coronavirus – The Ring-tum Phi

Campus dining, library and book store reopen with new safety precautions and restrictions

Leyburn Library reopened in August with modified hours.

Henry Barden • September 10, 2020

University eases rules due to low COVID-19 positivity rates during arrival and surveillance testing

Students social distance on the Colonnade.

Nobel Manaye, Vivek Kumar, Jin Ni, and Avalon Pernell • September 10, 2020

Dudley tells CNBC ‘we are doing everything in our power’ to bring back students in the fall

Washington and Lee University President Will Dudley was interviewed by Kelly Evans, '07, on CNBC on Wednesday, May 13. Screenshot of the interview.

Hannah Denham • May 13, 2020

The fate of summer research programs: Canceled or virtual?

An aerial view of Washington and Lee University. Photo by Coleman Martinson.

Avalon Pernell • April 21, 2020

Scrapbook: Final days on campus and life in quarantine

From left to right: Elizabeth Thompson, '20, Kathryn Gerbo, '20, and Elizabeth Underwood, '20 pose for early graduation photos on the Colonnade. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Underwood.

Ring-tum Phi Staff • April 13, 2020

Fancy Dress refunds tickets

The Andy Warhol-themed Fancy Dress 2019 was held in the Student Activities Pavilion. Photo by Hannah Denham.

Grace Mamon • April 13, 2020

How three Rockbridge area women are sewing masks for first responders

Linda Floyd (left) sews the two pieces of cloth together to make the base of the mask. Mary Katherine Lawrence (right) tests out the sizing on her face.
Photo by Hannah Denham.

Hannah Denham • April 13, 2020

Letter to the editor: A letter from the Mock Convention Political Chair

Mock Convention Political Chair John Harashinski, '20, explains the contested convention on February 14, 2020. Photo by Lilah Kimble.

John Harashinski • April 13, 2020

Letter to the editor: To the class of 2020

The Class of 2020, during their first-year orientation week in August 2016.
Photo by Kevin Remington.

Will Bolton • April 13, 2020

Student Activities seeks to maintain the ‘social’ in distancing

A night at Friday Night Underground, a popular party alternative for students, in January 2019. Photo by James Ricks, '21.

Kristen Xu • April 13, 2020

Empty pews: Celebrating Easter and Passover during a pandemic

Lee Bernstein, ‘20, has taken the opportunity with staying in Lexington for Passover to call extended family and cook her own kosher food for seder.

Hannah Denham • April 13, 2020

Lexington prepares for major cut in tax revenue as local businesses shutter

April 12, 2020: Easter Sunday in Lexington. Photo by Hannah Denham.

Jin Ni • April 13, 2020

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