The Weekly Ringer

The University of Mary Washington Student Newspaper

Month: October 2010


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Most people have heard the cliché phrase, “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” For college students, this phrase is taken to...


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By NATHAN BEMIS WMWC’s Battle of the Bands on Oct 16 was not a success in terms of pure crowd...


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Rap concerts have become something of a tradition here at UMW. From Lupe Fiasco to Talib Kweli and now Wale,...


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By MADELINE MCDONALD "Life as We Know It” was a movie I was not excited to see, but once the...


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Due to complaints from the Fredericksburg community about the UMW Homecoming concert Saturday night, President Rick Hurley wrote a letter...

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With the November House of Representatives election approaching, UMW Votes, a nonpartisan project started by sophomore Thomas Bowman, is encouraging...


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For the fourth year at UMW, red flags can be found lining Campus Walk for one week in October. The...

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Oct. 23- A UMW student was arrested by the Fredericksburg Police Department for urinating in public on Dandridge Street in...


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“Roosters at Singing Cedars in Orwell, Vt wake the farmstead at 5:45 a.m,” wrote Brad Efford, a recent UMW graduate,...

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By Danielle Rosenberg When we were little, packed lunches were composed primarily of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, an orange...


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By MADALYN CROWELL Homecoming weekend brought out a large and rowdy crowd to support the women’s soccer team as they...

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By Joshua Lawson Jonathan Franzen’s most recent novel, “Freedom,” exemplifies the power of good writing. On the surface “Freedom” is...

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Start Em QB- Carson Palmer (Bengals): Palmer is far from the quarterback he was before his torn-ACL, but he has...