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Collegian, former online editor earn top honors

By Nick Mider | April 23, 2009

The Collegian received first place for best overall college newspaper Web site from the Society of News Design, and Richmond College named one of the site's key architects the member of the class of 2009 who made the greatest contribution to his class. Dan Petty, the former online editor of The Collegian, won the "Most Significant Contributor Award" for the senior class on April 20 at the Richmond College Senior Dinner.

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Mock trial ends year with top-10 finish at national tournament

By Jimmy Young | April 23, 2009

The University of Richmond's mock trial team established itself as a national power in the courtroom at the National Championship Tournament (formerly called the Gold Flight National) this weekend in Des Moines, Iowa, finishing eighth in its division. This year's finish marks the highest finish ever for the team, which just completed its most successful season to date, said captain Katy Groover, an attorney on the team.

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Returning abroad students have difficulty readjusting

By Dryden Witman | April 23, 2009

When Sarah Woodis unpacked her belongings in her room in North Court in January, images of the hills of Galway came to mind, she said. Woodis, like many University of Richmond junior-year students who study abroad, did not expect her return to campus to be difficult.

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Hoongle shut down after Google policy violation

By Jimmy Young | April 21, 2009

Hoongle.org, the search engine started by three University of Richmond students who sought to end world hunger, was shut down by its creators on Friday. Google found that the popular social justice endeavor violated the terms of its advertising policy, said David Whitehead, one of the founders of Hoongle. According to Google, the fact that Hoongle generates a donation of a product constitutes an incentive for people to use the search engine, said Whitehead.

Sports

Women's tennis wins A-10 Championship

By Jimmy Young | April 20, 2009

The University of Richmond women's tennis team parlayed a No. 1 seed into an Atlantic 10 Championship Sunday, dethroning reigning conference champion Temple University 4-0 and ensuring the team a spot in the NCAA Championships next month. The Spiders won their sixth A - 10 Championship behind strong play from the entire team.

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Musical piece co-funded by Modlin Center wins Pulitzer

By Nick Mider | April 20, 2009

A musical piece co-commissioned and premiered by the Modlin Center for the Arts last year has won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in music. Steve Reich, a world-class musician and composer, was awarded the prize in music for his piece entitled "Double Sextet," which premiered in Camp Concert Hall on March 26, 2008.

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Sniff-Stick wins second annual UR Business Pitch Competition

By Andrew Prezioso | April 17, 2009

In the second annual UR Business Pitch Competition, the Sniff-Stick, presented by senior Dan Brunt and Christopher Genualdi, won first place and the $2,000 prize. Brunt and Genualdi pitched the Sniff-Stick, a "breath mint for your nose," to a panel of five judges from outside the school. "This is the first time we've pitched the idea to potential investors," Genualdi said.

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Kaine to give commencement address to Class of 2009

By Dan Petty | April 16, 2009

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will deliver the commencement address to University of Richmond students in the schools of Arts & Sciences, Business and Leadership Studies on May 10 in the Robins Center. Officials in the university's communications department confirmed the commencement speakers ahead of the official announcement at 5 p.m. Kaine was elected to the governorship in 2005 and taught legal ethics for six years at Richmond.

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Police Report: 4/16/09

By The Collegian | April 16, 2009

Vandalism April 4, 2:01 p.m. A wall on the third floor of Gray Court was smashed, creating a hole measured at 4-feet tall by 2-feet wide and containing a beer bottle.

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Marketing, fashion and the media large part of eating disorders, speaker says

By Sarah Blythe-Wood | April 16, 2009

The final event during the WILL/WGSS/Quest Speaker Series took place on Tuesday April 14 in the Alice Haynes Room. Susan Bordo, renowned author and scholar of feminist, cultural and gender studies, spoke to a predominantly female audience on the subject, "Beyond 'Eating Disorders:' Why We Need to Rethink Everything We Thought We Knew." Historical conceptions of eating disorders, she said, are a result of a combination of fashions in the medical world. In the old days, anorexia was conceptualized as a form of hysteria, she said.

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Where ... can we park?

By Stephanie Rice | April 16, 2009

Warning: My column (dubbed the Rice Report by some Collegian staffers) this week will be full of quotes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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Students organize global injustice conference

By Laurie Guilmartin | April 16, 2009

University of Richmond senior Mark Mendez said he hoped students would be motivated to address issues of global injustice after participating in the on-campus conference he had organized, "Through the Eyes of a Child." The conference will host speakers and organizations on a wide range of issues - from human trafficking in Southeast Asia to an organization that uses sports as a means to help people in conflict-ridden areas recognize their commonalities.

Prof. Loo teaching her CORE class at Weinstein 303.
Opinion

History professor awarded yearlong research fellowship in Tokyo

By Maura Bogue | April 16, 2009

Tze Loo, an assistant professor of history at the University of Richmond, will travel to Tokyo, Japan, in July to continue research on the Shuri Castle at Waseda University through a yearlong fellowship. Loo, a native of Singapore, plans to continue her doctoral investigation about the use of cultural heritage in producing a pre-World War II Japanese identity.

News

Despite economy, financial aid to stay need-based

By Guv Callahan | April 16, 2009

Despite the struggling U.S. economy and a lowered endowment, the University of Richmond is staying true to its need-blind promise to applicants during the 2008-2009 admissions process. According to a recent New York Times article, some small, private universities facing similar circumstances are looking more favorably on applicants who are wealthier than others, or those who can pay their tuition in full. Admissions and financial aid officials ensure the same is not true of Richmond.

Faculty & Staff

Thesis track not leading to diplomas in SCS program

By Maura Bogue | April 16, 2009

The School of Continuing Studies created unrealistic graduation expectations while providing sparse guidance for assembling thesis review committees, according to dissatisfied disaster sciences graduate program students. The four-year-old program, which has graduated five students, has not upheld the University of Richmond reputation for intimate professor-student relationships, disaster sciences students Doug Goad and Andrew Hoehl said. Hoehl said he chose the program because Richmond alumni friends had spoken highly of their alma mater, returning to visit and reveling in the 2008 football championship. "That's the kind of pride I wanted for UR when I left there," Hoehl said.

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