The Collegian
Friday, April 18, 2025

Opinion


Opinion

In my own defense

By Hayley Swinson Westhampton College '10 Hey guys, thanks for the reaction; it's what I was looking for. The whole purpose behind this article was not to belittle the college scene, or to set myself apart from it, as I am not by any means holier-than-thou (sorry for making my fb profile unsearchable). Mostly, my aim was to shock people into thinking about the issue themselves, but more importantly not to be surprised when rumors and stereotypes surface about their actual behavior. I'm assuming that the two of you are recent graduates and have not been keeping up to date on what's been going on on campus (though I would like to think that they taught you in law school/wall street or wherever to take things in context). This is a response to the overreaction people had to an e-mail sent by, more than likely, fraternity brothers of yours describing a stereotypical UR woman. And what did the stereotypical UR woman do after she read the e-mail?


Opinion

Student leaders respond to Juicy Campus

By Generra Peck, Matt Whittaker, Elizabeth Barry, David McCormick, Lisa Sinkovitz and Connor Close Student Leadership Representatives We are writing to address JuicyCampus.com and its consequence to our campus community.


Opinion

A white multicultural?

Sunday night, Umoja Gospel Choir sang, sororities Delta Sigma Theta and Alpha Kappa Alpha stepped and three dance teams - NGOMA, Asian Beat and D-squad - performed to a packed house in the North Court Reception Room.


Opinion

GOP Fallout

By Jarrett Dieterle Collegian Columnist Immediately after last Tuesday's election many speculators were busy eulogizing the Republican Party.


Opinion

Letter: Shun JuicyCampus.com

We are writing to address JuicyCampus.com and its consequence to our campus community. First, we wish to express our collective disapproval and disappointment with Juicy Campus.


Opinion

Richmond students are not classy

It's true that the recent frat e-mail was disgustingly prejudiced. But more to the point, the images that were so bluntly described are not that far from the true social life of a typical Richmond student. Here's the REAL problem: The university cannot figure out how to clean up after its students.


Opinion

The juice is loose

A few days ago I discovered a juicy new addition to this campus, and judging by the most popular searches this week (Richmond currently holds the top two spots), it seems that a sizable chunk of the rest of our campus knows exactly what I'm talking about. You might remember the article that ran in The Collegian last year about a fast-growing Web site sweeping the nation's universities -- JuicyCampus.com.


Opinion

Music for social change

By Amanda Cannada Westhampton College '10 Last Monday night, I had the pleasure of going to what ended up being a two-and-a-half-hour information session on careers in the music business.


Opinion

Rebuilding our campus

By Jill Eisenberg Westhampton College '09 Our university's administration has acted swiftly and proactively to condemn the horrifying sexism and racism in the Kappa Sig e-mail, but administrators can lecture us until they are blue in the face.


Opinion

Free speech on campus

By Jarrett Dieterle Richmond College '10 In the wake of the derogatory e-mail by a U of R fraternity member, a thorough discourse has arisen within the hallways, classrooms and organized forums here on campus.


Opinion

WGSS should lose the "W"

By Nathan Bullock Richmond College '10 The recent uproar and controversy over the inappropriate e-mails degrading women on campus has led to a variety of responses and suggested solutions, most of which miss the point no matter how well intended.


Opinion

Get over yourself

By Brennan Lincoln Richmond College '09 First, I would like to address the question of the e-mail "incident" which has struck this university with such fury.