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Richmond students' Facebooks "turn red" for marriage rights

By Jessica Racioppi | April 10, 2013

On Tuesday, March 26, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) asked people to change their Facebook profile pictures to a pink-on-red equal sign avatar to show support for marriage equality as the Supreme Court met to decide the future of same-sex marriage in the United States. In accordance to the Supreme Court hearings on Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, approximately 2.7 million people changed their profile photos, according to data analysis published by Eytan Bakshy, a researcher on the Facebook Data Science Team. The following day, the court heard arguments on the related question of whether the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies federal benefits to married same-sex couples, should be overturned. Many University of Richmond students changed their profile pictures to show support, including junior Lee Oberg.

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Career Services a resource for those considering graduate school

By Gaby Calabrese | April 10, 2013

As the school year comes to a close, members of Richmond's senior class are preparing for life beyond college, whether that means starting a career, traveling, returning home or pursuing higher education. Although graduate school is common among Richmond students, the majority of graduates tend to enter the workforce before pursuing an additional degree: approximately 14% of the class of 2012 went straight to graduate school, said Anna Todaro, an assistant director at Career Services. The majority of Richmond students who attend graduate school primarily come from the School of Arts and Sciences and the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, Todaro said.

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Title IX training required of all sorority members

By Olivia Simons | April 10, 2013

University of Richmond is taking measures to increase the awareness of sexual abuse by requiring sorority members to participate in Title IX training. All freshmen, sophomore and junior sorority members are required to attend Title IX training, the first session of which occurred Sunday, said Kerry Fankhauser, Westhampton College associate dean and Title IX coordinator. Two more sessions will be offered Sunday, April 21, between 1 p.m.

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Lot R12 is closed until August for construction in the Commons

By Jamie Edelen | April 10, 2013

The parking lot next to the Tyler Haynes Commons, which is usually reserved for faculty, staff and Student Activities vans, has closed to create space for construction. Lot R12 will provide a staging area for contractors to fix the building's roof, Charles Rogers, director of design and construction said.

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Quidditch team to attend World Cup in Florida this weekend

By Mia Webber | April 9, 2013

The University of Richmond club Quidditch team will be attending the Quidditch World Cup in Kissimmee, Fla., this weekend. The team will be sending 21 players to the tournament, where it will compete with 80 other teams. "It truly is a World Cup," said sophomore, Julia Baer one of Richmond's team captains.

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Student to receive Norris Eastman Scholarship by end of month

By Brooke Knetzger | April 9, 2013

For the first time in two years there will be a new recipient of the Norris Eastman Scholarship at the University of Richmond. The scholarship, established in 1996 by memorial gifts given in Norris Eastman's name, originally was created to benefit a University of Richmond student studying health and sports science.

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Global Health students hold banquet for Partners in Health

By Mia Webber | April 9, 2013

Students from the Global Health Sophomore Scholars in Residence program hosted a banquet to celebrate and raise money for Partners in Health, an organization that strives to improve the healthcare conditions of poor communities around the world. As part of their capstone project for the SSIR, sophomores Alejandra Garcia-Narvaez, Leslie Kinnas and Whitney Schwalm organized the banquet, which took place on the evening of April 2, in the Alice Haynes Room in Tyler Haynes Commons.

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Greek organizations host spring philanthropy events

By Renee Ruggeri | April 8, 2013

Certain Greek organizations at University of Richmond have held or are planning spring charity events to raise money for their national philanthropies. The Pi Beta Phi sorority hosted its annual Ballin' for Books basketball tournament Wednesday, March 20, in the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness, said junior Emily Shuman, Pi Phi's vice president for philanthropy, who organized the event. Pi Phi raised $560 from the tournament, which will go to the national Pi Beta Phi Foundation, particularly its literary fund that benefits First Book, Shuman said.

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More than 200 students attend WCGA's annual Bellis Fest

By Molly McGrath | April 6, 2013

Bellis Fest, Westhampton College Government Association's annual spring festival, gathered more than 200 students Friday afternoon in the University of Richmond Forum. \0x200B Junior Sara Krauss, chairwoman of WCGA's External Affairs committee, said she had been concerned about the weather all week and was happy with the how the day had turned out. \0x200B"The sun is out," Krauss said.

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Five more cases of the mumps at UR, one at VCU

By Clay Helms | April 3, 2013

The mumps count has climbed to 20 confirmed cases at Richmond, and the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is investigating suspected cases that have popped up outside of campus, said Dr. Lynne Deane, director of the Student Health Center. Since Jan.

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Richmond continues sexual assault education and awareness

By Molly Gentzel | April 3, 2013

As sexual assault on college campuses becomes an increasingly relevant national issue, University of Richmond is engaging in new dialogue, pioneering new programs and working to streamline the process of reporting incidents and providing support for victims. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a school of about 18,000 undergraduates just two-and-a-half hours south of Richmond, has become the subject of a federal investigation after reports that the school's administration routinely misreported sexual misconduct complaints and mistreated victims, according to an article in The New York Times. A group of UNC students, alumni and one former faculty member drafted a letter to the U.S.

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Forum at the Forum: What is the value of your voice at UR?

By Kylie McKenna | April 3, 2013

Providing opportunities for students to speak freely and think on their feet is an obligation that Linda Hobgood, director of the Speech Center, said she took seriously. On Tuesday, April 9, the seventh annual Forum at the Forum will take place on the University Forum in front of Gottwald Science Center from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

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Pandora sets monthly mobile listening limit

By Mia Webber | April 2, 2013

Pandora radio will be limiting free mobile listening to 40 hours per month to help balance the increasing royalty costs of music. The personalized radio application has been facing rising royalty rates over the last three years, co-founder Tim Westergren said in an email to Pandora users, and these rates are scheduled to increase up to 16 percent in the next two years.

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Honor Week 2013 incorporates guest speakers

By Mara Lugo | April 2, 2013

The University of Richmond Honor Council held its annual Honor Week last week at Jepson Hall, with new programming that included a guest speaker from Harvard University and a business panel on ethics. The Honor Council carried out its traditional events, with a mock hearing performed by members of the councils on Tuesday, and a screening of the movie, "School Ties," on Thursday to conclude the week's festivities. Because the Honor Council operates under a two-strike system, the group tries to be both educational and punitive, said senior Lacie Horak, the previous chairwoman for the Westhampton College Honor Council. During Honor Week 2013 the councils wanted to emphasize the educational component by raising awareness about statutes, what the honor code is and what the honor council does for the community, Horak said.

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