Byline: John O'Connor
Aug. 3--Edward L. Ayers became the University of Richmond's president July 1. One of UR's first facility enhancements on his watch was the addition of a basketball goal to the driveway of the president's River Road home. Ayers shoots jumpers to relax.
He follows sports, and said a successful Spiders athletics program is among his priorities. Ayers, on UR athletics:
Can you project your level of involvement in UR athletics?
I want to know people, and I want to understand what it really means to be a student-athlete at the University of Richmond. I took a couple of trips with [University of Virginia] teams back when I was a [U.Va.] faculty ...