The Weekly Ringer

The University of Mary Washington Student Newspaper

Month: December 2010


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By LANDON JAMES Robert Plant’s latest solo album, “Band of Joy,” is a highlight in Plant’s repertoire and the best...


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By LANDON JAMES Eric Clapton’s new solo album, “Clapton,” shows a somber and mature Clapton continuing to venture into new...


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By LANDON JAMES As Thanksgiving quickly fades away in our seasonal rear-view mirrors, the world as we know it is...


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By ERIK ZOTTNICK If you haven’t played Vanquish yet, you’re really cheating yourself out of an awesome experience. It’s got...


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By SEAN COLLIGAN While the world sits on pins and needles waiting to see what will become of the (most...


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When director Todd Phillips’ last film, “The Hangover,” was released in the summer of 2009, it absolutely exploded in popularity,...


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Distance learning refers to courses in which a minimum of 80 percent of the instruction and classwork is conducted online....


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On Nov. 30, the economics of philanthropy in the nonprofit sector class awarded several grants to local charitable organizations, funded...


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Click here for a full version of the lawsuit By: HEATHER BRADY and JESSICA MASULLI A former UMW student, who...

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By VALERIE LAPOINTE In the wake of the multiple drug arrests made this semester the university’s one-strike policy has been...

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By BULLET STAFF The end of the semester is approaching, a time when honor code violations tend to spike. Last...


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By ALYSSA DANDREA With the holiday season just around the corner and gift ideas on the brain, a UMW student-run...


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A world without chocolate is one that sophomore Hannah Kassebaum never imagined. “It would be like you telling me the...


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By SARAH SMITH and EMILY MONTGOMERY As students begin job-hunting in a competitive era of high unemployment and more college...


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By ALLISON KISSELL Although campus hype and publicity for the University of Mary Washington’s varsity equestrian team runs scarce, it does...

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By MOLLY MCCARTHY Lee’s Retreat, the Blue and Gray Brewing Company’s brewpub, is a new restaurant in Fredericksburg that has...


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Some University of Mary Washington Club athletes were miffed earlier this year regarding their lack of access to athletic trainers....

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Start Em QB- Jay Cutler (Bears): I know, I know, I can’t believe I’m trusting him either. But the fact is...


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The month from mid-December to mid-January is the longest amount of time many of us spend at our parents’ houses...