By HEATHER BRADY and KAT SAUNDERS At Voter Info Night on Monday, the candidates for Student Government Association president presented their views about the role of SGA via an unlikely topic: a student’s request for a tetherball court. The three candidates, Ashley Davis, Sam Miller and Chris Sions, all used the topic to bring humor [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Police Beat
By JESSICA MASULLI Feb. 22- At 2:09 p.m., it was reported that items were stolen from the fourth floor of Mason Hall. The four male suitemates reported two cameras, an iPod, sunglasses and a bottle of cologne missing from their rooms. The estimated value was $1,160. The investigation determined that an 18-year-old male Stafford resident [...]
Va. First Lady Anne Holton is Commencement Speaker
By HEATHER BRADY Virginia First Lady Anne Holton will be the speaker for Mary Washington’s 2009 commencement. She will address this year’s graduating class in Ball Circle on Saturday, May 9, according to a message from the Office of the President. Holton has devoted her career to improving foster care and adoption. She has served [...]
Students Endorse ‘Second Chance’ Policy for Drugs
By JOHANNAH O’KEEFE March 20 and 21, 233 students signed their names to a petition for a “second chance” drug policy at Mary Washington. The petition is part of a movement on campus to replace the current zero tolerance policy for drug-related offenses. If the administration were to enact the proposed “second chance” policy, offending [...]
Off-Campus Peeping Tom Raises Safety Concerns
On March 11, Fredericksburg police responded to a call from the 1000 block of Princess Ann Street, where three off campus students claimed an unidentified man had attempted to forcibly enter their apartment. According to the students, the man had approached one of them earlier that day, and had followed her to the front door, [...]
Apartments to Adopt Keycard System for Entering Buildings
By RYAN MARR Nearly five years after the installation of the first card access systems in the other campus residence halls, residents of the UMW Apartments will soon be required to carry key cards in order to gain access to their apartment buildings. The installation is set to be completed by the end of May [...]
UMW Holds First ‘Washicon’
By TRICIA CALLAHAN For the very first University of Mary Washington “Mary Washicon,” many students in the Renaissance Club wore traditional 1600s attire. Right beside them, a student from the J.A.D.E. anime club wore an orange wig and anime gear. The idea to create a club exhibition at Mary Washington turned into an all day [...]
Bullet Flash Back
In 1971, two years prior to Roe v. Wade, students at Mary Washington College had one place to go when they were pregnant and scared: the student newspaper office. “I can’t tell you how many students got illegal abortions,” said Jane Touzalin, editor-in-chief of the Mary Washington Bullet in 1970 and 1971. “People would come [...]
The Underground Redone
By ROBYN GIANNINI The University Underground, a phrase perhaps foreign to underclassmen but well-remembered by senior students, was once a legendary hang-out for students providing coffee and evening entertainment and activities in the basement of Lee Hall before it closed in Spring 2006. After undergoing renovations this summer, the Underground will reopen in Fall 2009. [...]
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