Archive for January, 2009

Yates Book Portrays 60s Drama

By Virginia Scott As we enter tax season, the demise of hockey and football season, another season is right around the corner; Academy Award season. Revolutionary Road, the movie, is up for three nominations, Best Supporting Actor, Art Direction, and Costume Design. It is an adapted screenplay because it was first written as a novel [...]

Features January 29, 2009 2:31 pm 0 comments

La Ceiba Lends Help

By Heather Brady Professor Shawn Humphrey was floating between houses in a Honduran squatter village when he noticed something surprising: one of the houses had a television that was hooked up to a battery and a motorcycle that was parked outside. Humphrey went inside and, with the help of a translator, spoke to Benjamín, (pronounced [...]

Features January 29, 2009 2:30 pm 0 comments

UMW Has Gender Neutral Dorms

By Robyn Giannini For the first time ever, men and women students at UMW may be able to room together. It is not in effect yet, but that is the ultimate goal of a conceptual living program on campus that aims to take emphasis off of gender. If it eventually does come to pass, UMW [...]

Features January 29, 2009 2:29 pm 0 comments

Playing With Swords

By Christina Lambert The swords are flying three days a week in the auxiliary gym. Swinging slender weapons called the sabre, the foil, and epee, the University’s fencing club has begun practicing for a new semester of dueling. The first event will be the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre, a local competition taking place Feb. 12. [...]

Features January 29, 2009 2:28 pm 0 comments

Top Ten Things You Missed at Roses

By Ryan Marr and Landon James At least once in their life, a person discovers a store that completely changes the way they view the world. With absurdly low prices and an eclectic selection, Roses was that store, catering to the poor and bargain-seeking college student. From Halloween costumes to expired jars of pickles, Roses [...]

Style January 29, 2009 2:27 pm 0 comments

Hootie Guitarist Goes Solo

By Tricia Callahan Hootie and the Blowfish sold over 12 million copies of their 1994 release “Cracked Rear View,” according to Billboard Magazine’s website. “Rear View” is one of the top-selling albums of all time, topped only by names like Elvis and The Beatles. But where are the musicians of South Carolina’s blues rock quartet [...]

Style January 29, 2009 2:26 pm 0 comments

Touring Stafford Teens Sing the Blues

By Alex Culbreth When one thinks of the blues, being barreled out of tiny nightclubs or shouted from the streets for spare change, cities such as New Orleans and Memphis usually come to mind. Stafford, Virginia is certainly not the home to any style of blues or to any famous blues musicians, but it is [...]

Style January 29, 2009 2:24 pm 0 comments

Improv Troupe Starts Second Semester With a Bang

By Danielle Velardi Combs 139 held a steady crowd Friday night as members of the Undeniably Adjacent performed three different half-hour shows.  Each show startsedwith a one word suggestion from the audience.  From there the members perform what is called the pattern game in order to generate scene ideas. “Turtle!”  A member of the audience [...]

Style January 29, 2009 2:23 pm 0 comments

DiBella Past and Present

By Katie Robinson UMW Galleries held an open reception on Thursday, Jan 22 for Dupont Gallery’s new exhibit, “Departures and Arrivals: Previous and Recent Works” by Joseph Di Bella. The exhibit will be on display from Jan 23 through Feb 6 and admission is free. This well crafted exhibit presents a colorful array of complex [...]

Style January 29, 2009 2:20 pm 0 comments
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