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Archive for December, 2009
Staff Editorial: Administration Fails to Notify Students of Crucial Changes
In the final week of classes, students are eager to turn in final papers, place finished final exams in the hands of professors and go home for a month, not letting the upcoming Spring semester even cross their minds. Due dates that seemed so far away on the syllabus back in September are now quickly [...]
DeVar Named All-American
UMW senior Frank DeVar has been one of the prominent athletes at Mary Washington in the past 15 years. At the NCAA Division III National Championships on Nov. 21, DeVar placed 16th in a field of 276 runners to earn Division III All-American honors. DeVar is the first men’s UMW cross country runner to become [...]
H1N1 Vaccine Offered to Students
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, UMW students under the age of 24 will be able to get H1N1 vaccinations free of charge in the Great Hall. The Health Center has reserved Meeting Room 1 in the Great Hall Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and again on Wednesday, Dec. 9 from 7 p.m. [...]
Best of the Decade: Movies That Moved Us
Drama 1.“There Will be Blood” Finally, this movie is No. 1 on somebody’s list. Granted, it’s an insignificant list put together by amateurs, but it makes me feel good. Daniel Day Lewis brings Daniel Plainview, the black-hearted, greedy Texas oilman to life the way only he can. From beginning to end, Lewis makes you squirm [...]
Alumnus Returns to Tutor Farsi
Recent UMW graduate Zeke Kassock has gone above and beyond since leaving Mary Washington. Instead of entering the working world, Kassock remains in the Fredericksburg area, returning to campus a few times a week to teach Farsi to anyone who wants to learn. His story goes all the way back to the Spring of 2003. [...]
Student Desk Aide Positions to be Eliminated
Starting next semester, there will be no more desk aides in any dorms on-campus. Residence life recommended the program be cut and the Board of Visitors approved the decision at its meeting on Nov. 20. “Everybody across the institution had to make cuts,” Chris Porter, director of residence life said. “None of these are easy [...]
Student Dance Show PACs A Punch
The Performing Arts Club presented their Fall Big Show on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 22 at 2:00 p.m. in Dodd Auditorium. Although the pamphlet made no mention of the title’s origin, the show, titled “Eugenius,” was named after the late UMW Professor of Dance, Eugene A. Roscoe, and marks the [...]
Renewed Debate Arises Over James Farmer Post
The James Farmer Professorship in Human Rights, created to honor Farmer’s Civil Rights accomplishments, will be undergoing significant changes at the beginning of the spring semester. Following the departure of Dr. Gregory Stanton in April after six years with the University, the James Farmer Professorship offered by the History Department was left vacant. Now, Provost [...]
“Community” A Thursday Night Gem
NBC’s newest addition to the Thursday night fall line up has proven to be quite successful considering its competition such as “The Office” and “30 Rock”. “Community” is a show about the journey of a former lawyer (Joel McHale) through the community college system in order to re-obtain his degree, which he had previouly falsified. [...]
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