The Weekly Ringer

The University of Mary Washington Student Newspaper

News

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By LAUREN ORSINI Mary Washington has no current plans to fit the campus parking deck with security cameras, despite a recent...

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By JOHANNAH O’KEEFE The weekend of Oct 11, UMW’s newly-formed Canoe and Kayak Club team will participate in the Collegiate...

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By STEPHANIE ROCHE University of Mary Washington officials have backed away from plans to build a two-car garage at Brompton,...

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By HEATHER BRADY National Top Congressional budget analysts said on Oct. 7 that about $2 trillion of Americans' retirement savings...

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By JOHN WIGGINTON Elizabeth Emmel, a senior resident of Randolph Hall, has been sleeping on a mattress on the floor...

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By HEATHER BRADY & ANDREA NEALON An anonymous donor independent of the University of Mary Washington is offering a $10,000...

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By KAT SAUNDERS UMW freshman Anna Halbrook-Fulks believes many fellow students are misinformed about Planned Parenthood and women’s reproductive rights....

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By HEATHER BRADY Regional Gov. Tim Kaine and U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced on Sept. 30 that the federal...

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By SARAH SMITH “I’m not a feminist,” is the response that Diana Egozcue frequently receives when she asks young women to...

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By CHELSEA NEWNAM Associate Vice President of Facilities Services John Wiltenmuth said plans for the new deck at the Eagle’s...

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By KAITLIN MAYHEW University of Mary Washington officials ordered an abrupt end to sales of a commemorative Obama-Biden t-shirt Friday...

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By BRIANNE BENELLI Eight years ago, Mary Washington College accepted 55 percent of the students who applied for admission to...

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By ANNIE KINNIBURGH Despite intermittent rain, a crowd of 26,000 people came to campus Saturday to hear speeches by Democratic...

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BY ALEX JAFFE There was no alcohol in the room when Doug Rissing, a sophomore in Randolph Hall, and five...

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BY KAT SAUNDERS Mary Washington’s Internet service is often criticized by students as slow and unreliable. Two major changes are...

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BY BRITTANY De VRIES Few students manage to be fired from a volunteer position as a freshman Orientation Leader, and...

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BY JESSICA MASULLI “When I ran for SGA President,” Sean O’Brien mused, “I was in the unique position of running...

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BY JUSTIN TONEY July 18--At 6:30 a.m., DuPont Hall, Campus center, Simpson Hall, Seacobeck Hall, Willard Hall, Randolph Hall and...

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BY SARAH SMITH Does Mary Washington have an inferiority complex? This topic was one discussed Tuesday, Sept. 9 at President...

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BY SARAH SMITH Many students were surprised when they walked into Seacobeck Dining Hall for the first time this year. ...

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By HEATHER BRADY The new Campus Recreation Field has replaced Goolrick field as UMW’s source of practice and game space...

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BY JUSTIN TONEY The University will not be hiring for the position of internal auditor anytime soon. Instead, the money...

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By Joey Merkel Though the event takes place thousands of miles away in Beijing, this year’s Olympics really hit home...