Archive for April, 2008

Susannigans: Walk This Way

By Susannah Clark After infesting our campus with seven trees worth of neon fliers, Students Helping Honduras held their third annual Walkathon on Saturday, in case you didn’t notice the rainbow of t-shirts spanning campus walk. Over 15 schools sent representatives to walk five miles up and down our bricked campus. Along with our Virginian [...]

Sexclamations

By KJ Adler It’s not what’s on the outside that matters but on the inside. What a load of bull. Of course the outside matters. We, along with every other creature out there, are judgmental. Birds show off plumage, gorillas puff out their chests and we humans wear nice clothes and gussy up. We will [...]

Summer’s Here: Go Learn Something

By Miles Dumville Summer’s almost here. I can’t wait. So, what are you up to this summer? “Well, I’m working. Chilling out at home with friends. I’ll probably take a trip with the fam’ and maybe even rent a beach place with some people. If I could count the number of times I’ve had that [...]

Staff Editorial: Will Copps, Editor in Chief Emeritus

If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ve probably noticed how every event of any importance is being dubbed. Spygate. Radiogate. Airlinegate. Even Chocolategate has been thrown around. I began to take over as Editor in Chief of the Bullet last year around the time of the incidents concerning former President Frawley. The time foreboded [...]

UMW Club Tennis Goes to Nationals

By Mike Uhle The UMW Club Tennis team competed in the USTA National Campus Championships for the first time in the club’s two year existence last week in Cary, NC. The team, consisting of individuals selected for competition in men and women’s singles, doubles and a mixed doubles match, included seniors Tommy Openchowski and Matt [...]

Mock 7.0

By Joey Merkel The football world was treated to a taste of the Draft earlier this week when the Miami Dolphins, who hold the first pick in the NFL Draft, came to a contractual agreement with University of Michigan offensive tackle, Jake Long. By agreeing prior to the draft, it ensures that Long will be [...]

Caps Fall in OT

By Nick Jacobs If there were ever a good ending for the Washington Capitals’ season this year it would be a game seven in a playoffs. Unfortunately for Caps fans, that is how it happened. On Tuesday night, the dream-like season ended in a 3-2 overtime loss against the Philadelphia Flyers. Coming back from last [...]

Baseball Takes Second

By Jonathan Wiggington The Mary Washington Eagles entered the Capital Athletic Conference baseball tournament with a 20-10 record. The Eagles played their first two games of the tournament in Fredericksburg, but traveled to Salisbury, Maryland Friday night to participate in the later rounds. With the second-best record in the CAC, Mary Washington opened up the [...]

Top Five Reasons to Hate Warmer Weather

By Claire Copps Ball Circle Our closet thing to a campus “quad,” and it gets flooded with people. If you want to go play some football, good luck with all the sunbathing girls taking up half of the grass and leaving about enough room for about one game of Frisbee. Don’t get me wrong, if [...]