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By KJ ADLER I lived abroad in Paris before coming to Buenos Aires. After staying here for a while, I...
BY BREEANNA SVEUM Tuesday’s debate was the second of three between John McCain and Barack Obama. Though they were not...
At last! The beautiful, glorious moment of truth that every middle school, high school and college student dreams of has...
By JOHANNAH O’KEEFE The weekend of Oct 11, UMW’s newly-formed Canoe and Kayak Club team will participate in the Collegiate...
By STEPHANIE ROCHE University of Mary Washington officials have backed away from plans to build a two-car garage at Brompton,...
By HEATHER BRADY National Top Congressional budget analysts said on Oct. 7 that about $2 trillion of Americans' retirement savings...
By JOHN WIGGINTON Elizabeth Emmel, a senior resident of Randolph Hall, has been sleeping on a mattress on the floor...
By ERIC STEIGLEDER On Sep. 29, UMW sophomore Luan Cao took a bite out of his sandwich. As he looked...
By MARY TURNER Numbers this year were once again low for minority enrollments at the University of Mary Washington. While there...
By HEATHER BRADY & ANDREA NEALON An anonymous donor independent of the University of Mary Washington is offering a $10,000...
By TRICIA CALLAHAN Imagine you’re Green Day circa 2005, surrounded by adoring fans and rave reviews. Then you’re faced with...
By MISSAK ARTINIAN Who would have thought that David Zucker, the man responsible for such comedic gems as “Airplane” and...
By AARON RICHARDSON Fans of Old Crow Medicine Show have been without new material from the Nashville-based roots band since...
By ELIOT HAGEN The Star Wars cash cow’s teat was once rosy in hue and unchaffed, but decades of milking...
By LAUREN ORSINI When UMW alumna Caitlin Kell wanted a place to showcase her artwork, downtown Fredericksburg’s First Friday event...
By NICK NELSON Despite some wild weather and an upstart opponent causing havoc early in the game, the Mary Washington...
By JOEY MERKEL Don’t get too involved in football yet, because postseason baseball is just kicking off. After 162 games,...
By ANDREW KADA This past Saturday the University of Mary Washington men’s soccer team faced off with North Carolina Wesleyan...
By SUSANNAH CLARK I never thought I’d say this, but after yawning my way through last Friday’s presidential debate: thank...
By KJ ADLER In the middle school cafeteria, my friend Kevin used to lick the pudding out of the cup...
Last Saturday’s rally for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden was more than just recitation...
BY LAUREN ORSINI Three members of the UMW Board of Visitors attended the spring Scholarship Luncheon. I was there as a...
By KAT SAUNDERS UMW freshman Anna Halbrook-Fulks believes many fellow students are misinformed about Planned Parenthood and women’s reproductive rights....
By HEATHER BRADY Regional Gov. Tim Kaine and U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced on Sept. 30 that the federal...
By SARAH SMITH “I’m not a feminist,” is the response that Diana Egozcue frequently receives when she asks young women to...
By CHELSEA NEWNAM Associate Vice President of Facilities Services John Wiltenmuth said plans for the new deck at the Eagle’s...
By KAITLIN MAYHEW University of Mary Washington officials ordered an abrupt end to sales of a commemorative Obama-Biden t-shirt Friday...
By BRIANNE BENELLI Eight years ago, Mary Washington College accepted 55 percent of the students who applied for admission to...
By ANNIE KINNIBURGH Despite intermittent rain, a crowd of 26,000 people came to campus Saturday to hear speeches by Democratic...