By SUSANNAH CLARK I love gore. And I’m not talking about Al. or Vidal. Yes, Susannah Clark, with her Christopher Robin haircut and plethora of cardigan sweaters, loves to watch movies where people get slaughtered in the most graphic and absurd ways imaginable. It’s sick. I’m aware. There is a distinction between “splatter films” and [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Sexclamations
By KJ ADLER It always starts off innocently enough. “Wow!” He will say. “You sure do have a lot of piercings.” “Why, yes.” I will respond, “Yes I do.” “How many do you have?” he will ask. “I have 18 piercings,” often adding, “15 in the ears” when I notice him dodging around both sides [...]
Letter to the Editor: Chemotherapy is No Joke
The following letter was written in response to “Top Five Ways to Lose Weight With Minimal Effort” (Feb. 21, 2008, The Bullet:) Dear Editor: In response to the article, “Top Five Ways to Lose Weight With Minimal Effort” printed in the Feb. 21 issue of the Bullet, it saddens me how uneducated a university student [...]
Letter to the Editor: ‘M’ is 4 Misunderstood
The following letter was written in response to “M is 4 Misuse” (Feb. 21, 2008, The Bullet:) Dear Editor: After reading Ms. Pilati’s Feb. 21 response piece about the recent acquisition of M4 rifles by the UMW police department, I felt compelled to reply and clarify some points that she did not understand and did [...]
Staff Editorial
It’s been a rough year for Virginia public institutions. While the shootings at Virginia Tech last April remain in their own league of tragedy, two of Virginia’s most esteemed public institutes are now without president—but not without pride. The College of William & Mary President Gene Nichol’s rash resignation and last year’s termination of UMW [...]
Anarchy Strikes at Mary Wash
By JESSICA MASULLI Anarchists from all over Virginia gathered in Woodard Campus Center for the third meeting of the Virginia Anarchist Federation on Feb. 23. The Anarchist Socialist Theory Club of Mary Washington hosted the meeting. The Virginia Anarchist Federation is in the process of creating a sustainable group so that anarchists can have connections [...]
Council Cancels Formal
By HEATHER BRADY This semester, Class Council has again cancelled the Spring Formal without planning a replacement dance. According to Trish Lauck, President of the Senior Class Council, there was a budget of only $8,000 for an event that cost $30,000 the last time it was held in 2007. “We realized that the Spring Formal [...]
Scam Strikes Campus
By ANNIE KINNIBURGH UMW students checking their school e-mail should be wary of an message containing death threats from a supposed hit man, according to a warning issued Feb. 18 by the Department of Information Technology and the UMW Police. In the e-mail, the hit man demands $15,000 to divulge the name of a close [...]
MW Faculty Loses Eight
By SARAH FINNEY Next fall, eight faculty faces will be missing from the ranks of Mary Washington’s professors. Three members of the faculty announced that they will be resigning from the University at the end of the academic year for personal or professional reasons. Five others will retire following this semester. Rosemary Barra, interim vice [...]
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