The Weekly Ringer

The University of Mary Washington Student Newspaper

Life

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BY DEBBY CHANG Watching the Oscars is like riding a roller coaster with celebrities. The excitement, anticipation, fear and laughter...

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BY NICK NELSON With crisp winter air blowing outside and Pabst  Blue-Ribbon flowing freely at the bar, Minneapolis-based rappers P.O.S.,...

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BY ELISE MINNICK Sophomore Cameron Doucette believes that the fantastic reception “Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)” has received on campus...

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BY DANIELLE VELARDI Phil the groundhog saw his shadow on Feb. 2 in Punxsutawney, Penn.  Unfortunately for us, this means...

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BY RYAN MARR Denison Witmer is not a niche artist. I can imagine his particular brand of soft, inoffensive neo-folk...

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By ANNE LONGERBEAM Imagine being president of the Black Student Association at the University of Mary Washington, an active member...

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BY ROBYN GIANNINI Answering an interview question about Psi Upsilon, UMW’s unofficial fraternity, freshman Kelly Whelan inquired, "What fraternity?" Asked...

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BY RYAN MARR Andy Warhol—perhaps the only veritable household name in American art— pioneered the trail of pop culture into...

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BY TRICIA CALLAHAN Last Friday at 7 p.m. doors opened for the Matt Nathanson concert in Great Hall. While people...

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BY DAVID GALLAGHER The 6th annual UMW Student Film Fest was this past Friday, but don’t feel bad if you...

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BY CHRIS GAINOR “Dawn of War 2” makes an interesting twist on the Real Time Strategy genre. The standard process...

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BY AARON RICHARDSON Students will get an opportunity to showcase their filmmaking abilities this week in the sixth annual “Spectacle,”...