By DAVID TINDELL Eagle Village apartments are showing visible progress since Phase I construction began in February 2009. Between February and August 2009, a total of 78,000 square feet (1.8 acres) of the former Park-N-Shop retail space was demolished to make way for the 569,000 bricks that will be included in UMW’s Eagle Village. For [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Apogee Restores the CW to UMW Campus
By EMILY MONTGOMERY Gossip Girl is back. After a period in which students had not been receiving the television channel the CW, which hosts “Gossip Girl,” it is available again. Joseph McMahon, Apogee support technician for the university, reported Tuesday on his blog that all students should be able to get it. “We activated a [...]
Unmarked Cars on Patrol in Parking Lots
By SARAH SANDERS Out of concern for the safety of students, UMW has decided to increase the number of campus security guards on duty during the evening hours. With the limited number of on-campus parking spots as a result of the construction projects on campus, students have been forced to park their vehicles off-campus, resulting [...]
Steering Committee Announces Five Year Plan
By SARAH DENBY Students may not recognize the University of Mary Washington five years from now with all the construction and renovation on campus. The UMW Steering Committee released its third draft of the strategic plan for the university for the next five years. The plan includes eight goals, each including several objectives that have [...]
‘Endangered’ Clubs Warned by OSACS
By SARA MARRON Flyers posted around campus warn some clubs that they are “endangered of becoming extinct” because they have failed to reregister this year with the Office of Student Activities and Community Service. Each year that a club or organization wishes to hold meetings, policy requires that they register with the Office of Student [...]
Police Beat
By JESSICA MASULLI Sept. 17- At 2 p.m., police saw a suspicious male at the College of Graduate and Professional Studies. The 21-year-old male was with a car that had no gas in it. Police started to check his license and registration. He then ran from the police. The Stafford County Sheriff Office came to [...]
First Senate Meeting Pushes Communication
By ERIC STEIGLEDER The Mary Washington Student Senate convened for its first meeting of the semester on Sept. 9. Presided over by SGA Vice President Hassan Abdelhalim, this Senate meeting allowed both senior and newly-elected senators to familiarize themselves with parliamentary procedures, committees, and legislative expectations. In Mary Washington student government, the Senate is compromised [...]
Dorm Dining: Sloppy Joe in Seconds
By BEVERLY SCHOLNICK Sloppy Joe in Seconds Ingredients: 4oz (1/2 cup) leftover chicken or pork 1-2 Tbs barbeque sauce 1 hamburger bun Directions: Shred chicken* Mix shredded chicken with barbeque sauce and microwave until warm Spoon chicken mixture into a hamburger bun and serve *To shred chicken, pierce the chicken with a fork to hold [...]
‘The Violet Hour’ Showcases Acting Talent
By KATIE B. O’CONNOR This past weekend, Studio 115 presented its first play of the season, “The Violet Hour,” which was written by Richard Greenberg and directed by UMW senior Paul Morris. This century-hopping tragicomedy centers on a young publisher who, in 1919, must decide between publishing his best friend’s novel or the memoirs of [...]
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