By TITUS STUPFEL Dan Marsh, resident and member of the Campus Christian Community’s ministry team, found human feces and waste products including paper, strewn around the bathroom and couches Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. when he opened the building. According to Marsh, a member of one of the groups that rents the campus center on [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Outside the Fence
By HEATHER BRADY Regional Derrick Gosnell, a 25-year-old Spotsylvania County man charged last month with the attempted rape of two women working in local motels, decided on Oct. 28 to act as his own attorney during his preliminary hearings. Three out of four charges were certified to the grand jury by the general District Court [...]
Blue Light Phones Fail Safety Tests
By LAUREN ORSINI The University of Mary Washington blue light safety system failed last week during a test call when police were not able to identify the location of the phone and the caller. Susan Knick, assistant vice president for Public Safety and Community Services, made the call during a safety tour of the campus [...]
Faculty Explains Obama’s Impact
By KAT SAUNDERS On November 4th, Barack Obama defeated John McCain and was elected the 44th president of the United States. The popular vote was close, but Obama won by more than two to one in the Electoral College, with a final tally of 349 votes for Obama and 147 for McCain votes. 270 votes were [...]
Obama Elected 44th President; Students Reflect on Election
By BRITTANY De VRIES “Welcome aboard, ladies and gentlemen, I’m your hope captain,” he said. He put the key in the ignition of the Young Democrats white van on Election Day. An Obama icon magnet that was attached to the van door slid aside as UMW students opened the door and took a seat. Vice President [...]
Alum Talks on Psych of Sex
By KAITLIN MAYHEW In a recent study including men from the age of 18 to 29, 69 percent know an adult who has had sex with a minor, and 51 percent of them know five or more. These statistics, found in a study done by MWC alumnus Bob Franklin for the Virginia Department of Health, show [...]
Ghosts Slam Mason
By LANDON JAMES Last year, Chase Morgan, a freshman living in room 205 in Mason Hall, awoke early one morning to the sounds of kitchen cabinets and drawers being slammed shut in the kitchen. Morgan’s room was next to the kitchen, so he paid little attention to the noises, but got up anyway to tell [...]
Third Party Choices at the Polls
By MARY TURNER Other than McCain or Obama, there are four other candidates to choose from in this year’s presidential election. Samantha Lee, a former Colbert/Stewart ’08 supporter said, “I didn’t even know there were other candidates, but I wish I did, so I didn’t feel like my only options were Obama and McCain.” Lee is [...]
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