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'Discovering Many Faiths' starts dialogue about Mormonism
By Laurie Guilmartin | February 5, 2009As parents with fussy children wound in and out of the congregation at the Glen Allen Ward on Jan.
As parents with fussy children wound in and out of the congregation at the Glen Allen Ward on Jan.
The University of Richmond's Everything Convenience store, or ETC, has just gotten a lot more convenient for both organic food lovers and vegans. ETC, the on-campus market, has expanded its shelf items to include more foods that do not have meat or dairy and also more that do not contain any additives or chemicals. Although the store has been open for more than two years, it was not until this year that Dining Services really started diversifying the food options at ETC.
If you see a gorilla in rubber gloves picking out recyclables from the trash cans around campus, don't be alarmed.
If Virginia State Del. Robert G. Marshall has his way, faculty members at public colleges and universities in the state could carry concealed handguns to class. Marshall, R-13th District, has introduced House Bill 1656, which would allow full-time faculty members with concealed handgun permits to carry firearms on campuses of public institutions of higher education. Although carrying a gun on a university campus with a permit is legal in Virginia, campus administrators can prohibit students and employees from doing so.
The University of Richmond's endowment has fallen 15 percent since December 2007, from a $1.7 billion high to $1.45 billion as of October, but it's difficult to predict how it will continue to fare in response to the deepening worldwide recession. President Edward Ayers has said the university expects to make a "modest" increase in tuition, room and board -- one that could send Richmond's price tag above $50,000 per year. Before the economy took its calamitous tailspin this fall, Richmond climbed from No.
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"Dateline NBC" correspondent Chris Hansen will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, about his series, "To Catch a Predator," and his career in investigative journalism in Camp Concert Hall in the Booker Hall of Music. The event evolved from a Dennis Hall ritual that began three years ago when students would gather Sunday nights in David Howson's suite to watch the show.
Contractors have finished more than half of the Tyler Haynes Commons' $3.19 million renovation. Although the apologetic signs on its entry doors have found their home for the rest of the academic year, the phased improvements have kept the building open.
The University of Richmond's registrar's office has created a modified class schedule that will shift the first class block to 8 a.m.
After building the Modlin Center for the Arts from scratch, executive director Kathy Panoff will be leaving after this semester to restructure the art center of the sixth-largest university in the nation. Panoff will begin her tenure at the University of Texas at Austin to be the director and associate dean of the school's Performing Arts Center, and she leaves Richmond with seemingly universal praise for a job well done. "Kathy has been a great gift to the university," President Edward Ayers said.
Vandalism Jan. 20, 4 p.m. -- Two drink machines owned by Coca Cola were damaged in the Intramural Fields.
From the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, to India's child sex-trade and the counterfeit prescription drug program in China, Dateline NBC correspondent Chris Hansen has gained notoriety and praise for investigating issues largely cloaked from the public's view. But Hansen is, perhaps, most widely known for his work with "To Catch a Predator" -- Dateline's 12-part investigative series into men who solicit sex from underage girls in Internet chat rooms. "Take a seat," he often told the men in a clear, firm, authoritative voice when first confronting them in the home on national television. Each of the some 250 men "To Catch a Predator" has exposed yields different conversations and the possibility of slightly different outcomes, all of which combines for television that is the apotheosis of high-stakes drama. And that's where critics begin to take issue with the series, which has, for now, gone into an indefinite hibernation. Dateline's work with law enforcement agencies throughout the country on the show and its decision to pay consulting fees to the organization Perverted Justice -- the online Internet predator watchdog group Dateline partners with -- has raised the ire of critics who charge the show crosses journalism's sacred ethical boundaries. In 2006, a string operation in Murphy, Texas, drove one man, Kaufman County assistant district attorney Louis Conradt Jr., to shoot and kill himself as police closed in on his house.
The Westhampton Center construction began first and will end first.
Nearly 75,000 people were laid off in the United States and the world earlier this week thanks to big cuts from companies including Home Depot, Caterpillar and Sprint Nextel.
Video: Richmond students travel to Washington for Inauguration Day from Kimberly Leonard on Vimeo. Contact staff writer Kimberly Leonard at kimberly.leonard@richmond.edu
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Only 35 colleges nationally don't pay attention to an applicant's financial status during the admissions process and also meet 100 percent of so-called "demonstrated financial need" as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and university policies. The University of Richmond is one of those schools, a message admissions officials touted this morning in Brunet Memorial Hall during a special statewide financial aid seminar called WRAP. WRAP sessions -- which stand for "Within Reach and Personal" -- were held across Virginia today to discuss financial aid and the affordability of private colleges and universities in response to the worsening economic climate, admission counselor Tom Nicholas said.
The following article contains four students testimonials from the inaguration of Barack Obama CLAIRE LELIEVRE WASHINGTON - I just came back from the Inauguration Day ... one hour ago ... and my feet are still freezing ... but it was worth it!! My roommate and I woke up at 4:15!
The Board of Trustees of the College Board has issued a call to action from college educators across the country to help make college education a reality for all students. President Edward Ayers took the first step in joining the initiative, known as the CollegeKeys Compact, by signing the commitment in order to become a charter member. The program's goal is to help students from low-income backgrounds prepare for and get into college by providing financial aid, academic and emotional support. The Compact also calls for a team of senior leaders to head up the initiative, which will be led by April Hill, chairwoman of the faculty committee on admission.
It may not look very different, but the Blackboard Learning System was upgraded during winter break. The new version, Blackboard 8, has new capabilities and provides a preview of a transition to Web 2.0 technology for both the University of Richmond and the Blackboard company. "The recent upgrade was not so much glamorous," said Fred Hagemeister, coordinator of Academic Technology Services.