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School Slang
  • Beach Week: Following spring exams when everyone goes to the Outer Banks for a giant, weeklong party.
  • Boatwright Beach: Large grassy hill in front of Boatwright Library that students use for studying or tanning in nice weather.
  • B-School: The Business School.
  • Commons: The Tyler Haynes Commons.
  • D-Hall: The E. Bruce Heilman Dining Center, the main dining hall on campus.
  • Downtown: The Shockoe Slip bar district of Richmond.
  • Fiji: The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
  • Going Out: When someone asks if you are “Going out tonight?” they are wondering if you are going to drink/party.
  • Honor Code: A code that all UR Students agree to live by; a promise not to lie, cheat, or steal. Violators of the honor code are tried by a jury of their peers and, if found guilty, are expelled from the University.
  • Old South: On-campus name of the Kappa Alpha fraternity.
  • Pier: The Tyler Haynes Grill located in the Commons. It serves fast food.
  • Quad: The area between the Jepson, Ryland, and Weinstein buildings.
  • Rape Van: The safety shuttle.
  • RAs: Resident assistants, students paid by the University to keep other students from breaking the rules.
  • The River: James River Pony Pastures, an area where students go to swim and tan in nice weather.
  • The Row: Fraternity row, located on campus. Each lodge is allowed four hours for social functions per weekend that can be distributed on either Friday or Saturday night.
  • Social: A formal event usually hosted by a fraternity or club team where you and a date go to a bar or restaurant that has been rented out for the evening by the organization.
  • Spiderbytes: Daily electronic newsletter sent to all members of the University.
  • Spidermail: The name of the e-mail service used by students and professors at UR.
  • Tri-Delt: The Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
  • Boatwright Library isn’t really for studying.
  • Bring lots of collared shirts; the dress code here is preppy.
  • Bring rain boots.
  • Downtown is about 15 minutes away.
  • Many students come from private schools in New England.
  • Orientation week isn’t actually “dry;” go to the frat parties.
  • The library gives out 500 print credits each semester.
  • The on-campus dining selection isn’t very big.
  • The Spinning Your Web program isn’t very cool.
  • The student body is small.
  • Try to meet as many people as possible.
  • You have to buy the kind of power cord the school tells you to buy.
  • You will get a lot of homework.
Tips to Succeed
  • Avoid early morning classes.
  • Check your e-mail religiously.
  • Do readings before class, and complete your assignments on time.
  • Don't stress too much.
  • Get involved, but don't get too busy.
  • Get to know your professor so you feel comfortable asking for help.
  • Go to class, and make sure you show up on time.
  • Learn about research opportunities and summer grants available on campus.
  • Meet other people in your classes; they can help you, too.
  • Research classes and professors before signing up.
  • Study up for midterms and finals.
  • Take classes that you think you will enjoy.
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ur2ndyear

'14

Economics

5.0
A+

Diverse Programs, Higher Education

UofR is an up-and-coming University known as the Ive League of the south. The programs are great (#12 business school) and top 20 liberal arts college. We have a coordinate college system that is mostly for customs and traditions. 2 separate colleges; Richmond College for men, Westhampton College for women. 2 separate deans offices, 2 student governments, etc. Often called the most beautiful campus in the country...it is the school to go to right now!

Dec 01, 2011

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mts91

'09

Political Science and Government

3.5
B

Diversity

Whats unique about are school is our location, and our diverse clash of southern and northern students. We have a fair mix of each and it is interesting to learn of each's culture, slang, and fashion. In addition to the loaction of the school which is 2 hours away from everything big or important in the state of Va.

Dec 19, 2010

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Rich Mond

'13

Business

4.6
A

A Great Time

I love Richmond. I came here not knowing anybody, which turned out to be a blessing. Most people were in the same situation and I've formed great friendships. Our school is known to be very fratty and preppy, those who are rockers or alternative or whatever do not fit in as well. Beautiful campus with beautiful people. For a small school we party hard. Classes are a challenge but hey, thats college. Come to Richmond, you will absolutely love it.

Mar 24, 2010

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Traditions
  • Beach Week: Following spring finals, most students visit the Outer Banks for a week of relaxing and unwinding. Friends get together to rent beach houses or hotel rooms, and it is basically an excuse for a week-long beach party.
  • Greek Weekend: This series of events, which used to be stretched out over an entire week, is a chance for the fraternities and sororities to compete to see who can raise the most money for charity. Events such as the Sigma Chi Acoustic Night and the Pi Phi Lip Sync are always fun because you get to watch your fellow students make fools of themselves.
  • Investiture Night: After the first month of school, all freshmen RC students go to the chapel for a candlelight ceremony celebrating their investiture into the UR community. After several welcoming speeches, the students line up and walk across campus to Whitehurst, where the Dean makes a speech to them from the window of his office. Students used to jump into the lake, but this tradition was discontinued several years ago when a student drowned.
  • Pig Roast: On the weekend before spring finals, the fraternities host the biggest party on campus, Pig Roast. Although there actually are pigs involved and everyone eats their fill of pork, the main focus of the day is waking at the crack of dawn, and embarking upon a day-long drinking binge. Alumni return, and it is the best possible way to blow off steam before settling down and studying for finals with whatever brain cells you have left.
  • Proclamation Night: This is the WC equivalent of Investiture. Freshman and senior WC students take part in the ceremony to welcome new students and also to bid farewell to old ones. The ceremony is again held by candlelight, and the women all wear white. As a freshman, each student writes a letter to herself detailing what she wants to do at college, and as a senior, she gets to read her letter.
  • Tailgate: Before every home football game, students get dressed up in shirts and ties or sundresses and head to the UR Stadium parking lot for tailgate. Arriving hours before kickoff, the fraternities set up tables where they hand out free booze while the sororities set up booths with free food. Students wander around the parking lot for the next few hours, drinking, eating and talking to one another until the police come and tell everyone it is time for kickoff. Then the parking lot clears out and most of the students skip the game and head back to campus.
Urban Legends
  • If you make out with someone in the gazebo, you are destined to marry that person.
  • In the 70s there was a dog on campus, Spacedog, who went crazy after some students fed him LSD. He would bark at everything and act very bizarre.
  • Playboy ranked UR one of the top 10 best-looking universities.
  • The CVS next to campus sells the most beer of any pharmacy in the United States (possibly true because it is close and cheap).
  • There is a mummy that lives in North Court (true, but it is on display in the Ancient World Gallery and definitely not living).
  • There is an underground tunnel system connecting all dorms and buildings.
  • There was a special endowment for the dessert selection at D-Hall.

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