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Ex-Prof Dies While Under Investigation
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Justin Toney
Eight days after Sibby Emory died in questionable circumstances, her husband of 50 years also passed away in their Fredericksburg home. Police found the former UMW geography professor, Samuel T. Emory Jr. of local restaurant fame, dead … Read More
Hample Steps Into New Role
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Justin Toney
At a faculty meeting earlier this week, Dr. Judy Hample said that her term as new Mary Washington president was off to a slow start. She said that continuing budget work as chancellor for the Pennsylvania State … Read More
Low Dollars and Change
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Annie Kinniburgh
Although it received high marks for its intimate classroom settings and quality of professors, the University of Mary Washington ranked #5 on the Worst Financial Aid list in the 2009 edition of the Princeton Review guide to … Read More
Emerson Named Va. Poet Laureate
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Susannah Clark
UMW Professor Claudia Emerson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2006, knew several months ago that she was being considered for the position of Virginia’s poet laureate. However, her father’s failing health pushed any thoughts … Read More
That's What She Said
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Kaitlin Mayhew
Moving into a first apartment should be an exciting time, full of paint colors and poster sales, not police reports and scary multiple door bell 9 am wake up calls. Alas, the last month of my life … Read More
Hample Helps Out UMW
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Brittany DeVries
Judy G. Hample has a unique approach to student orientation week at the University of Mary Washington. Hample, 60, is the first female president at the University of Mary Washington. July 1, Hample also became the eighth … Read More
Sammy T's is Tasty
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Brittany DeVries
Maybe it is the relaxed, welcoming environment-lit candles, big booths, and old architecture. Maybe it is the friendly, helpful service standing to greet customers as they walk inside. It might be the extensive menu for every palette, … Read More
Downtown Food and Fun
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Kaitlin Mayhew
Hyperion: A short walk down William St. for the best coffee in town. Just be sure to have cash.
Sammy T’s: Caroline St. Great if you are a vegetarian, or trying to eat healthy, or just like … Read More
UMW Hosts Art
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Brittany DeVries
Joseph Di Bella, distinguished art professor at the University of Mary Washington, was chosen to take part in an exhibit hosted by UMW Galleries this fall. Di Bella will be featured in an exhibition on Virginia painters … Read More
UMW Ranks Well
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Brittany DeVries
With its recent high reviews in Forbes.com’s online magazine, US News and World Report, Fiske’s Guide to Colleges, and other nationally recognized surveys, the University of Mary Washington has more reasons to chime its clock tower bells. … Read More
The Spotlight
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Aaron Richardson
“Evil Urges” by My Morning Jacket (2008) My Morning Jacket have been called the Southern rock equivalent of Radiohead. Their latest album, “Evil Urges,” reinforces that analogy soundly. Having moved from spaced out rock and roll on … Read More
Top Five Local Venues
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Ryan Marr
It’s the start of a new school year which can mean one of several things. Seaco is serving edible food, there are still remnants of the summer’s last paycheck in your wallet, and you’re already sick of … Read More
Fredericksburg Freestore Returns
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Lauren Orsini
Power Ranger shower decals, a garlic press, and a purse shaped like a bunch of bananas: these items are just a small sample of what can be picked up at the Fredericksburg Free Store, which returns to … Read More
Beck: Modern Guilt
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy John Maltempo
With soothing melodies and rhythmic lyrics connected flawlessly by a mix of folk, rock, samples, drum tracks, and the consistent addition of the abnormal, Beck does not disappoint with his newest album “Modern Guilt.” For more than … Read More
Celebs Vs. Stoners
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Stephanie Breijo
From stoners in need of a witness protection service to panda-killing action spoofs, two weeks of August redefined the meaning of summer blockbusters with all the gusto of both Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder’s C-4 and machine … Read More
Loft Brings Back 18+ Shows
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Stephanie Breijo
New faces and ears at Mary Wash might not recognize the recent UMW grads of indie-pop outfit Tereu Tereu, but bringing fun and new music to the Fredericksburg community is what The Loft’s 18+ Thursdays are all … Read More
A Spaceship Visits Virginia
August 28, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Landon James The psychedelic space odyssey that is arena-rock giant Boston invaded Virginia recently and took no prisoners. On the evening of August 8, 2008, the sky above Glen Allen, Va. was filled with cosmic sounds as Boston played … Read More
Susannigans: Walk This Way
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Susannah Clark
After infesting our campus with seven trees worth of neon fliers, Students Helping Honduras held their third annual Walkathon on Saturday, in case you didn’t notice the rainbow of t-shirts spanning campus walk. Over 15 schools sent … Read More
Sexclamations
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy KJ Adler
It’s not what’s on the outside that matters but on the inside. What a load of bull. Of course the outside matters. We, along with every other creature out there, are judgmental. Birds show off plumage, gorillas … Read More
Summer's Here: Go Learn Something
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Miles Dumville
Summer’s almost here. I can’t wait. So, what are you up to this summer? “Well, I’m working. Chilling out at home with friends. I’ll probably take a trip with the fam’ and maybe even rent a beach … Read More
Staff Editorial: Will Copps, Editor in Chief Emeritus
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressIf you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ve probably noticed how every event of any importance is being dubbed. Spygate. Radiogate. Airlinegate. Even Chocolategate has been thrown around. I began to take over as Editor in Chief of the Bullet … Read More
UMW Club Tennis Goes to Nationals
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Mike Uhle The UMW Club Tennis team competed in the USTA National Campus Championships for the first time in the club’s two year existence last week in Cary, NC. The team, consisting of individuals selected for competition in men … Read More
Mock 7.0
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Joey Merkel
The football world was treated to a taste of the Draft earlier this week when the Miami Dolphins, who hold the first pick in the NFL Draft, came to a contractual agreement with University of Michigan offensive … Read More
Caps Fall in OT
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Nick Jacobs
If there were ever a good ending for the Washington Capitals’ season this year it would be a game seven in a playoffs. Unfortunately for Caps fans, that is how it happened. On Tuesday night, the dream-like … Read More
Baseball Takes Second
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Jonathan Wiggington
The Mary Washington Eagles entered the Capital Athletic Conference baseball tournament with a 20-10 record. The Eagles played their first two games of the tournament in Fredericksburg, but traveled to Salisbury, Maryland Friday night to participate in … Read More
Top Five Reasons to Hate Warmer Weather
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Claire Copps Ball Circle Our closet thing to a campus “quad,” and it gets flooded with people. If you want to go play some football, good luck with all the sunbathing girls taking up half of the grass and … Read More
Senior Art Major Focuses on the Artistic Process
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Stone Ferrell
Finding senior Michael Mosley’s house is pretty easy. All you have to do is look for the yard covered in paint cans. The inside of the Daniel Street house is just as distinguishable as the outside. … Read More
Beer Review: A Taste of Fredericksburg
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Charlotta Jarborg
Turning 21 opens up a lot of doors to fun activities, and one of them is only a short car ride away. Fredericksburg’s own microbrewery Blue and Gray is a must for any respectable, beer-chugging college student. … Read More
Kingston Trio: 51 Years Old and Still Rocking
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Landon James
The Kingston Trio brought a roof-raising UMW performance to UMW last Friday that could have easily stopped any pacemakers present in the audience. The Trio, who burst onto the musical scene in 1957, sustained a packed Dodd … Read More
Less Talk More Rock: Battle of the Bands
April 24, 2008 | The Blue & Gray PressBy Stone Ferrell and Tali Schiller
Two minutes into their song and The Console War is in trouble. Will Copps, drummer for the band–not to mention his day jobs as head of Giant and Editor-in-Chief of the Bullet–has just … Read More
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