By ANNIE KINNIBURGH Despite recent changes in policy, a survey of UMW professors indicated continued dissatisfaction with the current administrative...
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By JUSTIN TONEY On March 10, the UMW Board of Visitors appointed Judy G. Hample as the University of Mary...
By BRITTANY DEVRIES With three senior-level administrative positions held by interim officials during the academic year, the University of Mary...
By KAY BOATNER The end of the world is coming…if you choose to believe J.J. Abrams or The History Channel. ...
By ANNE LONGERBEAM Unlike the Martin Luther King Jr. and hip-hop speeches given throughout Black History Month, the lecture held...
By BRYNN BOYER “Spell ‘officiate’,” a woman says. “O-f-f-i-c-i-a-n-t,” replies an elementary school aged boy, who looks to be her...
By BRYNN BOYER It is two days before the opening night of “Far Away” and UMW Junior Gina Carey is sitting...
By STEPHANIE BREIJO Let’s suppose you are bored and coming down from that no-school spring break high. Let’s also suppose...
By BRYNN BOYER Over spring break, my dad I and went to a U2 concert. The seats were phenomenal and...
By LANDON JAMES Led Zeppelin added a delicious maraschino cherry to the top of their 2007 double-decker sundae. The chocolate...
By AARON RICHARDSON 1. “This is Spinal Tap,” 1984, directed by Rob Reiner. “Spinal Tap” is the single greatest rock...
By CLAIRE COPPS Heartbroken from not getting to meet one of my idols, I walked out of my hotel room....
By MEGAN GRIGORIAN With Spring Break only days away, I’m sure most everyone already has their plans set in stone. ...
By ANNE LONGERBEAM While most of America celebrated Super Bowl Sunday with parties, late hours and an endless supply of...
By TALLY BOTZER It’s Sunday evening after band practice for Grave Robbing Extravaganza, and Christian Tenney is reclining in his...
By LAUREN JURGENSEN Seacobeck’s visit from gourmet Colombian chef Joaquin Suarez last week may be the last time the cafeteria...
By LANDON JAMES What the hell are you going to be doing this summer? If you don’t know by now,...
By RYAN MARR The student body here at Mary Washington rarely suffers from a lack of humor thanks to the...
By STEPHANIE BREIJO Tonight, marking UMW band Grave-Robbing Extravaganza’s first CD release, the second event of music and mayhem in...
By CHARLOTTA JARBORG If laughter be the best medicine, then bring on the comedy during this peak of the flu...
By STEPHANIE BREIJO and SERENA EPSTEIN Sunday evening. A fateful night for one lionhearted UMW journalist. Confronted with an endless...
By SUSANNAH CLARK I love gore. And I’m not talking about Al. or Vidal. Yes, Susannah Clark, with her Christopher...
By KJ ADLER It always starts off innocently enough. “Wow!” He will say. “You sure do have a lot of...
The following letter was written in response to “Top Five Ways to Lose Weight With Minimal Effort” (Feb. 21, 2008,...
The following letter was written in response to “M is 4 Misuse” (Feb. 21, 2008, The Bullet:) Dear Editor: After...
It’s been a rough year for Virginia public institutions. While the shootings at Virginia Tech last April remain in their...
By JESSICA MASULLI Anarchists from all over Virginia gathered in Woodard Campus Center for the third meeting of the Virginia...
By HEATHER BRADY This semester, Class Council has again cancelled the Spring Formal without planning a replacement dance. According to...
By ANNIE KINNIBURGH UMW students checking their school e-mail should be wary of an message containing death threats from a...
By SARAH FINNEY Next fall, eight faculty faces will be missing from the ranks of Mary Washington’s professors. Three members...