By Jess Pike On Friday Nov. 2, 40 to 50 gallons of water came pouring out of panels and light fixtures onto the second floor of Melchers Hall. “It was a big mess,” said Jean Dabb, Art and Art History Department chair. According to Dabb, there were also smaller leaks of water in the stair [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Frawley Lambastes UMW Board
By Katy Burnell Ousted UMW President William Frawley says the school’s Board of Visitors twice agreed and twice reneged on a promised severance package after he was fired following two dunk-driving arrests in two days last spring. In a lengthy editorial column, “I Needed Compassion, Not Ostracism,” which ran in last Sunday’s Washington Post, Frawley [...]
That’s What She Said
By Tierney McAffee I <3 the 80s (but only cause I have to) Ah, the 80s, our mother decade. Most of us 80s babies—along with the rest of the country—look back in shame at the era that birthed us. And it doesn’t take glasses that cover 70 percent of your face to see why—our mom [...]
Foreign Students Find Their Way Around Fred
By Kaitlin Mayhew What shocked University of Mary Washington foreign exchange students the most when they came to the United States wasn’t the food or the music or even reality television-it was our shoes. “In Korea we take off our shoes every single time we’re inside,” said Shin-hae Kim, a Korean exchange student who spent [...]
Circus Club Takes Center Ring at UMW
Sadie Hagberg While most of us were busy juggling classes, work, and extracurriculars last semester, a small group of students were gathering for their own kind of juggling – circus juggling. Last spring, several students created the UMW Circus Club. The club, which has 15 members, meets weekly to participate in circus-related activities. “We are [...]
Tasty Eats Downtown
By Kathryn Saunders By the second week of the semester, the average student isn’t too keen on stomaching another Nest tuna sandwich. Despite the large number of restaurants in downtown Fredericksburg, too many students turn to Ramen and Chinese food. By now, everyone has realized that adding hot sauce to your Easy Mac isn’t gourmet, [...]
UMW Alum Dodges a Bullet
Tierney McAffee One morning last January, UMW alumnus Drew Bambrick woke up to find three masked men in his bedroom. Bambrick, who lives alone in a house in the Village of Idlewild, thought that the intruders were just his friends playing a trick on him, but the nine millimeter handgun pointed at his head proved [...]
Ales for the Holidays
By Charlotta Jarborg 1. Blue Moon – Full Moon Winter Ale While their pumpkin concoction was a swing and a miss, this cleverly titled brew hits a homerun. The Colorado based Coors brewing company do a great job on their normal version of this Belgian Pale Ale style, and this Christmas flavor delivers. My tasting [...]
Kindred Spirits Display Photographs
By Aaron Richardson Seniors Clara Williams and Beth Wilkins have been friends since high school. They studied photography under the same teacher in high school, and now they culminate their college careers with a joint photography exhibit. Williams and Wilkins will open their exhibit “Kindred Vale” at Sights and Sounds on Lafayette Boulevard on Friday, [...]
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