The economy is in turmoil and tuition costs are on the rise, in England this was a violent combination. In response to a tripling of tuition to universities, students staged violent protests in London this fall. This article raises the question as to what the consequences of our own tuition increase at Mary Washington will be, which I attempted to interpret into a simple and blunt infographic.
This informative data shows the change in budget allocations for athletics in the 2009-2010 year where the budget decreased. Looking at that in comparison to the years before it that had significant increases in the budget each year, this graph begs the question, what's going to happen in the future? Will the budget continue to decrease? Student athletics are very important for the Mary Washington community and the budget must keep increasing or at least stop decreasing so that student athletes can continue to compete at a competitive level.
Submitted by jellogymnast11 on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 22:46
At the end of last semester, 964 UMW students each used 10 meals of their meal plans to donate a turkey to a local food bank. The large pyramid of turkeys shows both the number of turkeys that were donated and the number of meals that were put toward this cause by students. This goes to show that many students do not use up all of their meals for the semester but they are willing to put them toward a good cause, such as the food bank.
Submitted by shannotate on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 10:49
My grandmother always used to tell me the story of the little flower girl, Phyllis. Phyllis was grandma's younger cousin who had been volunteered to walk down the aisle, throwing roses at my grandmother's wedding. She had offered to go pick the flowers herself in the back of our now old house, in the forest where we'd walk our dog. I doing so one day and came upon this field of white flowers and saw a quick flash of white light. My camera was able to capture details that my eye couldn't see, and when I got home to develop the film, this is what I saw.
While out with Torchwood searching for a weevil that had been sighted by some common folk, I stumbled upon a ghost of some earth creature wandering the streets. According to Gwen and Ianto it was a deer of sorts. Something more common than I'm used to but still interesting. I was a little upset at first that it had not escaped from the rift but was soon relieved when it did not attack us, like the weevil did soon after.
The deer did approach Owen, somehow unfazed by his dead yet human like form. Possibly sensing that he wasn't actually alive to harm him.
When I used to attend sleep away camp up in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, we all told ghost stories at night to try to scary everyone. One night, our counselor told us the story of the daughter of Lady Wentworth (the owner of the land at the time). She used to play in the woods by herself because there were no other little kids around to play with. One night, she disappeared into the woods and never came out. My counselor said that she still haunts the woods of our camp. My cabin mates dared me to go out at midnight and take a picture of the woods.
Papa took this picture with his 1950s camera at dusk. He and my grandmother were out walking on their farm when she looked to the sky in thought. Only instead of thinking, she screamed out of surprise. My grandfather whipped out his camera and quickly snapped a shot a picture of the strange orbs in the sky.
So I was walking along an english moore one night when I came upon an interesting ruin. I stopped to snap a quick shot of it and went along my way. When I developed the film...this is what I saw! Creepy!
