VCU splits season opener at Sports Backers
VCU split its season opener, falling 0-1 to University of North Carolina on Sept. 2 but manhandling Monmouth University 3-1 Sept. 4 at the Nike/Alltel Classic tournament at Sports Backers Stadium.
Preseason All American, Hermann Trophy notable and 2004 Colonial Athletic Association player-of-the-year Dominic Oduro (Accra, Ghana) was limited to a single shot on goal for the tournament by stifling defense.
VCU bumps off opponents
he VCU volleyball team left the Stuart C. Siegel Center on Sept. 3 with the players’ heads held high after sweeping the Third Degree Sportswear Volleyball Invitational tournament.
The Rams maintained a perfect home record and elevated themselves to 5-1 on the season after defeating Radford 3-0, East Tennessee State 3-2 and UNC Greensboro 3-0.
Death Cab makes ‘Plans’
Death Cab for Cutie has returned with their much-anticipated major label release “Plans.” The 11-track disc tells tales of love, death, angst and loss all sung by the gentle vocals of Ben Gibbard.
Although this is the band’s fifth release, thanks to Fox’s hit show “The O.
‘Late Registration’
Kanye West is at it again, this time with his newest effort, “Late Registration.” With two radio singles, “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” and “Gold Digger,” “Late Registration” looks like another classic for West. Disappointingly, the album is far from “College Dropout.
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Madagascar
This is a computer-animated film with an all-star cast, lots of humor and cute fuzzy animals. Marty the Zebra, turning another year older, wishes to explore the wild. But living in a zoo and dealing with the unmotivated attitude of his friends are not conducive to his goal.
Weird News
Train didn’t wake drunk Russian
A Russian who fell asleep between train tracks had drunk so much vodka he failed to wake up when a 150-ton cargo train passed over him.
Vladimir Rasimov, 23, passed out and fell between the tracks as he took a short cut home after boozing with pals in a pub in Dmitrievka in the south-east of the country.
Urban Traders store down, not out
It’s a scorching Saturday afternoon and Charles Brown, owner of Urban Traders, is peddling special items outside Plan 9 Music on a bustling West Cary Street. Real scorpions encased in glass belt buckles pique the curiosity of two women walking by.
A steady stream of Carytown shoppers stop to browse the merchandise neatly arranged on a black table and hanging from racks – Bob Marley T-shirts and dog tags, chandelier shell earrings, bamboo wood bangles, African shell and silver jewelry, flowing bohemian skirts, Caribbean paraphernalia and sunglasses.
Do population increases equal trouble?
The growing risk of overpopulation in Virginia has been cause for concern for years. Now, a dense population coupled with high gas prices in the wake of Hurricane Katrina has some officials taking our population size more seriously than ever before.
“There are too many people,” said Dean Broga, director for VCU’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety.
VCU nursing enrollment rises while statewide numbers fall
While the nursing shortage might be negative news for people requiring future medical care, it rates as good news for nursing students planning to graduate and practice in the next 10 years.
“I’m not stressing over job security at all,” said 25-year-old nursing student Atalie Doyle.
Trani listed sixth among Richmond power players
In the fifteen years since President Eugene Trani took the helm at VCU, he has made a much-publicized ascent to the exclusive area atop Richmond’s corporate hierarchy of power. Depending on whom you ask, he is one of the most influential figures in the capital city today.