The University of Mary Washington’s Independent Student Newspaper Serving the community since 1922
The
Weekly
Ringer
VOLUME 99 | ISSUE 4
October 3, 2025
UMW welcomes new four legged visitors for Harvest Festival Ball Circle became a petting zoo for an afternoon alongside local vendors for the annual Campus Walk Harvest Festival.
|2 INSIDE News UMW PCS
THE
RINGER
petition advocates for renewable energy use
Opinion | 3
Commuter spaces are an afterthought at UMW
Violet Ayers / The Weekly Ringer
Life | 4
Students are spooked by these UMW superstitions
Sports | 8
UMW women’s tennis competes at home for their final fall match