MILES DUMVILLE Executive Assistant to the President Ranny Corbin is the new clerk to the Board of Visitors, replacing the recently resigned clerk Amy Taft. The job of the clerk, according to Section X of the UMW Board of Visitors bylaws, is to assist the Secretary of the Board of Visitors with their responsibilities, such [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Visitors’ Meeting Moved to May
BRITTANY DeVRIES The UMW Board of Visitors postponed last Friday’s meeting because proper public notice of the originally scheduled meeting’s arrangements was not given. The meeting is postponed until May 8. Procedures for announcing regular Board meetings as described in the Freedom of Information Act include at least a 10-day advance notice by mail or [...]
Police Beat: April 26, 2009
April 3- At 9:50 a.m., a 19-year-old female student reported that her vehicle was hit while parked in front of Bushnell Hall. The car was hit on the driver’s side rear bumper. Estimated damage is $500. There are no suspects or witnesses at this time. April 7- At 1 p.m., a 19-year-old male from Westmoreland [...]
UMW Fall Sports Preview
ZACH MORETTI Now that summer has wrapped up, UMW athletics is back in full swing and full sweat. Volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, and men’s and women’s soccer all look to build on their 2008 campaigns and hope to do even better in 2009. The 2008 Eagles volleyball team had a solid [...]
That’s What She Said
KAITLIN MAYHEW The “morning after” will be a little less stressful from now on. Or at least for a select group of 17-year-old girls it will be. The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to loosen restrictions on Plan B, or the “morning after pill.” In accordance with the new restrictions, 17-year-old girls [...]
Student Wins Fulbright
KJ ADLER Senior Sylvia Sierra discovered on April 3 that she had won a Fulbright Scholarship to Mexico. Sierra is the fifth student to earn a Fulbright at the University of Mary Washington. The scholarship entails all expenses paid for a year of research and study in the applied country. She had originally planned on [...]
Frisbee Team Returns
BRITTANY DeVRIES Lazlo’s Weenie World may not mean very much to most people, but there are a group of frisbee players who see it as the core of their lives. Hugh Lowry, ’77 alum, and his wife, Mary, is in charge of Lazlos, a one weekend a year restaurant that materializes beneath a picnic shelter [...]
Four Is a Crowd
VIRGINIA SCOTT Three’s company, and four’s a brothel, at least according to the city of Fredericksburg. Many students are aware of this law, dubbed the “brothel rule” reading that no more than three unrelated individuals may live together in town. Virginia still harbors many outdated laws such as in Waynesboro, VA where it is “illegal [...]
Top 5 Reasons the Recession Ain’t so Bad
JOHN SHERIDAN 1. I will have a lot of free time when I graduate— All the books and videogames that I have put off because of school will finally be mine to read/play at my leisure, and there will be a lot of leisure. So what if I can’t afford a PS3 or a damn [...]
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