The Weekly Ringer

The University of Mary Washington Student Newspaper

The Weekly Ringer

The award-winning student newspaper at the University of Mary Washington.
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This newspaper is yours. In a time when newspapers and magazines are folding like origami, college publications are some of...

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By Brittany DeVries I walked by Jefferson Hall earlier, the lawn strewn with Target and Pottery Barn belongings. Collecting newspaper...

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By Susannah Clark I spent my Last Summer of Independence on a concert-binge. Taking advantage of the last extended time...

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By Megan Eichenberg As the first week of classes kicked off last week, Jim Groom, instructional technology specialist and adjunct...

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By Sadie Hagberg Tuesday was finally here- the day. Well, the second day. After a cancelled Monday flight I was finally...

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By Missak Artinian From the bizarre to the brilliant, the experimental to the conventional, the second annual Rappahannock Independent Film...

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By Paige Paterno The art department will host the grand opening of two exhibits at Riddenhoff Martin and DuPont art...

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Thursday, September 4 • “The Group Studio Faculty Art Show” grand opening at the DuPont Gallery from 5-7 p.m.  Show...

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By Missak Artinian I think it would only be fair of me to preface this review of Neil Blomkamp’s “District...

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By Landon James Welcome back to school from a hopefully awesome summer.  No doubt, many of you noticed several changes...

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Rewriting the end of World War II is a daring feat that only someone as arrogant and undeniably talented as...

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By Ryan Marr Only a month after last year’s inaugural Rappahannock Independent Film Festival wrapped up, Creative Director Ryan Poe,...

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By Zach Moretti Now that summer has wrapped up, UMW athletics is back in full swing and full sweat. Volleyball,...

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MILES DUMVILLE Executive Assistant to the President Ranny Corbin is the new clerk to the Board of Visitors, replacing the...

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BRITTANY DeVRIES The UMW Board of Visitors postponed last Friday’s meeting because proper public notice of the originally scheduled meeting’s...

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April 3- At 9:50 a.m., a 19-year-old female student reported that her vehicle was hit while parked in front of...

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ZACH MORETTI Now that summer has wrapped up, UMW athletics is back in full swing and full sweat. Volleyball, men’s...

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KAITLIN MAYHEW The “morning after” will be a little less stressful from now on. Or at least for a select...

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KJ ADLER Senior Sylvia Sierra discovered on April 3 that she had won a Fulbright Scholarship to Mexico. Sierra is...

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BRITTANY DeVRIES Lazlo’s Weenie World may not mean very much to most people, but there are a group of frisbee...

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VIRGINIA SCOTT Three’s company, and four’s a brothel, at least according to the city of Fredericksburg. Many students are aware...