By Kat Saunders The University of Mary Washington released a draft of the proposed “Bias Offense and Incident Reporting Policy and Procedures” Wednesday, January 23. The new procedures allow members of the University community to report online incidents of discrimination or bias. A designated staff member will follow up all incident reports. According to Associate [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Help Desk Moves Back to GW
By Leah Kieff The stink is finally gone from the George Washington Hall basement. For years, an insufficient heating and cooling system left the walls chronically damp with what Rick Pearce, associate vice president for Business and Finance, called “a locker room smell.” Now, after a $1.5 million renovation, the GW basement is stench-free and [...]
Murder at Mi Casa
By Chelsie Meredith On January 13 at Mi Casa, a popular Mexican restaurant and nightclub in Central Park, a local Fredericksburg resident was shot. According to police, the death was the result of gang-related violence. For UMW students, including freshman Paul Butler, who often frequents Mi Casa, the police report was stunning news. “I’m very [...]
John, Not Mark: Warner to Visit UMW
By Brittany DeVries Vandalism is not a new thing to the Mary Washington campus, but the recent string of defecations in public space may surprise students and staff. Since the Friday of finals week last year, police and housekeeping staff from the University have found human feces, urine, and other forms of vandalism in both [...]
Vandals Soil Elevators
By Justin Toney Vandalism is not a new thing to the Mary Washington campus, but the recent string of defecations in public space may surprise students and staff. Since the Friday of finals week last year, police and housekeeping staff from the University have found human feces, urine, and other forms of vandalism in both [...]
That’s What She Said
By Mary Ryan Richardson Most people who go to Houston’s go to dance and to have a good time, not to feel uncomfortable and awkward. It is a mystery to me what guys really think is going to happen when they decide to randomly come up and dance behind me. Last Thursday, I was in [...]
Afghan Students Adjust to Life at UMW
By Kaitlin Mayhew Wearing pajamas to an 8 a.m. class is a common occurrence at the University of Mary Washington, but for Afghanistan exchange students Nilab Sadat and Zahra Noor the casual dress code was shocking. “In Afghanistan I have to take care of at least a chador or long clothes,” Sadat said. “I could [...]
Lecturer Features FDR
By Chelsea Newnam Jean Edward Smith, professor of political science at Marshall University, began his lecture at the University of Mary Washington last Thursday, Jan. 24, by asking audience members to leave. “When I speak at a college campus, I always worry that there will be someone in the audience that knows more about the [...]
UMW Goes Victorian
By KJ Adler Dressed in a red hoopskirt gown lined with black lace and matching gloves, Jess Bellah hurried to the ball almost an hour late. She quietly slipped into the venue where the other partygoers were well into performing the last dance of the first set, the Virginia Reel. Bellah, a junior at the [...]
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