Fall Food Drive 2005
With hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaging the Gulf Coast, food supplies throughout the nation’s food banks are running critically low. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and the Central Virginia Food Bank’s shelves are bare. Thousands of Richmond children rely on the Food Bank for their daily nutritional needs.
Virginia schools implement anti-bullying program
In response to studies that show people who bully are susceptible to anti-social behavior, Virginia Commonwealth University has started a new program: Project Towards a Bully-Free Virginia.
Training for the program started the first week of August when VCU’s Department of Education teamed up with program coordinator Catherine Moffett and 27 other professionals to create a certification program focused on dealing with bullying.
Crime Log
Sept. 9
A male was arrested for disorderly conduct at the University Student Commons.
A male visitor advised that an unknown person vandalized state property at the Music Center on Grove Avenue.
Sept. 12
A male student advised that an unknown person removed personal property from its secured location at Shafer Court Dining Center.
New developments in Behl investigation
After days with little news in the search for missing VCU freshman Taylor Behl, the story began to unfold again Friday as a “person of interest” was taken into police custody and the university announced a $20,000 reward in addition to the $11,000 offered by Behl’s family for anyone with information that leads to Behl’s location and return.
VCU students give up their Saturday to volunteer
Picture it: Saturday, 9 a.m. It’s an unfamiliar time for many students, a time that means only one thing – sleep.
But sleep was not on the agenda for nearly 100 students who participated in VCU’s “Into the Streets” program Saturday. The half-day program started bright and early and let participants choose from 11 different volunteering activities.
PETA message faces support, protest
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ new Animal Liberation Project began its 28-campus tour last week at VCU but not without controversy.
A 250-square-foot exhibit was displayed at Park Plaza behind the Hibbs Building from Sept. 20 to Sept. 22. Twelve panels featured dual images that sought to parallel injustices faced by animals and humans, including hangings, brandings and beatings.
In the News
Rita batters Gulf Coast with high winds and water
BEAUMONT, Texas – Hurricane Rita pummeled east Texas and the Louisiana coast Saturday, triggering floods and demolishing buildings, yet the dominant reaction was relief that the once-dreaded storm proved far less fierce and deadly than Katrina.
Editorial Cartoon
Editor’s perspective
In a poster at VCU advertising PETA’s traveling display on animal suffering, an image of an African slave’s foot in chains was compared with that of an elephant. Below these images, a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. was used to make PETA’s case: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
A vegan perspective
As many at VCU know, there was a display on campus recently that compared human suffering throughout history to that of animals today.
I was reading over some of the media coverage of the Animal Liberation exhibit and was surprised (although maybe I shouldn’t be) at just how angry and upset some people were by the exhibit.