The Weekly Ringer

The University of Mary Washington Student Newspaper

News

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By BRITTANY DeVRIES In response to the proposed $800,000 to build a new studio for the art department, senior art...

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By ERIC STEIGLEDER In this week of centennial celebration, the importance of reflection comes to the fore. And what better...

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By JOHN MALTEMPO The University of Mary Washington chapter of the Invisible Children Organization traveled to Capitol Hill Feb. 24...

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By KATY BURNELL Feb. 4- At 2:25 p.m., a 20-year-old female Randolph Hall resident contacted campus police for advice after...

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By ANNIE KINNIBURGH On March 11, Bob Woodward came to UMW as part of the Fredericksburg Forum lecture series. Woodward...

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By ANNIE KINNIBURGH Despite recent changes in policy, a survey of UMW professors indicated continued dissatisfaction with the current administrative...

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By BRITTANY DEVRIES With three senior-level administrative positions held by interim officials during the academic year, the University of Mary...

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By JESSICA MASULLI Anarchists from all over Virginia gathered in Woodard Campus Center for the third meeting of the Virginia...

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By HEATHER BRADY This semester, Class Council has again  cancelled  the Spring Formal without planning a replacement dance. According to...

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By ANNIE KINNIBURGH UMW students checking their school e-mail should be wary of an message containing death threats from a...

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By SARAH FINNEY Next fall, eight faculty faces will be missing from the ranks of Mary Washington’s professors. Three members...

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By KAT SAUNDERS A new campus club is bringing fraternity life to Mary Washington, but the school is standing behind...

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By LEAH KIEFF The Ecology Club teamed up with the Dining Committee and Sodexo administrators Feb. 20 to put an...

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By MILES DUMVILLE When UMW Police Officer Joseph Kauffman made an arrest on Thornton Street Feb. 5, his radio was...

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By ELIZABETH NOWROUZ Strong winds Tuesday resulted in a large tree falling on several parked cars in the UMW Apartment...

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By JUSTIN TONEY and ANNIE KINNIBURGH The UMW student organization, Students for a Democratic Society, visited the College of William...

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By KATY BURNELL An off-campus brawl at a party hosted by members of Psi Upsilon fraternity last November left a...

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By BRITTANY DEVRIES and JOHN MALTEMPO The University of Mary Washington and the UMW Real Estate Foundation are currently negotiating...

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By BRITTANY DEVRIES With Black History Month underway and the repercussions of last semester’s response to a racial indiscretion in...

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By CHELSIE MEREDITH Around 2 p.m. last Sunday, a pedestrian notified Fredericksburg police that a building on the corner of...

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By KATY BURNELL Jan. 20- At 3:59 p.m., campus police permanently barred three juveniles and 22-year-old Fredericksburg resident Robert Scott...

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By JUSTIN TONEY The University Police Department recently aquired three M4 semi-automatic rifles. Mary Washington is now the second university...

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By ELIZABETH BODI When University of Mary Washington Junior Amy Baldwin left housing selection her freshman year, she was in...

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By ANNIE KINNIBURGH While for most students Tuesday’s primary was just another election, for student political organizations the primary represented...

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By SUSANNAH CLARK UMW junior Courtney Hayes  arrived at the doors of  Great Hall at 7:45 a.m., six and a...

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By BRITTANY DE VRIES and JOEY MERKEL The University of Mary Washington is moving forward on its proposed 10-15 year...

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By JUSTIN TONEY Students reported finding a deposit of human feces and urine by the south elevator in the parking...

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By KATY BURNELL Jan. 4- At 11:48 a.m., campus police responded to an accident involving a UMW pickup truck and...