Anthony Bourdain is filled with boiling rage whenever he passes an Olive Garden restaurant. In his speech for the Fredericksburg Forum last Thursday he said he sees food as an attempt at cross-cultural communication and a personal story told by the person handing it to you. Therefore, when people mess up what should be easy [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Alumna Provides Legal Aid in Dubai
By Frances Womble Shelia Shadmand’s schedule is different from the other lawyers working for Jones Day in Washington, D.C. While her partners are walking into the office in the morning, Shadmand is leaving hers. That’s because she is specializing in international litigation and pro bono work in Dubai. In 2009, Jones Day, a large and [...]
Man Impersonating Policeman Frightens Student Off Campus
Fredericksburg police received a call Monday night at 11:30 p.m. that a male identifying himself as a police officer approached a UMW student at the corner of Charlotte and Spottswood streets as she was walking home from her car. As she was arriving at her residence, the student noticed the suspect leaning against a street [...]
At Eagle Village, Crackdown on Parking Begins
By LINDLEY ESTES Cars parked in lots around Eagle Landing that aren’t designated for student parking will be towed beginning Oct. 1. Cars with green decals will be confined to the third, fourth and fifth levels of the Eagle Village parking garage, according to an e-mail sent out to students from the Offices of Public [...]
All Spiced Up: Homemade Bread
By Danielle Rosenberg Kneading and baking fresh bread is one of the arts for which our culture has truly lost appreciation. It has for the average person become an abstract concept, evoking the incredulous: “You make your own bread?” In fact, it wasn’t until 1928 that the process of slicing, wrapping and selling the bread [...]
WMWC Overcomes Broadcast Problems to Reach Listeners
By MATT BLAIR The new staff of WMWC, the campus radio station, is starting to make waves this semester on campus. Olivia Scott, general station manager, said that WMWC is working to disprove the station’s motto, which a former radio station staff member coined: “The best radio station you’ve never heard of.” “I’m trying to [...]
Bras Collected for Cause
By Christina Lambert Eight student comedians will be performing in the Underground as part of UMW’s annual Ha Ha’s for Ta Ta’s event on Friday Oct. 15. Ha Ha’s for Ta Ta’s was founded by breast cancer survivor Michelle Thomas as a fundraising organization to raise money for breast cancer research and to spread awareness. [...]
Suspect Still at Large in Purse Snatching at Giant
At 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Fredericksburg police received a call that the mother of a UMW senior was robbed while entering Giant, the grocery store in Eagle Village, police officials said. No weapon was involved in this crime. According to Natatia Bledsoe, public information officer for the Fredericksburg Police Department, the suspect walked in the grocery [...]
New Police Chief has Vision for a Safer UMW Campus
BY HANNAH MILLER Since joining the UMW police department on July 12, Police Chief Eddie Perry has already developed a three-tier plan to keep UMW and UMW students safe. Perry wants to increase the usage of Operation I.D., which is a national program that allows law enforcement to detect, identify and return stolen or lost [...]
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