BY LINDLEY ESTES The student aid bill, signed on Tuesday, March 30 by President Obama, marked the realization of two of the Obama administration’s primary goals: affordable education and health care reform. House Democrats added the student aid legislation as an addendum to the health care bill during the final stages of amendment. Though the [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Students Favor, or Fault, Debated Health Care Law
On Sunday, March 21, the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Obama’s health care reform bill on a party line vote, after almost a year of fierce debate and criticism over the nature and cost of the legislation, according to Politico. President Obama signed the bill into law the following Tuesday. The Senate also approved [...]
Pregnancy Center Flyers Cause Controversy
BY LANDON JAMES The Mary Washington chapter of VOX, Voices for Planned Parenthood, is initiating a controversial abortion rights campaign on campus that questions the credibility of crisis pregnancy centers in the area. Anna Halbrooks-Fulks, founder and assistant president of VOX, and National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) campus intern, is spearheading a [...]
‘Conflicting Results’ Mar Class Council Election
BY KRISTEN KELLEHER Students campaigning for Mary Washington Honor Council, Judicial Review Board and Class Council ran from the UMW bell tower to Lee Hall last week, carrying spray-painted bed sheets to promote themselves for the 2010-2011 elections on March 24. Elections were held via e-mail on Wednesday, March 24, and results were announced at [...]
Police Beat–March 23-30
March 23- A student reported to the UMW police that her wallet was stolen. Since the theft occurred on Highland Avenue and not on-campus, UMW police took an information report and referred the student to the Fredericksburg police for a crime report. March 24- During a patrol, UMW police found that rooms B11, 217 and 308 [...]
Higher Minimum Wage Hurts Employment Chances
By MASON RAYNER Perhaps you are currently searching for a potential summer job, or have been trying to find part-time work over the course of this semester. If so, you probably have had trouble finding openings. Jobs are incredibly scarce at the moment. Although you may think this is the natural side effect of the [...]
Buying Marijuana Supports Violent Drug Cartels and Instability in Mexico
The legalization of marijuana is a controversial topic that leads to much debate over the merits of such a decision. The debate has even extended to the Mary Washington campus over its “one-strike” policy on drug use. Many students, and even some faculty, are trying to have the policy revised. While the arguments for and [...]
Single White Unemployed Female: Grad School Instead of Job is a Good Trade
I changed my mind. I think I know what I’m going to do with the rest of my life. A week ago, after spending a good deal of my current and past internships writing press releases and doing work with social media, I realized that I could see myself with a career in public relations. [...]
Sexclamations: Sex in Real Life Better Than in Movies
By ERIN HILL A scene from a collegehumor.com video: Boy: “Hold on. I’m still wearing a sock. Is it in?” Girl: “We should put down a towel. I’m—spotting.” Boy: “I’ve kind of lost it [my erection].” Despite some exaggeration, the aforementioned video embodies real sex, with all of its kinks and quirks. Sex can sometimes [...]
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