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http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Collegian81.19.3-19950302.JPG
This Collegian article summarizes a talk by Ishmail Conway during Black History Month about the misunderstanding of Black fraternities and sororities. Conway traces the history of Black Greek organizations to the early 20th century, and stresses the…

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In this oral history interview, Rayford L. Harris, Jr. (R’77) sat down with Rena Xiao (’20) and Eden Wolfer (’20) on July 1, 2018, in Boatwright Memorial Library. Over the course of the one hour and forty minute interview, Harris…

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Ishmail Conway, Director of the Luther P. Jackson Cultural Center at the University of Virginia, was a guest speaker at the University of Richmond during Black History Month. During his speech, he focused on the importance and significance behind…

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In this Collegian opinion piece, student Julie Ciccarone responds to a defense of the Greek system in response to a Collegian piece by student Greg Simonian titled “Enough is enough,” in which Simonian wonders why the Greek system gets…

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In 1970, the Westhampton College Senate voted to end the ratting program. The Senate committee had conducted a study of the ratting program that found that students, faculty, and alumni favored an end to ratting. They proposed that ratting may be…

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This article looks back on the rules for men and women at the University of Richmond during the first half of the 20th century. The men's rules apply to "ratting" or a freshman hazing event in which freshmen "rats are full-time pledges to…

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This is a "rat cap" that a Richmond College freshmen wore during "rat week." Rat Week was a hazing event for freshman that commonly involved racist imagery and Lost Cause ideology.

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This is a "rat cap" that a Westhampton College freshmen wore in during "rat week." Rat Week was a hazing event for freshman that commonly involved racist imagery and Lost Cause ideology.

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This is a "rat cap" that a Richmond College freshmen wore in 1941 during "rat week." Rat Week was a hazing event for freshman that commonly involved racist imagery and Lost Cause ideology.

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This is a "rat cap" that a Richmond College freshmen wore in 1940 during "rat week." Rat Week was a hazing event for freshman that commonly involved racist imagery and Lost Cause ideology.
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