I tried to like “Raditude.” I really, really tried to like it, but I just about gave up when I heard “Can’t Stop Partying” featuring Lil Wayne. I’m not saying hip-hop and rock can’t combine; it’s been done before quite successfully, but the group that once sang about Dungeons and Dragons joining forces with the [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Underwood Shines on Third Album
Carrie Underwood, season 4 winner of “American Idol” and country music sensation, has yet another stellar album in “Play On.” Although Underwood has some fun with this album, like the upbeat “Cowboy Casanova” (which has been getting incessant radio play for months), most of the album takes a more serious tone. Underwood transitions flawlessly from [...]
Police Beat 12/3/09
Nov. 18- UMW police and the Fredericksburg Rescue Squad responded to a guest illness at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center. The guest was treated at the scene and did not want to go to the hospital. Nov. 19- A student reported that her zippered, floral wallet was stolen from the Eagle’s Nest on Wednesday, Nov. 18 [...]
Students Speak Out About Mid-Semester Tuition Hike
When the University of Mary Washington Board of Visitors approved a mid-year tuition increase on Nov. 20, most students were not aware of the change. “I had no idea that that was happening, until someone brought it up,” senior Ashley Jacoby said. On Nov. 20, the BOV approved a tuition increase that will be in [...]
UMW Dean Addresses Final Exam Mix-Up
This Wednesday, as students crammed for upcoming exams, an unexpected change occurred on the online UMW final exam schedule. The only known changes were to the 6:00-7:15 p.m. sections of Tuesday/Thursday classes. The original exam was scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 10, and was changed to Tuesday, Dec. 8. However, Associate Dean of Academic Services Dr. [...]
President Makes Plans for Year of Digital Campus
On Nov. 4, President Judy Hample officially designated the 2009-2010 academic year as the Year of the Digital Campus, a follow through of a plan initially mentioned last fall during her State of the University Address. “I invited a group of students, faculty and staff to initiate a year-long dialogue about the defining characteristics of [...]
Students Use Festival to Raise Money for Non-Profit Organization
Benefitting greatly from good weather and a community full of holiday spirit, Students Empowering the Poor raised $500 at a Thanksgiving festival Saturday, Nov. 21. The festival at Hurkamp Park helped to raise funds to go to a health center in West Africa. “This carnival was to bring everyone together in the Thanksgiving spirit to [...]
Love Misrepresented in ‘Twilight’
With the release of the second “Twilight” movie, “New Moon”, has come a resurgence of “Twilight”-mania. Crazed teenage (and, oddly enough, middle-age) female fans have flocked to the movie theaters to see the movie over and over again. I admit that I was one of the people to see it on opening weekend. I have [...]
Susannigans: With Final Viewpoints, Susannah Signs Off
“Writing a weekly column is a lot of commitment and responsibility, Susannah. I just don’t think you’re ready yet.” …said Steve Watkins, former faculty adviser to the UMW Bullet. Three years later, I am writing you my 60th and final “Susannigans.” Nobody selected me to be a columnist. My sophomore year, I was elected Viewpoints [...]
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