "As word of Jamie and Paige Malone's death in the July 15 accident began to spread in Long Island, Richmond and the university community, the family, fellow students, even people who didn't know the women began contacting the university about setting up a UR scholarship fund in their memory," Eckert said. Around 335 contributors have donated to the scholarship fund so far, Eckert said. Both women were involved in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
Vandalism Jan. 19, 12:25 a.m. A ceramic flower pot, valued at $20, and an African Violet plant, valued at $10, were damaged outside of CAPS. Jan.
Fifty-four transfer students, out of an applicant pool of 416, enrolled at the University of Richmond during 2010, Gil Villanueva, assistant vice president and dean of admission, said. Applications were up 9 percent as compared to 2009, while enrollment decreased by 21 percent. The transfer acceptance rates for 2008, 2009 and 2010 were 43 percent, 34 percent and 30 percent respectively, and students hailed from Ivy League institutions, such as Dartmouth College, state universities, such as the University of Virginia and Virginia community colleges, such as John Tyler Community College. Villanueva, however, said that the Office of Admissions did not have statistics on students who transferred out. Ben Cavin, an incoming transfer student and biology major from Virginia Tech, said that Richmond's pre-med program was "better." "It's much more personal here, and much more hands-on," said Cavin, whose grandmother attended and met her husband at Westhampton College in the 1940s.
The lingering smell of mold had greeted the residents of University Forest Apartment 1400 ever since its pipe's regulator valve came loose and the floor was submerged under two inches of water. The valve popped off about a week before the spring semester began, resident Tim Cummings said.
The president of the Milton Society of America named Associate English Professor Louis Schwartz the 2009 James Holly Hanford Book Award winner on Jan.
Contact cartoonist Kristy Burkhardt at kristy.burkhardt@richmond.edu
The job market is off to a positive start for the class of 2011, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers' job outlook.
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