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Police Report: 11/20/08
By The Collegian | November 20, 2008ILLNESS/LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION Nov. 13, 12:51 a.m. A Westhampton College student was taken from Lora Robins Court to St.
ILLNESS/LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION Nov. 13, 12:51 a.m. A Westhampton College student was taken from Lora Robins Court to St.
By Tess Tallman Collegian Reporter There's a new Facebook in town.
University of Richmond students tried to outwit one another as they competed for $1,000 on Tuesday. During a Strategic Innovation Challenge on Nov.
Shannon Sinclair, the University of Richmond's first general counsel, said what she enjoyed most about working in her area of law was the variety of tasks she could do. "You get to be exposed to so many different areas of law and you get to be helpful to people who are trying to do things the right way," Sinclair said. As the general counsel, or in-house lawyer, Sinclair will act as a legal adviser to the university, she explained. "I'm here to be a sounding board," Sinclair said, "to give advice on anything they need help with.
The Jepson School of Leadership Studies has established the John Marshall International Center for the Study of Statesmanship to restore the study of great books as they relate to understanding and practicing responsible leadership. Funded by the Thomas W.
By Michael Gaynor Collegian Reporter One woman telling two stories of either side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Thursday rounded out the first Overcoming Hatred week sponsored by the Office of the Chaplaincy. Noa Baum, an Israeli storyteller and actress, weaved between accents, ages and emotions to portray several different characters in her one-woman show, "A Land Twice Promised." The performance chronicled Baum's friendship with a Palestinian woman and the stories they shared about their childhood in Jerusalem, growing up against a backdrop of constant war and fear. "I don't do this to change people's political views," Baum told the audience after the performance.
After being back on Earth for only nine months, Leland Melvin is already training for his next trip to space. The 1986 University of Richmond alumnus's next mission, targeted to launch in Oct.
A drinking survey from the Richmond College Dean's Office revealed that students' drinking habits do not usually affect their academics. Dan Fabian, chemical health coordinator and associate dean of Richmond College, created the survey and sent it in an e-mail to undergraduate students on Nov.
Chancellor E. Bruce Heilman set out to prove that you're never too old for an adventure while on his cross-country ride atop his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. "People would a sk me how I could possibly want to ride across country at my age," Heilman said, "and I'd say, 'Well, it's the only age I've got!'" Heilman left Richmond the morning of Oct.
Whether cells really work like mathematical machines is the philosophical question a physics professor has been investigating. "Is math a necessity?" asked physics professor Ovidiu Lipan, who said he had loved mathematics all his life.
Patricia Campo, of Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, hasn't been relaxing during her visit to the University of Richmond. As part of a two-week visit that began Nov.
Carbon markets were created to trade carbon emissions, specifically carbon dioxide, in an effort to slow climate change, but amid corruption and lack of other supporting organizations, these carbon markets have become ineffective. During the third presentation of the fall 2008 Global Environment Speaker Series on Tuesday evening in Jepson Hall, speaker Daphne Wysham made her case for cleaning up carbon markets locally, nationally and globally. "If the economy fails that's one thing," she said, "However, if the carbon crisis unfolds without serious response we will have an eco-systemic meltdown." Wysham is a fellow and board member of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.
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By Angelo DiBello Richmond College '09 Over the last two weeks I, like many, have found myself reading as many articles as I can about the President-elect Barack Obama.
By Jimmy Young Collegian Reporter Societies can help refugees become citizens if they are aware of the plights they face, Clemson University professor Todd May said Thursday. Speaking in front of mostly students in the North Court Reception Room, May said that while it was easier for refugees to remain "in the cracks" of a society and not assert themselves, those that did demand rights were often rewarded with citizenship. May described the plight of approximately 1,000 Algerian refugees in Canada who fled their native land because of a civil war ravaging the nation.
The University Hearing Board has disciplined Kappa Sigma's former recruitment chairman for the sexually explicit e-mail that circulated on campus recently, handing down sanctions that school policy mandates cannot be disclosed publicly. The student has not been suspended, as was originally recommended by the dean of Richmond College, but revealing the sanctions would violate the board's hearing policies, a top university official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. At every board hearing, the chairperson reads a statement from a handbook that states that all people who are present -- including the student being sanctioned -- are to hold the details, outcomes and sanctions of the hearing confidential, the official said. Everyone involved honored the board's policies by not commenting to The Collegian about the details of the hearing, held on Oct.
Illness/Liquor Law Violation Nov. 9, 12:50 a.m. -- A Westhampton College student was taken from the Tyler Haynes Commons to St.
By Jenn Hoffman Collegian reporter Gary Radice's biology class was studying the anatomy of tadpoles when a student asked what the pumping organ was.
Speaking to a crowd of 30, Ethiopian economist Befekadu Degefe presented a course of action President-elect Barack Obama could use to restore the U.S.
The Bias Response Team has received attention around campus since October when it responded to both an explicit fraternity e-mail sent campus-wide and a swastika that was carved into a table outside the T.C.