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Richmond Compliments and @URSpotted lead social media wave

By Jessica Racioppi | January 23, 2013

Two Westhampton College seniors launched Richmond Compliments, a Facebook page with more than 1,300 members of the Richmond community, this December. The two women agreed to an anonymous interview with The Collegian over Facebook message under the Richmond Compliment abbreviation "RC." RC said that the two women trusted each other to keep their identities confidential and worked well together and communicated frequently about potential improvements. "The irony is that we have never met each other in real life," RC said. The creater of @URSpotted, a twitter account that launched in January 2012, said in an anonymous interview with The Collegian that it hoped to resume tweeting this spring, having been fueled by a little healthy competition from Richmond compliments. @URSpotted said: "I envy the creators of Richmond Compliments.

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Students gather to witness Obama's second inauguration speech

By Renee Ruggeri | January 22, 2013

Upon entering the Alice Haynes Room Monday to watch President Barack Obama's second inauguration, students and faculty were greeted by a life-sized cardboard cutout of a smiling photograph of Obama. Obama began by reminding the audience, "what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith ... what makes us American is our allegiance to an idea." About 10 people gathered to watch the president's live speech on TV. Though acknowledging the United States' adherence to the Constitution created by the Founding Fathers, Obama emphasized that the country must make the adjustments to it that must be made together, as the world begins to change. "Fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires action," he said. Some of these changes are the end of the decade-long war and the beginning of economic recovery, Obama said. The nation "cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it," he said.

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Author David Weinberger to speak at university next month

By Ben Panko | January 22, 2013

David Weinberger, an acclaimed author, technologist and internet researcher, will speak about the expanding internet industry and its impact on libraries at the University of Richmond next month. The lecture, which will take place at the Jepson Alumni Center at 2 p.m.

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Westhampton students donate toward custodial staff gifts

By Avery Shackelford | January 19, 2013

Before winter break, Westhampton College students donated money toward holiday gifts for their custodial staff, and this year they raised the most money ever, said Sarah Everette, Westhampton College area coordinator. The Westhampton Residence Life staff received $1,400 in donations from students, $200 more than last year.

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Bobby Ukrop resigns from Board of Trustees

By David Weissman | December 20, 2012

Bobby Ukrop, one of Richmond's largest donors during the past several years, has resigned from the university's Board of Trustees, as first reported by Richmond BizSense. Ukrop, who graduated from UR in 1969, had served on the board for 13 nonconsecutive years before stepping down at the board meeting on Dec.

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Students protest reconfiguration at Board of Trustees luncheon

By David Weissman | December 6, 2012

The University of Richmond board members were greeted Thursday on the third floor of the Tyler Haynes Commons by wraps, pasta salad, chips, brownies and about 50 students holding signs in support of reinstating the men's track and field and soccer programs. The Board of Trustees members, who made the decision in September to cut the two programs in favor of adding a men's lacrosse team, will meet again tomorrow, where board member Bobby Ukrop will present a case for the teams' reinstatement, said soccer alumnus Bret Myers. Track members originally decided to stage Thursday's protest when a source, who does not want his or her name shared, told the runners where and when the luncheon was taking place, said Kyle Ragan, a senior on the track team. Matthew Groff, a sophomore track member, thought the demonstration went better than expected, he said. "We didn't know how many people were going to come out," he said.

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Kappa Sigma loses its national fraternity charter

By Rebecca Wilson | December 6, 2012

Administrators at the University of Richmond sent an official statement commenting on the withdrawal of the charter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity Beta-Beta chapter to all the presidents of the university's fraternities and sororities on Thursday, Dec.

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"Bald Basketball" raises awareness for lymphoma

By admin | December 5, 2012

On Tuesday, Nov. 20, twelve University of Richmond faculty members and staff played in a Bald Basketball halftime game to support David Dean, an economics professor who was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma. Dean's friends and colleagues raised awareness of Dean's disease at the men's basketball game against Wofford College; many of them have shaved their heads to support him as he goes through chemotherapy.

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Lambda Chi Alpha assists 101-year-old brother and UR alumnus

By Melanie Overall | December 3, 2012

When centenarian Jim Mims woke up the morning of Dec. 1, he was unprepared for the early birthday present he received: more than 20 people laboring outside his house, performing outdoor chores. Approximately 22 people from the University of Richmond's Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and the Bon Air Rotary Club came to the aid of Mims that morning to help clean his yard, his roof and the surrounding land. Jonathan Shannon, one of Lambda Chi's current vice presidents, the fraternity's philanthropy officer and a junior at the University of Richmond said that just over half the current brothers planned on attending. "If someone needs help, it's natural to help them," Shannon said of the reason behind the high number of volunteers who jumped at the opportunity to help a fellow alumnus.

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Cigarette butt causes brush fire outside Robins Hall

By Scott Himelein | November 29, 2012

A cigarette butt caused the brush fire that forced Robins Hall residents to evacuate on Monday night, said Beth Simonds, university police captain. "The cigarette ignited a fire in the mulch pile between Robins Hall and the admissions office," Simonds said.

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Stop Hunger Now raises money through meal swipes

By Nabila Khouri | November 29, 2012

The week before thanksgiving break, the organization Stop Hunger Now allowed students to donate meal swipes at the dining hall to raise money for its meal-packaging event in the spring, Adrienne Piazza said. Piazza is the coordinator of student development and educational programming and in charge of the on-campus effort to promote the organization and its cause. "Although I am not certain how many meal swipes we raised this year, in the past years we've raised around $1500, that goes towards the meal packaging event," Piazza said. The biggest event held by the Center for Civic Engagement issued coalition, is the meal-packaging event that takes place in the February, she said.

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Police Report: 11/29/12

By The Collegian | November 29, 2012

Intimidation Nov. 11, 12:54 a.m. An unknown offender verbally intimidated two Richmond College students in the 1600 block of the University Forest Apartments. Liquor-Law Violation Nov.

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Student Health Center warns against chickenpox, other illnesses

By Jack Clark | November 29, 2012

With a national outbreak of meningitis and the recent presence of chickenpox on campus, the Student Health Center has been on high alert. In the days leading up to Thanksgiving break, a student's chickenpox was diagnosed, but has fully recovered, said the staff of the student health center.

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Electronic door locks replace keys in Lora Robins Court

By Katie Branca | November 29, 2012

New electronic dorm-room locks were installed in Lora Robins Court during the summer, allowing residents to open their rooms with only their Spidercard and a pin code. Starting in September, each resident was able to program her room's device to recognize her Spidercard and a pin that she assigned to it.

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