OCCUPY COMES TO UMW; The Free Lance-Star

Around ten University of Mary Washington students approached the school’s Jepson Alumni Executive Center yesterday afternoon with a chant.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/112011/11192011/666042

UMW inaugurates Richard Hurley as ninth president; http://www.journalpress.com

The University of Mary Washington recently celebrated the inauguration of Richard Hurley as its ninth president.

http://www.journalpress.com/images/stories/ChamberLink/201111chamber.swf

“Occupy” protesters to come to Fredericksburg; http://blogs.fredericksburg.com

A group called “”Occupy the Highway – Richmond to DC” is expected to come to Fredericksburg tomorrow and stay through the weekend. They’ll meet up with the Occupy UMW group, while they occupy the Board of Visitors meeting to take place at the university this weekend.

http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/citybeat/2011/11/17/occupy-protesters-to-come-to-fredericksburg/

 

DOWN-HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS; The Free Lance-Star

FOR MOST Americans, holiday music tends to conjure up images of tacky light tours, department store sales and made-for-TV Christmas specials.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/112011/11172011/664904

UMW center to teach ‘micro-entrepreneurs’; http://blogs.fredericksburg.com

The University of Mary Washington’s Small Business Development Center today announced a partnership with Rappahannock Community College to provide an educational program to Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula “micro-entrepreneurs.”

http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/businessbrowser/2011/11/15/umw-center-to-teach-micro-entrepreneurs/

Meet UMW’s deans; http://blogs.fredericksburg.com

Fredericksburg-area residents can meet the University of Mary Washington’s deans at a reception Thursday night at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center.

http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/chalkboard/2011/11/15/meet-umws-deans/

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/112011/11162011/665260

 

Local historian receives national award; http://fredericksburg.com

John N. Pearce has been many interesting places and done many unusual things.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/112011/11132011/664574

‘RENT’ GETS ITS DUE AT UMW; The Free Lance-Star

ABANDONING elaborate theatrics for harsh re- ality, Klein Theatre has been transformed from a small stage into Alphabet City.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/112011/11102011/663710’

(Chad Murphy)

Video: WTVR

17th District Race 6p

http://wtvr.com/videogallery/65994604/News/17th-District-Race-6p#pl-62907262

 

CHARLES J. SHIELDS CAPTURES ‘SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE’ SATIRIST IN ‘AND SO IT GOES’; The Free Lance-Star

Novelist-essayist Kurt Vonnegut, one of the great satirists of the 20th century, once said, “I myself am a work of fiction.”

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/112011/11102011/663461