UMW fields to get lights, turf; The Free Lance-Star

The University of Mary Washington is spending $2.5 million for artificial turf and lights at two fields at the Battleground Athletic Complex.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03052011/611285

Great Lives promo: John Paul Jones; The Free Lance-Star

“I have not yet begun to fight!”

So John Paul Jones, the subject of this week’s “Great Lives” series discussion, is famously said to have shouted during a naval battle with the British during the Revolutionary War.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03062011/610626

Restaurants opening soon at Eagle Village; http://blogs.fredericksburg.com

The Home Team Grill at the University of Mary Washington’s Eagle Village will open  shortly after receiving its ABC license, Jeff Rountree, CEO of the UMW Foundation, said recently.  He said the business hopes to receive its ABC license later this week.

http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/chalkboard/2011/03/01/new-restaurants-opening-soon-at-eagle-village/

UMW affirms its push for diversity; The Free Lance-Star

The University of Mary Washington has pushed for a more diverse campus for years.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/022011/02262011/609433

Four-Year Degree Still Lives — in Virginia; www.walletpop.com

You know, a lot of people go to college for seven years,” declares Tommy, the hapless perpetual undergraduate, upon the completion of his hard-fought bachelor’s degree.

http://www.walletpop.com/2011/02/28/four-year-degree-still-lives-in-virginia/

THE MAN, THE LEGEND: CHUBBY CHECKER PLAYS IN FREDERICKSBURG FRIDAY, MARCH 4; The Free Lance-Star

Nearly 50 years after first infecting the elastic hips of America’s youth, “the twist” lives on.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/022011/02242011/608941

AT JMHS, SEE ‘SWEENEY TODD,’ A DARK MASTERPIECE BY SONDHEIM; The Free Lance-Star

Sondheim’s eerie musical about the demon barber of Fleet Street will serve up revenge, murder and a few meat pies made of Sweeney Todd’s enemies at James Monroe High School.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/022011/02242011/608903

 

FIGHT OFF THE WINTER BLAHS AND REDISCOVER YOUR LIGHTER SIDE; The Free Lance-Star

If three months of winter blues have left you sad, a much-needed musical relief is in sight.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/022011/02172011/606813

UMW experts analyze Egypt events; The Free Lance-Star

The dynamic political situation in Egypt is not a revolution–at least, according to UMW’s revolution expert, John Kramer.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/022011/02172011/607858

On the road to equality; The Free Lance-Star

Tim O’Donnell’s op-ed column on the Freedom Riders and how they relate to events today: Celebrating the Freedom Rides, 50 Years Later.

THIS SUMMER marks the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, a pivotal moment in American history when an interracial and multidenominational group of civil rights activists departed from Washington for a journey into the Deep South. The journey would forever change the national landscape.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/022011/02132011/605865