Are cell phones taking over?
Beginning fall 2005 VCU no longer will provide long-distance services for the students in the dormitories.
Long-distance usage in the dorms has declined in the past several years, and VCU administrators attribute it to the popularity of cell phones.
Rhone urges students to give feedback
Although few students attended the Student Government Association’s March Roundtable meeting because of a scheduling conflict with VCU’s final men’s basketball game, the students there heard words of encouragement from a top VCU administrator and SGA leaders.
Car bomb rips through theater restaurant in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar (AP) – A car bomb tore through a theater popular with Westerners during a performance Saturday in Qatar, killing one person, officials said. Twelve other people were injured in the blast in the northern suburb, Qatar’s Interior Ministry said in a statement.
More men turn to nursing
“Are you man enough to be a nurse?”
If the percentage of VCU’s male-nursing student population is indicative of this recruitment slogan, more and more patients in nursing homes, hospitals and clinics are finding the answer to that question a firm “Yes.”
Weird News
Fake cop tries to catch women
An Austrian man was arrested for pretending to be a policeman in order to pick up women. The fake police officer would pull over female drivers for speeding and after letting them off with a warning, hoping they would fall for him.
Your Turn: Letters to the Editor
Alternative Spring Break was worth it
To the Editor: Alternative Spring Break is a way of service to the community instead of vacationing. There were five groups from Virginia Commonwealth University that particiapted in Alternative Spring Break; our group consisted of ten students, which included two site leaders.
Opinion in Brief
VCU
Leading the way
New banners have begun appearing around campus highlighting our name change from the Academic Campus to the Monroe Park Campus. The new banners, which also appear on the medical campus, feature a picture of the historic element of each campus – the Egyptian building for MCV and the newly restored Monroe Park fountain for VCU.
Defending the innocent: bail reform needed to prevent good people from going bad
As many watch news coverage of high-profile criminal trials, all too often the police, prosecutors and judges are portrayed as the good guys, and those accused of criminal action take the role of the evil villain. After all, the defendant is the one who must “beat” the system for the prize of freedom.
Anatomy of an industry: credit card companies make it easy to run up debt, harder to get out
The bankruptcy bill currently before Congress is going to make it harder for people to erase their debts. The legislative measure has been pushed by the credit card industry for some time now to reduce what they say are excessive numbers of people seeking to avoid having to repay their debts.
So what do we do now?
Okay, so it’s been a few days now. It’s time to come to grips with a few things.
ODU made their free throws down the stretch.
That’s cool.
Alex Loughton threw a great pass and Isaiah Hunter made a great finish.
That’s cool, too.
Nobody but the ESPN camera crew saw Jeff Capel and like three other Rams all make little T’s with their hands when they had the ball and were down by just 2 points.