Archive for November, 2007
Swim Team Laps Competition
JOEY MERKEL New swimming head coach Matt Sellman is fitting in just fine. The University of Mary Washington team has had little trouble adjusting to a change in staff, starting the 2007 season with just one loss between the men’s and women’s teams. “Both are very strong teams that look to make a significant impact [...]
Politik Sentenced
JESS MASULLI On April 26, 2007, Reed Pannell waited in the General District Court of Fredericksburg to hear the final verdict for Andrew Jefferson Stone, charged with three counts of assault and battery, a class one misdemeanor. Stone turned to Pannell and the two other victims and winked. “He knew he was getting the weaker [...]
Police Beat
KATY BURNELL Oct. 26- At 2 a.m., Fredericksburg Police arrested 19-year-old residential student Nancy Bechtold outside of Houston’s on charges of drunk in public and possessing false documents, according to police Spokesperson Natatia Bledsoe. “She was intoxicated to the point where it was not safe to leave her on her own,” Bledsoe said. Bledsoe said [...]
Laptop Thief Behind Bars
ERIN LEACH-KEMON Former University of Mary Washington student David Ware was arrested last November for stealing what school officials report was over $86,000 of University property and was found responsible for the numerous incidents of urination throughout Randolph Hall. In July, Ware was convicted of three counts of burglary and three counts of grand larceny [...]
B-Ballers in District Court
STEPHANIE BREIJO Nine current and former members of the University of Mary Washington men’s basketball team appeared alongside three additional students in Fredericksburg District Court Tuesday, Oct. 30 for 30 alcohol-related charges and one count of obstruction of justice. The 12 students were brought to court by 30 summonses given for numerous counts of underage [...]
Yearbook Uses Web
MEGAN MCDONOUGH Sophomore Rebekah Blackwell was alarmed when she opened a copy of the 2007 University of Mary Washington yearbook and saw a picture of herself. She recognized the photo right away — an unflattering shot of Blackwell dancing with her boyfriend at Spring Formal that a friend had posted on Facebook. Blackwell hated the [...]
Immediate Reactions: Incident Leads to Campus Controversy
KATY BURNELL AND JUSTIN TONEY When Acting President Rick Hurley heard about the offensive poster displayed by some Jefferson Hall residents that led housekeepers to complain to University police, he was livid. “I wanted to see them thrown off campus. I don’t think they belong here,” Hurley said. Now, several days into his investigations of [...]
Students Follow the Beat of Native Drum
SADIE HAGBERG Last Saturday, Nov. 3, the Red Storm Drum and Dance Troupe entertained more than 30 UMW students and community members in Woodard Campus Center as part of National American Indian Heritage Month. “We are here to honor our tribe’s memory,” said Jerry Greyhawk, co-founder of the troupe. “We are an intertribal group; each [...]
That’s What She Said…
MEGAN GRIGORIAN All Country, No Rock ‘n’ Roll This campus is in a serious music crisis. According to Facebook, the top music selection among Mary Wash students is as followed: 1. Tim McGraw 2. Rascal Flatts 3. Country I know we go to school in the South, in a state and city that’s synonymous with [...]














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