Tenacious D: Rams stifle UNCW, advance to second round
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Defense may win championships, but Wednesday night it got VCU out of the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament.
The Rams held UNC Wilmington to 26.3 percent shooting from the field and earned a 53-40 win to advance to the second round of the CAA tournament.
ODU clinches championship in OT
The top-seeded Old Dominion Monarchs capitalized with their key players as they defeated Virginia Commonwealth, 73-66, in the championship game of the 2005 Colonial Athletic Association championship Monday night in front of 10,650 fans, a tournament record, at the Richmond Coliseum.
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CD Review: “Mander Salis”
Artist: The Snake The Cross The Crown
Tracks: 10
Length: 48:12 minutes
Highlights: “Empires,” “On The Threshold Of Eternity,” “Echolalia”
The weather these days is anything but predictable. On one of the nicer days this week I found myself putting a bit of bounce in my step to the sound of The Snake The Cross The Crown’s latest album, “Mander Salis,” which debuted in late 2004.
Dan Rather signs off as ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor
NEW YORK (AP) – Dan Rather echoed a word he once used every night to sign off the “CBS Evening News”- courage -in anchoring the program for the final time after 24 years on Wednesday.
In a brief statement at the end of the broadcast, Rather paid tribute to Sept.
VCU celebrates Body Awareness Week with obstacle course
If you were in the Siegel Center last Tuesday, then you would have seen about 40 people running through an obstacle course to test their physical abilities as others timed their performances.
You also could have watched An Ly hit the top time within 50.
New engineering building by 2007
When the School of Engineering first set up shop at VCU, the school’s administration planned to construct another building as the engineering student population grew.
The original L-shaped Engineering Building, said Barton Cregger, associate dean of the engineering school was meant to be duplicated on the same block.
Weird News
Licking their wounds
A school football coach from Halsey, Ore. in trouble for licking a bleeding skinned knee of one of his athletes. The coach has already been disciplined for his actions, but now the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practice Commission is looking into another parent complaint regarding repeated inappropriate behavior.
Music students show off their talent
For more than seven years, VCU guitar students have been performing minifestivals at the VCU Music Center. These festivals have showcased the works of Bach and Kant, as well as Baroque styles of music, but the most recent one featured Spanish guitar music.
Two weeks to add-drop?
Students may have an additional two weeks in fall 2005 to add or drop their courses if the VCU administration approves the measure the SGA drafted Monday.
“I was really pleased with the Senate’s decision when they voted for our bill,” said Jithin Veer, one of the sponsors.