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The Ring-tum Phi

Independent student newspaper of Washington and Lee University

The Ring-tum Phi

Independent student newspaper of Washington and Lee University

The Ring-tum Phi

Students social distance on the Colonnade.

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

Students can now visit one another in their residences as long as they wear masks and social distance.
Nobel Manaye, Vivek Kumar, Jin Ni, and Avalon Pernell
September 10, 2020
An aerial view of Washington and Lee University. Photo by Coleman Martinson.

The fate of summer research programs: Canceled or virtual?

President Will Dudley announced that all summer programs will be canceled or online, but the associate provost is hopeful that the program could still be in-person at the end of the summer.
Avalon Pernell
April 21, 2020
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.

Scrapbook: Final days on campus and life in quarantine

Students sent in snapshots of how they’re creating memories, despite coronavirus cancellations
Ring-tum Phi Staff
April 13, 2020
The ODAC unanimously voted to cancel all track and field, tennis, baseball, lacrosse, and golf spring seasons for 2020 as a result of COVID-19. Photo by Isaac Thompson, '21.

Senior student athletes adjust to abrupt end of winter and spring seasons

The university and the ODAC canceled athletics for the rest of the year
Sydney Lee
March 30, 2020
The flier shared by the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies program describing the events to celebrate women’s suffrage. Photo courtesy of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program highlights 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage

A movie, panel discussion and trivia night celebrate the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment
Annalisa Waddick
March 30, 2020
Luke Basham, Democratic party analyst, stands at the podium to introduce the roll call.

Bernie Sanders wins Mock Con’s Democratic nomination after contested convention

The 27th Mock Convention nominates Sanders for president
Grace Mamon, Laura Calhoun, Jin Ni, and Vivek Kumar
February 15, 2020
Washington Hall. Photo by Hannah Denham.

Washington and Lee denies it acted with anti-male bias in 2017 sexual misconduct case

The former male student is suing the university after he was suspended for non-consensual sexual penetration of a female student, denied readmission
Hannah Denham and Maya Lora
July 18, 2019
Public Safety is investigating leaflets a KKK chapter left on Washington and Lee's campus. Photo by Hannah Denham, '20.

University public safety says investigation into KKK fliers is ongoing

Washington and Lee Public Safety shares information it has gathered about the leaflets found on campus three weeks ago.
Hannah Denham
November 14, 2018
Rockbridge County High School students perform French poem “Liberte.” Photo by Grace Mamon.

Romance languages department hosts annual poetry reading

High school and college students joined Washington and Lee faculty members in reciting their favorite poems.
Grace Mamon
November 13, 2018

W&L moves to need-blind admissions

Universities such as Harvard and Yale also use need-blind practices
Liza Moore
November 6, 2018
Students got to experience haunted houses such as the one pictured, “Demented,” where scare actors waited inside. Photo by Maya Lora, ‘20.

Student Activities sponsors free trip to Busch Gardens for students

Student Activities Director Kelsey Goodwin says student participation in sponsored activities is increasing
Isabel Chiodo
November 6, 2018
Newcomb Hall, the first building on the colonnade, is where the history department calls home. Photo by Ben Soullier, ‘19.

History Department launches search to replace two beloved professors

Professors Ted DeLaney and T.J. Tallie both brought unique backgrounds and teaching abilities to the department
Ben Soullier
November 6, 2018
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