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Election News Briefs

New university policy gives employees time off to vote All employees of the University of Richmond will have more time to vote on Nov.


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Bioethicist links health care disparity to history

The racial disparity in health care today has direct roots in the historical treatment of African Americans, bioethicist Harriet Washington said Thursday. She spoke a crowd of about 140 students and community members in the Brown-Alley Room as part of the Women Involved in Living and Learning Quest Speaker Series on Politics of the Body. "There is a duality in American medicine," said Washington, who has been a fellow in ethics at Harvard Medical School and a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at the Tuskegee Institute.


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Conference to impact campus sustainability

Twelve University of Richmond students traveled to Virginia Tech during fall break to attend Virginia Powershift, a student-run environmental conference encouraging a movement toward sustainability. Virginia Powershift, held Oct.


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Students research topics related to motherhood

By Kaileigh Connolly Collegian Reporter Psychology professor Craig Kinsley has been researching maternal behavior for more than 20 years and has studied the relationship between intelligence and pregnancy. "I've been trying to understand the female brain since puberty," he said.


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Tracey Ivey to join Alumni Association as president-elect

class="byline">By Taylor Engelson class="bytitle">Collegian Reporter Richmond's Alumni Association's executive committee has selected Tracey Holgren Ivey of Bryn Mawr, Penn., as the association's new president-elect. Ivey has served on the association's executive committee since 2006.


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Police Report: 10/30/08

Arson Oct. 12, 2:38 p.m. -- University police were called to Wood Hall where they discovered rags that had been lit on fire and moved throughout the inside and outside of Wood.


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Several funding requests made at WCGA meeting

The Westhampton College Government Association met at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the North Court Reception Room. An Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority member proposed a funding need for the sorority's annual breast cancer walk.


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Common Ground will offer grants to promote campus initiatives

The university's Office of Common Ground is looking to promote a more diverse and inclusive campus this year by offering grants of up to $2,000 for any student, staff or faculty member with a project idea. The grant program offers funding ranging from $50 to $2,000 for any activity, event or research proposal that will help foster a discussion about diversity issues on campus. "We ask that people demonstrate to us how the grant might help to make our community more diverse or inclusive," said Lisa Miles, Common Ground coordinator.


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Sheryl Crow rocks the vote

The performers at the "Get Out and Vote" concert at the Richmond Coliseum on Tuesday night expressed a desire for change and peace in America after the coming election. Between songs, The Beastie Boys, Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones and Santogold all encouraged the people in the audience to take advantage of their right to vote on Election Day. "I believe that we have the opportunity to change the course of our nation," Crow said. The tour, which played in cities in swing states, was sponsored by Rock the Vote, a non-partisan organization aimed at encouraging youths involvement in politics. Santogold, who amplified her electronic sound with metallic-clad back-up dancers, opened the show with her new-age techno hits, such as "The Creator" and "Shuv It." She said the lyrics of "Shuv It" were especially poignant because they were about speaking up and causing change. "We got some serious fixing up to do," Santogold said.


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New committee to address environment

By Paige Zorniger Collegian Staff In light of University of Richmond President Ayers' "Climate Commitment," dedicated to making campus more environmentally sustainable and friendly, the Richmond College Student Government Association is working to create a sustainability sub-committee.


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Obama speaks before 13,000 at Richmond Coliseum

Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama told a crowd of 13,000 people on Wednesday at the Richmond Coliseum not to be "hoodwinked" by the economic policies of John McCain, whose proposals Obama said would be a continuation of the Bush administration's. "The question isn't, 'Are you better off now than you were four years ago?'" Obama said, "the question is, 'Are you better off now than you were four weeks ago?'" Obama, who was introduced by Democratic Gov.