‘The darkness’ steals the show
A gallon of gas costs 34 cents, a gallon of milk is $1.08, and a new Volkswagen Beetle costs a mere $1,800. Cell phones and extreme airport security don’t exist. It may sound like an episode of the “Twilight Zone,” but it’s actually the U.S. in 1968, the year in which “Wait Until Dark,” Theatre VCU’s first show of the season, is set.
Toastmasters club hosts speech contest Saturday
For the first time in recent history, VCU’s Toastmasters Club will sponsor humorous and evaluation speech contests that feature contestants from four area Toastmasters Clubs.
“It seemed like a good way to let our members see what a toastmasters contest is all about, as well as giving nonmembers some exposure to what Toastmasters is all about,” said Jacob Leach, VCU’s club president.
The Commonwealth Times hits the streets
1) What is your reaction/thought(s) about Hurricane Katrina? 2) Whom do you know was directly affected by Hurricane Katrina? 3) What would you do if you, like some Katrina victims, had to change universities? 4) What are you doing to help the victims recover? 5) What do you think could have been done for the New Orleans residents to be more prepared? Laurie Miller, Female, 22, Caucasian, Senior, Environmental Science Q1: “(It) raised a lot of concern for friends and family in the area.
Confederate landmark could move
RICHMOND, Va. – The White House of the Confederacy, a symbol of the South shrinking in the shadow of urban development, will cost more than $4.7 million to relocate, specialists told state officials meeting to discuss the landmark’s fate Monday.
The meeting was the third of four concerning the Richmond site, where a museum also stands.
Volunteers work to find homes for animals
Local volunteers returned to Richmond last week from Hattiesburg, Miss., after helping the Humane Society of the United States care for surviving animals of Hurricane Katrina.
Volunteers from Cat’s Cradle of Greater Richmond and Veterinarian Technicians from Betty Baugh’s Animal Clinic arrived in Mississippi hoping to help.
In the News
Brown defends himself on late FEMA response to Katrina’s convention center refugees
WASHINGTON–Embattled former FEMA director Michael Brown says he was initially unaware of desperate conditions at the New Orleans Convention Center because it was not a planned Hurricane Katrina evacuation site, according to a congressional memo.
Editorial Cartoon
Your Turn
Enough to go around
In his recent editorial, Omar Yacoubi makes a case for prioritizing humans over non-human animals. The writer cites my victory as “Sexiest Vegetarian Alive” as a better way to reach people than PETA’s recent exhibit.
As the winner from that contest, I am proud to use it as a means to educate others about how eating feces-laden meat and pus-filled dairy products is far from attractive or healthy! Nevertheless, I recognize that not everyone pays attention to the same educational methods, so I stand by their genuine effort to make the world a better place.
‘Screw the children!’
George Carlin had a good idea when he said “f– the children!”- better yet, f– purifying our culture for children.
Parental groups and the religious right are trying to protect children from all they see, hear and read, and it is a nuisance.
Clean Flicks, for example, a company that edits movies for graphic violence, nudity, profanity and sexual content, is tainting American cinema.
Animal Liberation Exhibit
In his recent editorial, Omar Yacoubi makes a case for prioritizing humans over non-human animals. The writer cites my victory as ‘Sexiest Vegetarian Alive’ as a better way to reach people than PETA’s recent exhibit. As the winner from that contest, I am proud to use it as a means to educate others about how […]