‘Resident Evil’ sucks moviegoers dry
For those of you who like the typical fast action, cheesy death scenes, under-developed plot and slapstick jokes; check out “Resident Evil: the Apocalypse.”
The movie opens with a good introduction, summarizing the prequel. The basic story line involves the typical evil business unleashing a cannibal-creating virus onto innocent people.
Correction
In the Sept. 13 article, “Student groups sponsor candlelight vigil,” the story reported that Muslim Students’ Association president Ali Faruk received an e-mail from a person who said “they were offended … by my belief in Allah and the Jihad.”
The Commonwealth Times clarifies that what was said was “that someone else randomly blamed (Faruk) for supporting Jihad.
In Brief
Wife loses tongue to angry husband A man in India was arrested recently after chopping off his wife’s tongue. Enadul Mullick, 40, cut off 30-year-old Halima’s tongue with a cleaver after dragging her into the kitchen by her hair. Monday, Halima was “fighting for her life” in a hospital near Calcutta, according to Ananova.
Students: Mural reflects VCU community
Hundreds of VCU students visit the James Branch Cabell Library every day. Others view it as just another building. But now many are taking a second look at the library ? all because of a giant mural beneath the front entrance of the second floor staircase.
Honor Code: How VCU stacks up
Honesty, truth and integrity. Each are values that, as the VCU Honor System states, are “central to (the university’s) mission as an institution of higher education.” Samantha Marsh, former chair of the academic undergraduate honor council, said the 2002 revision of VCU’s Honor System places honor at the center of the university community.
LGBT students, faculty mingle at banquet
A gay family member of Katherine Hemminger, a first-year psychology and criminal justice student, passed away without being open about his sexuality. Since then Hemminger said she has accepted gay rights issues as her own.
When Hemminger came to VCU, she joined Queer Action because “I’ve always believed certain things about homosexuals,” she said.
Editorial Cartoon
Letters to the Editor
My name is Ali Faruk and I’m contacting you regarding the misquotations in (the Monday Sept. 13) edition of the CT featuring an article (link) about the candlelight vigil. For one, it quotes me as supporting Jihad, which I didn’t say at all. I said that someone else randomly blamed me for supporting Jihad.
VCU: Open — for criticism
We will remember Tropical Storm Gaston for the carnage, destruction and death it brought to Richmond. We will remember Gaston for the way it changed so much of our day-to-day lifestyle, whether it be through new travel routes because of roads being washed away, loss of property, or ultimately the loss of life.
Rowdies want students to ‘join the herd’
Calling all teasers, yellers, screamers, hecklers and just plain hoops fans. The Rowdy Rams have scheduled their first meeting of the school year for Monday Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. in Richmond Salon II in the University Student Commons. The group will hand out pizza and free T-shirts at the general interest meeting, and VCU men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel and women’s basketball coach Beth Cunningham are expected to make cameos along with a few of their athletes.