By DANIELLE PETERS Although Kybecca may sound like the name of a wine or a cool city, it is actually...
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By LAUREN ORSINI My clothes are soaked through. I’m caked with mud up to my ankles. I’m standing so close to...
By ERIN HOESLY After reading the comic script Schoolgirl Figure, junior Siobhan Dannaher decided to step out of her traditional actress...
By KAITLIN MAYHEW In her internship at Anne O’Dowd Fashion Agency in London, fashion guru Megan McDonough gained an appreciation for...
By Andrea Nealon Patches of sunlight peek between the awnings of an awakening Moroccan marketplace, illuminating tiny flecks of dust...
By STEPHANIE BREIJO Freewheelin’ souls hard up for some Bob Dylan need look no further or pay no fee while...
By JOHN SHERIDAN The days leading up to last Saturday were full of excitement and political fervor for some, anticipating...
By LAUREN ORSINI & ANDREW HOFFMAN They say the best things in life are free, but the second best things...
By RYAN MARR Hailed as a masterpiece of modern disconnection when it hit record stores in 1997, Radiohead’s “OK Computer”...
By KASEY NABAL Who wants to stand in a long line at the cinema or deal with the baby crying...
By CHELSEA NEWNAM “Time doesn’t wait for anyone” sings The Spill Canvas, who will provide a free performance in Ball...
By KASEY NABAL Imagine walking into an unadorned office and being handed an envelope. The contents of the envelope are...
By LINDSAY GLOTZER The University of Mary Washington Theater and Dance department opened their first production of the year with...
BY NICK NELSON The Mary Washington men’s soccer team had a special birthday present for goalie Emmett Rutkowski on Saturday, ...
BY JOHNATHAN WIGGINTON With a crowd full of family members visiting for Family Weekend, the Men’s tennis team played host...
BY BRITTANY DeVRIES I was on Facebook last night, that student-turned-global Web site craze that, just last week, was so...
BY KAITLIN MAYHEW Poor Charlotte, the naïve girl from Sparta, N.C., is thrown into a world of vulgarity and candid...
BY JESSICA PIKE As the voter registration deadline draws nearer to Oct. 6, many UMW students are diligently working tables...
BY ANNE LONGERBEAM Rosa Clemente thinks the term “Hispanic” is outdated. Clemente, Green Party vice-presidential candidate and hip-hop journalist, visited...
BY BRITTANY DeVRIES Senior Dave Jensen doesn’t play in a band, and he hasn’t since he was 13 years old....
BY JOHN SHERIDAN OK, so maybe you (normal) folks have been too distracted by Alaskan girls or the Major League...
BY ELIOT HAGEN When I bought tickets to “Righteous Kill,” I was skeptical as to its quality. The prospect of...
BY ELIOT HAGEN Fans of Ratatat are few and far between in the general population, and the majority of them...
BY MISSAK ARTINIAN It has been more than three years since System of a Down mesmerized and hypnotized their fans...
BY JILLIAN BRODIE In a culture that breeds anxiety and thrives on negativity, it is not hard to believe that...
A commercial for the movie "Elektra" aired on FX networks this morning. Consequently, that means it will be played every...
BY ANNIE KINNIBURGH There’s nothing like a bad cold to ruin your day. And there’s nothing like HIV to ruin...
BY SUSANNAH CLARK After four miserable months of waiting, tonight I will bask in the return of NBC’s “The Office.”...
BY KJ ADLER Social interaction fascinates me. Here we all are as individuals in our own stories starring us, bouncing...
The following letter was written in response to Breeanna Sveum’s column “Diversity More than Just Race” (Sept. 11, 2008, The...