The Weekly Ringer

The University of Mary Washington Student Newspaper

Life

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By JAMES DAWSON When the Nintendo 3DS first released in 2011, many naysayers were quick to claim it a failure—especially...


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On my drive to the Dorothy Hart Community Center, I could not help but muse on what I was doing:...


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By KATELYN LEBOFF Strobe lights and loud music rocked the Anderson Center on, April 23, from 8 p.m. to 11:30...


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By CAROLINA BACKER The first time I saw Bassnectar perform, he was the opening band for Pretty Lights. Maybe Pretty...


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2K Games’ recent release, “The Darkness II” puts players into a gloriously vivid, ridiculous and violent comic book in an...


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By MARINA BONANNO Do you write poetry? Are you interested in readings around campus? This week’s meeting of Thursday Poems...


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By AMBER FUA In today’s world of instant, processed and genetically modified food, the concept of purity almost seems to...


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I defy you to find a melody in a Meshuggah song. Whatever melodic tendencies the Swedish death metal outfit has...


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By DOUGLAS SCHULTZ On Saturday night, hip-hop fans at UMW were treated to a free concert by XV, a rising...


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By SARAH KELLY As she walks barefoot down College Avenue, environmental ecience major Meryl Monfort would look more in place...


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By EVAN HICKS Wilbur and Orville Wright were the subjects of the latest Great Lives lecture on April 12. James...


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By RACHEL PASSAR Although a fresh retelling of the Snow White tale we all know and love, Tarsem Singh’s “Mirror...


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Every time a vast advance in audiovisual technology arises George Lucas utilizes the opportunity to update his “Star Wars” film...


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By MARINA BONANNO Tired of eating on campus? Are you looking for something new and exciting to tingle your taste...


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By JAMIA JORDAN Have you ever questioned what guys like most about women’s apparel, or if they even notice style...


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When the annals of time are written at the end of days, one of the things Hollywood will have to...


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Have you gotten sick of spending your weekends on campus? Maybe its time you get a little culture. The University...


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Move over reality TV, there’s a new contender for the crown of most volatile television program, and this one has...


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I had to learn how to say “vagina” and “penis” without giggling, but those weren’t the only things I learned...


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By EVAN HICKS “You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales,” Sherlock...


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When you think of book-to-film adaptations today, it’s hard for your mind not to go to the young-adult likes of...


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If nothing else, “The Hunger Games” proves one thing: there are some things one simply cannot do with words on...


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By SARAH KELLY You can put your coats away now. Finally, spring has arrived on campus, and this week’s profile,...

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After this weekend’s show, no one could ever accuse the Faculty Student Dance Show of not taking modern risk with...