Alpha Chi Omega hosted Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, a new philanthropy event held Tues., Oct. 15. Four-person teams registered to walk a relay around the lake, learning facts about domestic violence at different stations.
Students, faculty and community members gathered for the inaugural event of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies' Kaleidoscope speaker series on Oct.
University of Richmond police arrested two Richmond College freshmen on charges of vandalism for damages made to student cars during the early morning hours of Oct.
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Top University of Richmond officials met for a 2.5-hour walk around the campus during the night of Oct.
Six weeks after a flood in the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness destroyed part of one basketball court, the affected court has been repaired and is available for use. The incident occurred around 4 p.m.
Approximately 200 small red flags were stuck into the lawn in front of the University of Richmond's Boatwright Memorial Library Oct.
Vandalism Oct. 6, 8:35 a.m. An exit sign, valued at $50, was damaged in South Court. Oct.
University of Richmond graduate Blair Brandt recognized the difficulty his recently graduated friends were having in apartment searching and created a solution to help, which became The Next Step Realty. The company, founded in April, matches recent college graduates with real estate brokers in cities where the apartment searchers have employment, said Brandt, who was a leadership studies major with a business minor.
An unidentified male assailant entered a locked Westhampton College apartment around 2:30 a.m. on Oct.
Unknown suspect(s) vandalized 11 vehicles in K-lot during the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct.
University of Richmond students can now board a free bus at the Tyler Haynes Commons underpass to travel to and from downtown Richmond on Friday and Saturday nights from 6 p.m.
The University of Richmond began a new chapter in its 170-year history with the dedication of the Carole Weinstein International Center Thursday. The 57,000-square-foot center will serve as a crossroads between not only the university's five schools, but for its American and international cultures.
On Oct. 13, a new regulation permitted Richmond College men to use the on-campus Safety Shuttle. This initiative is one of many responses to the aberrantly high number of on-campus assaults reported since the beginning of the semester, said University of Richmond Police Capt.
While students are preparing for midterms and a much-needed fall break, a small step in an important, national debate took place Wednesday night at the Jepson Alumni center. Hundreds of people, mostly from the local community, but also from other parts of the state, and even a few students, gathered to hear Virginia and federal government representatives report on the condition of the Chesapeake Bay and the state's efforts to reduce pollution draining into the bay from its many rivers. There are more than 10,000 miles of rivers and smaller tributaries in the "Chesapeake Bay watershed," which comprises the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and the District of Columbia.
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Captivated by the first of many radiant sunrises he would see during his nearly ten-week stay near Kenjak-e Olya, Afghanistan last summer, journalism professor Robert Hodierne said that the evening sunsets were probably just as spectacular. The Marine accompanying him that morning responded, "If you're lucky, you get to see both." This grim acceptance is one aspect of the reality of war that Hodierne wanted to convey in his PBS documentary about 75 Marines serving a seven-month tour of duty in the volatile Helmand Province, located deep in hostile Taliban territory. "Combat Outpost: Afghanistan," produced by Partisan Productions, chronicles the lives of Marines in the 2nd platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, to whom Hodierne was given completely unfettered access. His goal was to illuminate the everyday life of a U.S.
A University of Richmond junior has already made her own website, self-published a book and conducted seminars promoting her passion: raising awareness of colorism. Kiara Lee said that colorism was when someone judged another person of the same ethnicity based on his or her skin tone. "I wanted to do something positive for women," Lee said about promoting her message that colorism brings a lack of love to girls of all ages. Her book, "Light-Skinned, Dark-Skinned or In-Between?" is for children because Lee said that colorism affected children first and continued from there. These forms of hate also affect men.
The University of Richmond's Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness is getting students off campus and into the great outdoors through Natural High. Tom Roberts, director of recreation and wellness, said Natural High began in 1992 as a grant from the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association to encourage universities to provide alternative activities to students during times when they might not participate in healthy activities, such as Friday nights or weekends. "Richmond is one of the few schools who still do "Natural High programs," Roberts said. The program is led by Kerry McClung, manager of sports clubs and outdoor adventure, and has already hosted a trip to Virginia Beach on Sept.
