The University of Richmond Police Department expects by the week's end to make arrests in connection with a vandalism spree that targeted the University Forest Apartments, Crenshaw Field and South Court early Saturday morning. The vandalism left 17 cars with spray-painted streaks and, in at least four cases, images of phallic symbols. There was nothing to indicate that the incidents were related, but police have compiled names of people of interest, said Police Capt.
A female student reported being raped on campus on Jan. 12 and is choosing not to press charges, University of Richmond police said. On average, 51 sexual assaults -- which in this case includes rape -- happen per year on campus, said Adrienne Murray, lieutenant of the university police.
The inauguration of Barack Obama was a turning point in U.S. history, one that has increased political activism among the young African-American community. In honor of Black History Month this February, the Oliver Hill Scholars will present a program titled "Making the Difference: Emerging as a Leader" on Feb.
In one room students were making double helix DNA models out of Twizzlers and Gummy Bears. In another room they were playing an intense game of DNA Jeopardy, where someone was always quick to raise a hand and answer the question.
University of Richmond students will pay 3.1 percent more in tuition, room and board for the 2009-10 school year, sending the overall cost climbing to $48,490 per year. The increase was kept to the lowest in 40 years to minimize the impact on families facing economic challenges, according to a letter sent to students' permanent addresses on Feb.
Drug Equipment Violation Feb. 2, 10:30 p.m. -- A smoking pipe was found in a dorm room on the Richmond College grounds.
Several juniors back from their fall semester abroad have complained that it was unfair and unnecessary that they were charged the University of Richmond's full semester tuition of nearly $20,000 when the schools they attended were substantially less expensive. Richmond College student Michael Padovano studied abroad at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
President Barack Obama frees America from the burden of its past and represents the country's future, former President Bill Clinton told the Democratic Party of Virginia at its annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. He noted the diversity of the 3,000 guests at the gala, held at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on Feb.
An alumnus who was a field director in Iowa for Barack Obama's campaign told a political science class Wednesday about a nearly flawlessly executed campaign that targeted only 250,000 voters in 3 million -- a strategy the campaign used nationwide to win. The alumnus, Tripp Wellde, fell in love with politics during an internship in Washington when he was an undergraduate.
Those who join the military are not told about the psychological and emotional trauma they will endure years after war.
Contact staff photographer Alex Donoho at alex.donoho@richmond.edu
Edgar Allen Poe's works can be used to illustrate that in this "Age of Terror," terrorism, not terror, is the enemy in the new millennium, said Poe scholar Gerald Kennedy. "It is the act of terrorism that affects the soul of a reader," Kennedy said, "but this only becomes apparent after the horror occurs." Through the Edward C.
Despite the long list of depressing statistics about job losses and market failures, the early numbers from the Undergraduate Office of Admission at the University of Richmond signal a surprising success. "Our Early Decision numbers were up," said Pamela Spence, dean of admission. Against predictions, applications for the early decision option in November increased by 8 percent with 299 applications, up from 283 last fall. The number of applications received for the early decision option in January matched the number from last year with 92 applications.
While most of the University of Richmond's students were asleep at 6:45 a.m. last Saturday, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets were already 15 minutes into their three-mile morning run. The cadets chanted as they ran, their voices echoing across campus. "I was trying to wake some people up," freshman cadet Patrick Coughlin said.
Founder and CEO of JuicyCampus.com, Matt Ivester, announced that the Web site would be shut down as of today after a loss in revenue because of the bad economy, according to a press release from Ivester that was also posted on the site's blog. The site has continuously received an average of one million unique visits a month, the release said, but online advertising revenue for the site dropped significantly as the economy weakened.
Hit and Run Jan. 26, 1:02 p.m. -- A Westhampton College student's Lexus was dented on the passenger-side door in R-lot.