Thirsty for Obama Rally
By LAUREN ORSINI My clothes are soaked through. I’m caked with mud up to my ankles. I’m standing so close to total strangers that when they shift position, I feel it. “I’m going to puke,” the girl next...
View ArticleKybecca Wines, Dines in Style
By DANIELLE PETERS Although Kybecca may sound like the name of a wine or a cool city, it is actually the hybridization of owners Kyle and Rebecca Snyder. In the years that they have been open, Rebecca...
View ArticleIn the Saddle: Equine Therapy
By BRITTANY DEVRIES and SARAH DELANEY After a full year of trying, Aidan McGlothin was still bumping along at the trot, not able to figure out the up-down-up-down motion to correctly post. Aidan’s...
View ArticleDodging Every Sudden Move
By ANNE LONGERBEAM Drive-By Shooter dashes onto the court in the chill late night air at the UMW basketball court behind Jefferson Hall. Drive-By, a nickname in dodgeball for sophomore Ryan Lott,...
View ArticleNew Twist on Fred’s Old Mexican Favorite
By JESSICA PIKE Upon entering, the cheerful yellow walls brightened up the gray October day, and the aroma of Mexican cuisine filled the air. I was greeted by a warm and welcoming smile as owner Jose...
View ArticleThat’s What She Said
By ANNE LONGERBEAM Presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama of the Democratic Party, and Senator John McCain of the Republican Party, met for their third and final debate last Wednesday night at...
View ArticleEco Club Paints for Green UMW
By BRITTANY De VRIES After three years of working to conserve energy, junior Lauren Birney said “it wasn’t as much of a downer as I thought it might be.” She is referring to her work with the campus...
View ArticleFred Frights
By KAITLIN MAYHEW Cancer Benefit/Halloween Party/Metal Show This is a metal show featuring music from Saint Diablo, Envy Insane, Inkoherent and others, and also a Halloween party with a costume...
View ArticleGhosts Slam Mason
By LANDON JAMES Last year, Chase Morgan, a freshman living in room 205 in Mason Hall, awoke early one morning to the sounds of kitchen cabinets and drawers being slammed shut in the kitchen. Morgan’s...
View ArticleAlum Talks on Psych of Sex
By KAITLIN MAYHEW In a recent study including men from the age of 18 to 29, 69 percent know an adult who has had sex with a minor, and 51 percent of them know five or more. These statistics, found in...
View ArticleWednesdays With Einstein
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 son. “Try it again,” says the woman with her red hair pulled back into...
View ArticleThink Before You Speak: Black History Month Lecture Covers Controversial Word
BY ANNIE LONGERBEAM Unlike the Martin Luther King Jr. and hip-hop speeches given throughout Black History Month, last DATE’s lecture was on a more controversial topic – the “n” word. Reverend Shaunna...
View ArticleCrawley Publishes 'History of UMW'
By ANDREA NEALON Student life during the Vietnam War at the University of Mary Washington mirrored a tense time in the nation’s history, and William B. Crawley’s effectively depicts the paralleled...
View ArticleGrads Work Toward Goals
By Stacy Kever and Priscilla Saraiva The most recent student retention rate for UMW students was 76 percent. Out of the 840 freshmen that enrolled at the University in the fall of 2001, 638 of those...
View ArticleFashion Struggles to Give
By Erin Hoesley Fashion International President Megan McDonough faced a surprising problem when donating clothes to Thurman Brisben Homeless Shelter. The donations were rejected. Over the past few...
View ArticlePoetry Brawl!
By Stacy Keser There was a poetry brawl Nov. 20 during Late Night at the Nest— between two poets. It was a very intense, but friendly competition between Max Samsky and Taja Winston, junior. Poetry has...
View ArticleReady for Disaster
By Sadie Hagberg After enduring eight weeks of medical and safety training, participants in the CERT program were faced with the ultimate disaster. “We took everything we learned and made a mock...
View Article'Suns' is Splendid
By Sarah Delaney Set against the backdrop of turbulent Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini’s highly acclaimed novel A Thousand Splendid Suns details the lives of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, and their...
View ArticleUniversity Aids Nationwide Debate Programs Through Consortium
By Kaitlin Mayhew It all started over dinner. The Debate Consortium, a newly established institution, pairs universities that have strong competitive debate programs with historically black colleges...
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