LAUREN JURGENSEN Don’t expect to find a belly dancer at this year’s bhangra dance. Instead, a competitive dance-off between four local university bhangra dance teams will replace the belly dancers that were once a staple of the International Living Center’s annual dance event. “The last two years we’ve always done a fusion of bhangra and [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Ecology Club Goes Green
KAT SAUNDERS Last weekend, 40 University of Mary Washington students joined over 6,000 young adults from around the country in Washington D.C. for Power Shift 2007, a summit aimed at solving environmental and energy problems. Members of the University’s Ecology Club organized the trip to the three-day conference as part of their efforts to educate [...]
Encore, Encore!: UMW Choir Creates Dance Dance Evolution
KAITLIN MAYHEW The “lemon-lion face” is among the many facial expressions that University of Mary Washington sophomore Sarah Combs makes to get psyched up for an Encore performance. “It calms my nerves and makes me laugh!” Combs said of the expression. Encore, a small co-ed ensemble show choir, had its first performances of the year [...]
A Funny Thing to Happen at UMW
ANNIE KINNIBURGH First semester at college is difficult for many freshmen. But McLane Heckman had help with the transition: he was cast in the UMW fall production of the musical “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” “Forum,” a Stephen Sondheim musical with the tagline “Tragedy Tomorrow, Comedy Tonight!” revolves around the [...]
Top 5 Ways to Avoid Across the Curriculum Requirements
JUSTIN TONEY In talking with my advisor recently I learned that bribery is not an effective means of getting one’s RPN. I also learned that somewhere Satan himself has devised certain regulations prohibiting me from graduating in four years with my major in… something. These “across-the-curriculum requirements” are a pain in mine and everyone else’s [...]
Great Hall Masquerade Ball: Renaissance Club Dances the Night Away
TIFFANY DOUGLASS This past Friday night, Great Hall was transformed back to the medieval ages. The UMW Renaissance Club hosted a Masquerade Ball to celebrate Halloween and participate in general fall reveries. The chandelier emitted a romantic glow on the masked attendants below. The white and black checkered floor matched the costumes of the flamboyant [...]
UMW History Through Art
TIM ST. ONGE Last Thursday a new art exhibit, “The Creative Process: History of the Arts at the University of Mary Washington,” opened in duPont Gallery celebrating 100 years of the fine arts at UMW. Featured alongside the exhibit was a visual timeline of the school as well as an opportunity for visitors to write [...]
Student Gallery’s First Opening
MATT ELLIOTT On Friday, Nov. 2, University of Mary Washington seniors Terry Moore and Bobby Bass opened their new gallery Sights & Sounds. The gallery, which is located at 915 Lafayette Blvd, had a grand opening party from 2-8pm with food, live music and student art. Moore, a studio art major, is still an active [...]
Pash Rocks Halloween Show
STEPHANIE BREIJO Cigarette smoke curled around a pack of unhappy under-21s who lingered outside the Loft in costumes all too revealing, while the of-age crowd shuffled past into the venue’s narrow stairwell for a low-lit Halloween show. While the Loft lacked its previously traditional hand stamps, it compensated with heavy I.D. checks and frank words [...]
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