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

 

Gallery Preview – Pencil Lead Takes Center Stage at Exhibit; www.fredericksburg.patch.com

Pencil lead, also known as graphite, is a humble material in the eyes of most people, however an exhibit at the the University of Mary Washington Ridderhof Martin Gallery dispels the notion that graphite is a humble material. 

http://fredericksburg.patch.com/articles/gallery-preview-pencil-lead-takes-center-stage-at-exhibit

 

Spirituality is alive on campus; The Free Lance-Star

YOUNG ADULTS are less likely than older adults to go to church, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t religious.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/022011/02122011/605675

 

Great Lives promo; The Free Lance-Star

Two of America’s finest writers are the subjects of this week’s “Great Lives” lecture series at the University of Mary Washington.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/022011/02132011/603346