VCU student crowned PETA’s ‘Sexiest Vegetarian Alive’
Name: Micah E. Risk
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Profile: The 20-year-old sophomore health sciences major transferred to VCU from Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., and says her career goal is to be a nutritionist. She counts animals, sports and a passion for issues among her likes and meat, raw onions and ignorance among her dislikes.
Crime Log
March 16
* A female was arrested for possession of marijuana on North 8th Street.
March 20
* A female advised that an unknown person damaged personal property valued at $200 at the SE Lot.
March 21
* A male and female were arrested for possession of marijuana at Gladding Residence Center.
Students volunteer with Habitat for Humanity
Thanks to Ashley Hall and nine other VCU medical and nursing students, another Habitat for Humanity house stands ready for completion in Henrico.
Hall, co-vice president of philanthropy for the MCV-SGA, and nine VCU students assisted the Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity organization in building a one-story, four-bedroom home in the Edgelawn neighborhood of Eastern Henrico County.
Professor takes part in Black History Month special
After more than 4,000 interviews with people concerning civil rights history, Clarence Thomas, associate professor in the School of Mass Communications, recognizes the impact of his work for the Library of Congress.
“I became part of the project when it was switched over to the Library of Congress,” Thomas said.
Weird News
Burton spends millions on cracking nuts
Tim Burton, director of the remake of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” spent millions of dollars to train squirrels how to crack nuts. The squirrels were chosen at birth and sent to a training school for six months to learn how to perform the task.
SGA discusses successes at semester’s final roundtable
Before the Student Government Association ended its roundtable meetings for the year Monday, SGA’s leaders, past and present, told the organization leaders farewell and discussed plans for next year.
SGA president Zmarak Khan and Kelly Carnes, the executive director of university relations, discussed the roundtable’s success.
Islamic professor leads coed prayer service
A VCU religious studies professor last month broke from Islamic tradition when she led a mixed gender Islamic prayer service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.
Amina Wadud, a female professor who teaches a class on women and Islam, angered some members of the Muslim community in the United States and abroad.
VCU gallery director to become professor
After eight years as director of the Anderson Gallery Museum of the Arts, Ted Potter on July 1 will become a collateral associate professor in the VCU School of the Arts.
A painter and art advocate, Potter directed the Anderson Gallery through 255 exhibitions since his arrival in 1997.
Opinion in Brief
Coke or Pepsi? Coca-Cola lovers take note: the Subway on West Broad Street recently switched from Pepsi to Coca-Cola, making it the first place you might be able to call “on campus” (in the Ackell Residence Center building) where you can get a Coke instead of a Pepsi.
‘B’ is for Booze: Virginia’s alphabet liquor system is one of Prohibition’s last bastions
“What kinda store is that? ABC? They don’t have to sell me the alphabet, I already know it.” My dad sometimes tells the story of his first encounter with the ABC stores when he and my ma first came to the Old Dominion from the Bronx back in the eighties.