VoIP could offer VCU community new telephone service options
Voice over Internet Protocol, also called VoIP, enables people to make telephone calls through an Internet connection instead of a telephone line. It could be the next telephone service available for VCU students and administrators.
“What you would get is a better quality of service,” said Mark Willis, assistant vice president for administrative information technology.
SGA election winners discuss plans
Eddie O’Leary, a political science major, and Mark Brewster, a biomedical engineering major, will head the Student Government Association beginning April 25, while Katherine Cappocelli, a mass communications and business major, becomes the association’s executive director.
Weird News
Chocolate egg tasters
Jeff Pyne and Rahul Patel have eaten 350 Easter eggs over the last six months. The two work for Tesco as professional Easter egg tasters. The two have been eating chocolate eggs round the clock to sample the quality of the company’s product.
Your Turn: Letters to the Editor
Why I came to VCU If you ask a student why they came to VCU, there’s a good chance they won’t know what you’re talking about. That’s because most students don’t go to VCU. But ask a VCU student why they’re here, and expect to hear how they weren’t accepted to any other colleges.
Opinion in Brief
Connecting the campuses
An article in the Mar. 24 Commonwealth Times reported on the rerouting of Campus Connector shuttle due to the closure of Grace Street for downtown redevelopment. Some liked the new route, pointing out that its passage through Leigh Street by the Coliseum cuts the number of traffic lights, making the trip between the Monroe Park and MCV campuses that much shorter.
Sex, lies and Republicans: bedroom habits should not be an issue when confirming judicial nominees
As one of Virginia’s most socially conservative legislators, Delegate Robert McDonnell (R-Va. Beach) has made a name for himself as a proponent of injecting his religious beliefs into the lives of everyone else. Now, though, as McDonnell prepares for a run at the state Attorney General’s office, we must examine the realities of his fake public image and the double standard he represents.
Anatomy of an industry: pornography, often reviled by conservatives, has made positive social contributions
The perception many have of the adult entertainment industry, popularly known as pornography, is that it is a dirty business fueled by sex and drugs that preys females who are young and na
Rams begin conference play Friday with road series against Towson
VCU outfielder Kwan Evans should have had at least two at bats in by 4:45 p.m. Wednesday , but by that time he hadn’t even stepped into the box.
Evans was actually sitting in Shafer waiting on a pizza, because rain postponed the Rams midweek game against the Hartford Hawks.
Upset with the way the balls bounced? Blame Paul
Not even a month ago, the list of people that packed right hands with more negative repercussions than Wake Forest guard Chris Paul was short.
1. Mike Tyson
2. Ike Turner
3. Three or four Indiana Pacers tied
Then, Paul hit North Carolina State guard Julius Hodge in the jimmy, setting off a Chernobyl-like chain of events in this year’s NCAA tournament and effectively low-blowing every wannabe bracket guru in the country.
Lambert, Frykberg championship bound
A pair of VCU athletes are headed to the NCAA outdoor championships this summer after performances at last weekend’s Ram Invitational.
Brett Frykberg and Davion Lambert earned trips to Sacramento to compete against college track and field’s elite from June 8-11.