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The University of Richmond's independent student newspaper.

2017-2018 Collegian Staff:

Claire Comey Editor-in-chief
Liza David Managing editor
Jocelyn Grzeszczak News Editor
Ashlee Korlach News Writer
Julia Raimondi News Writer
Arrman Kyaw News Writer
Candice Hino News Writer
Stacey Dec News Writer
Katherine Schulte News Writer
Kay Dervishi

News Writer
Alexis Angeles News Writer
Claire Mendelson News Writer
Brooke Warner News Writer
Dan Mahoney News Writer
Sophie Pilkington News Writer
Jasmine Fernandez News Writer
Bri Park News Writer
Sara Minnich Features Editor
Stephanie Hagan Features Writer
Savannah Wilson Features Writer
Lucy Nalen Features Writer
Colby Wilcox Features Writer
Kakie Pate Features Writer
Hannah Dunn Features Writer
Sunny Lim Features Writer
Sydney Lake Features Writer
Joshua Kim Opinion Editor
Hunter Moyler Opinion Editor
Alex Rigsby Opinion Writer
Caroline McNamara Opinion Writer
Michael Cronin Sports Editor
Andrew Wilson Sports Writer
Lindsay Emery Sports Writer
Matt Monacelli Sports Writer
Kay Trulaske Lifestyle Editor
Jessica Dugan Lifestyle Writer
Sydney Collins Lifestyle Writer
Julia Muro Lifestyle Writer
Paul Torre Lifestyle Writer
Hunter Moyler Lifestyle Writer
Ariel Vogel Copy Editor
Lydia Dubois Copy Editor
Nidhi Sharma Copy Editor
Brooke Warner Copy Editor
Sabrina Escobar Copy Editor
Jake Wood Copy Editor
Abby Seaberg Copy Editor
Alice Millerchip Visual Editor
Erin Moon Visual Staff
Emily Schott Visual Staff
Charlotte Stone Visual Staff
Sophia Grillo Visual Staff
Taylor Block Visual Staff
Gloria de las Heras Visual Staff
Abby Muthoni Social Media Manager
Ashlee Korlach Social Media Staff
Jessica Dugan Social Media Staff
Maddy Stone Social Media Staff
Megan Mcnitt Social Media Staff
Destiny Riley Social Media Staff

Lauren Onestak Business Development Manager
Maddy Stone Business Associate
Julia Muro Business Associate
Emily Murphy Marketing Associate
Megan Mcnitt Marketing Associate
Caroline Early Marketing Associate
Gardner Nash Ad Sales Director
David Brakman Digital Director
Claire Mendelson Digital Associate
Stephanie Poinsatte Graphic Productions Manager
Matt Monacelli Graphic Productions Associate

11/27/2022

Applications to join The Collegian’s 2023 leadership team are now open. The Collegian offers business, multimedia and journalism opportunities.

Applications are due by Dec. 4. Postions are filled on a rolling basis. The sooner you apply, the better.

Find the application at the link in our bio.

11/18/2022

Kind. Loving. Selfless.

Ulises Sarria, a wide receiver for UR's football team, used these words to describe D’Sean Perry, who Sarria considered one of his best friends and a brother. Perry, a University of Virginia junior linebacker, was fatally shot alongside two of his teammates, Devin Chandler and Lavel Davis, Jr. on Nov. 13 coming back from a school trip in Washington, D.C.

Sarria, who attended high school with Perry at Gulliver Prep in Miami, Florida, said he initially heard about the shooting from a group chat he was in with Perry and other friends. Then, Sarria heard Perry had died.

“Once I had found out the news, it was probably like three or four in the morning,” Sarria said. “I was just crying. I couldn’t really sleep that night.”

Sarria, who was a year below Perry at Gulliver Prep said the two met when Sarria was in ninth grade.

Read the full story. Link in bio.

📝: Jimmy James
📸: Ulises Sarria
📱: Jackie Llanos

09/28/2022

After a month of now regular owl attacks on University of Richmond community members, one ended up in a catch-and-release trap the evening of Sept. 22, but it was gone by the time proper authorities could relocate it.

UR has created a catch-and-release program in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture, Sunni Brown, director of media and public relations, wrote in an email to The Collegian.

The Collegian is now working to keep track of the attacks through a map to give students and community members a better idea about where attacks are frequently happening. Students, faculty, staff and community members who have been attacked can fill out the form linked in the article to help with the creation of the map.

Read the full story from The Collegian News Writer Amy Jablonski. Link in bio.

📝: Amy Jablonski
📸: Jane Hill and Maya Casillas
📱: Jackie Llanos
…

09/24/2022

The Board of Trustees voted on Sept. 23 to rename the University of Richmond Law School because of its former namesake’s enslavement of at least 43 people.

After a unanimous vote, the Board decided to change the school’s name from the T.C. Williams School of Law to the University of Richmond School of Law, UR President Kevin Hallock and the Board announced in a message to community members. The law school was named after Thomas C. Williams Sr., who operated to***co businesses in Virginia. He attended Richmond College from 1846 to 1849 and was a member of the Board from 1881 to 1889.

Local government records dating back from 1857 to 1863 revealed Williams’ involvement in enslavement through his businesses and personal affairs.

This change was the result of efforts from the Black Law Student Association, which has been advocating for the removal of Williams’ name since 2019.

Follow the link in bio for the full story.

📝: Jackie Llanos and Krystian Hajduczka
📸: Ethan Swift and Ben Wasserstein
📱: Jackie Llanos
…

09/22/2022

The RVA Street Art Festival took place from Sept. 16-18, marking its 10th anniversary. The festival brings in numerous artists from the community to create murals at designated locations. This year, event organizers decided to return to their roots and take the festival back to the now-famous Canal Walk Power Plant. Over the course of the three-day event, attendees watched as the old murals were covered up by new ones painted by a group of new and returning artists, including Hamilton Glass, who painted a mural in the University of Richmond’s Multicultural Space.

The festival aims to showcase local and national talent while revitalizing areas of the city. Organizers also use the event to support children’s art education in the surrounding area.

📸: Ethan Swift

09/21/2022

Updated COVID-19 boosters became available on Sept. 14 through the Richmond and Henrico health districts, and UR has scheduled a have a vaccine clinic from noon to 7 p.m. on Sept. 29 in the Robins Center.

The on-campus vaccine clinic will offer updated Pfizer and Moderna shots at no cost, according to the university’s COVID-19 update. The update also stated that appointments must be scheduled through a university-specific link by 6 p.m. on Sept. 26.

People who have been boosted or have had COVID-19 in the last three months are advised to wait on getting the new booster, said Kathryn Jacobsen, a health studies professor and an infectious disease epidemiologist.

Read the full story from The Collegian's City & State Writer Kalina Kulig. Link in bio.

📝: Kalina Kulig
📱: Jackie Llanos
…

09/07/2022

University of Richmond alumnus and adviser to former President Donald Trump, Kash Patel, ‘02, was named in an FBI investigation into Trump’s potential mishandling of classified documents.

On Aug. 26, the U.S. Department of Justice released a heavily redacted version of an affidavit FBI agents used to obtain a warrant for their Aug. 8 search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort residence for classified records.

Patel is originally from Garden City, New York. He majored in history while at UR before going on to serve in several high-level government positions on the National Security Council and as chief of staff for the acting U.S. secretary of defense under Trump. Several news organizations including NBC News, CNN and ABC News also identify Patel as a "Trump loyalist."

Read the full story from The Collegian's News Writer Katie Castellani. Link in bio.

📝:Katie Castellani
📸:Sgt. Keisha Brown, U.S. Army
📱:Jackie Llanos

09/06/2022

UPDATED: The University of Richmond Police Department is investigating a Sept. 3 altercation between several students and a delivery driver in which a first-year student was filmed repeatedly punching and kicking the driver’s car and fighting the driver. The delivery driver pulled a gun as the student continued to taunt him.

One student reportedly used racist language against the driver during the incident that occurred behind Marsh Hall, UR President Kevin Hallock wrote in a Sept. 6 email to the campus community. No one other than law enforcement officials is allowed to carry fi****ms on campus, Hallock said.

Read the updated story. Link in bio.

09/02/2022

Students and faculty have been attacked by owls on campus. Incidents have occurred on both sides of Westhampton Lake between the hours of 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.

“It sounds like it’s taken over campus,” said Evan Costales, a sophomore who was roughed up by an owl on Aug. 30.

Biology professor Peter Smallwood said that UR was dealing with a barred owl, which are common in the southern portion of the United States. Smallwood is working with Facilities, Public Safety and the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources to protect the community and the bird, wrote Sunni Brown, director of media and public relations, in an email to The Collegian.

Read the full story from The Collegian News Writer Amy Jablonski. Link in bio.

📝: Amy Jablonski
📸: Aaron Shelton and Jane Hill
📱: Jackie Llanos
…

08/30/2022

Here is your opportunity to join the University of Richmond's independent news source. You don't need to have prior experience or be a journalism major. We are looking for people eager to help us keep the community informed in creative ways.
Our meetings are Sundays at 8 p.m. in North Court B1.
Email 📧[email protected].
‼️Follow the link in bio for the application‼️

08/25/2022

After almost a year of limiting service hours to Wednesday nights, The Cellar will reopen seven days a week starting Aug. 26.

The popular bar and restaurant will now be open from 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. Thursday through Sunday and 5 p.m. to midnight Friday through Saturday, according to the Dining Services website.

Read the full story from The Collegian News Writer Katie Castellani. Link in bio.

📝:Katie Castellani
📸:Ethan Swift
📱:Jackie Llanos

08/09/2022

The beginning of the fall semester is two weeks away, and there are 157 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Virginia, according to the

is advising students who have symptoms to contact the Student Health Center. Beyond that, there are no campus-wide policies to prevent the spread of the virus.

Read the full story from The Collegian Copy Chief Madyson Fitzgerald. Link in bio.

📝: Madyson Fitzgerald
📸: Courtesy
📱: Jackie Llanos ..

07/06/2022

Content warning: Mentions of sexual assault.
The views and opinions expressed in this post do not reflect those of The Collegian.

After the Supreme Court's decision to end federal protection for abortions on June 24, we asked members of the University of Richmond community to tell us how they felt. These are excerpts of personal accounts submitted.

Follow the link in bio to read the full submissions.

06/30/2022

University of Richmond President Kevin Hallock and the Board of Trustees awarded Paul Queally with a medal meant to honor those who have given “exceptional and meritorious service” to UR. After serving on the Board for 20 years, Queally stepped down from his role as rector on June 30.

During his latest term, Queally had initially disapproved of changing the names of then Ryland and Freeman halls because it promoted “cancel culture.”

Queally never publicly apologized for his refusal to change building names, his behavior toward a staff member or for referring to white students as "regular students" as opposed to students of color.

Four other trustees are leaving the Board and have already been replaced.

Link in bio for the full story.

📝: Ananya Chetia and Katie Castellani
📸: Ethan Swift

05/18/2022

Donna Reeck was born in New York in 1955. At 17, she got engaged. After her engagement, her mom sat down with her to talk about what form of birth control she would use to avoid a teenage pregnancy; she chose the intrauterine device known as the Dalkon Shield. Reeck was one of 3.6 million women who made that choice, a choice that would cost some of them their lives and others their fertility.

Listen to the full episode that explores how the Dalkon Shield changed Reeck’s life and the lawsuits in the shadow of Robins' legacy through the link in our bio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Podbean.

05/18/2022

Donna Reeck was born in New York in 1955. At 17, she got engaged. After her engagement, her mom sat down with her to talk about what form of birth control she would use to avoid a teenage pregnancy; she chose the intrauterine device known as the Dalkon Shield. Reeck was one of 3.6 million women who made that choice, a choice that would cost some of them their lives and others their fertility.

Listen to the full episode that explores how the Dalkon Shield changed Reeck’s life and the medical malpractice lawsuits in the shadow of Robins' legacy through the link in our bio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Podbean.

05/08/2022

Congratulations to the University of Richmond class of 2022! Photography by Madyson Fitzgerald

04/28/2022

The Collegian’s Year in Review magazine is here! Copies are available for free throughout campus. Front cover design by Ethan Swift. Magazine design by Bella Holmgren and Jackie Llanos

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Donna Reeck was born in New York in 1955. At 17, she got engaged. After her engagement, her mom sat down with her to talk about what form of birth control she would use to avoid a teenage pregnancy; she chose the intrauterine device known as the Dalkon Shield. Reeck was one of 3.6 million women who made that choice, a choice that would cost some of them their lives and others their fertility. Listen to the full episode that explores how the Dalkon Shield changed Reeck’s life and the lawsuits in the shadow of Robins' legacy through the link in our bio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Podbean.

Donna Reeck was born in New York in 1955. At 17, she got engaged. After her engagement, her mom sat down with her to talk about what form of birth control she would use to avoid a teenage pregnancy; she chose the intrauterine device known as the Dalkon Shield. Reeck was one of 3.6 million women who made that choice, a choice that would cost some of them their lives and others their fertility. Listen to the full episode that explores how the Dalkon Shield changed Reeck’s life and the medical malpractice lawsuits in the shadow of Robins' legacy through the link in our bio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Podbean.

A look inside The Cave. The renovated lodge will be available for registered student organizations to use starting in the fall. Video by Madyson Fitzgerald, Jackie Llanos and Caio Rodolfo

The Got Voice? panel on free expression at the University of Richmond.

Water was bursting from a pipe outside of Sarah Brunet Hall at 4:55 p.m. The water began gushing out around 4:35 p.m., according to an eyewitness. It has stopped, as of 5 p.m. The water has been turned off via a valve in the area. A university plumber, Scott McIntosh, said Sarah Brunet Hall, Millheiser Gym and Robins Stadium are the only locations impacted by the turned-off valve.