Francescatto named CAA Athlete of the Week
Senior outside hitter Ludmila Francescatto was named volleyball Colonial Athletic Association Athlete of the Week last week.
Hailing from Fraiburga, Brazil, Francescatto has posted 88 kills, 57 digs, 13 blocks, and 6 service aces, hitting .299 for the Rams this season.
Spartans’ self-defeating spinout
VCU tallied an unusual win Saturday night against seventh-ranked UNC Greensboro after having split the pair of games in the Nike/Alltel Classic over last weekend.
The score was 3-1, and the game ended almost 15 minutes early, but not because of inclement weather – in fact, the weather outside was perfect – but because five Spartans were removed from the game for losing
their heads.
Sports in Brief
Field hockey
Connecticut Huskies Classic
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The VCU field hockey team concluded the Connecticut Huskies Classic last weekend with two losses.
On Friday, Sept. 1 the Rams went up against Yale, defeated 1-3. On Sunday they played Sacred Heart and lost 3-5.
What’s happening?
The Scourge of the Sea
“Sweet golden pop music” for the Richmond scene.
Ipanema, 917 W. Grace St.
Sept. 10, 8 p.m.
Loretta Ross: Reproductive Justice Lecture and Workshop
Founder and national coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective speaks about reproductive health and rights.
Jam’s Jams
Thom Yorke
‘The Eraser’
Despite Radiohead being my all-time favorite band, I decided to go into reviewing lead singer Thom Yorke’s solo album, “The Eraser,” completely unbiased. At times, the album sounds like a demo, as if they were an update of the way Pete Townshend used to do solo versions of all his songs for The Who.
Stay Tuned: Neil Gaiman
Best-selling author Neil Gaiman, writer of such classics as the Sandman comic series, American Gods, Anansi Boys and Neverwhere, will be visiting Richmond sometime during the fall semester.
In the notes from a Library Advisor Committee Meeting on Nov. 18, 2005, an entry read that Gaiman had accepted the invitation from John Ulmschneider because of his ongoing interest in James Cabell, the writer after whom the library is named.
Art school confidential: The nitty gritty of AFO
Every incoming art student has heard about it. Every art student has to take it. It’s a long, hard road to artistic realization.
AFO.
Every fall semester, an onslaught of incoming freshman art students begin the AFO, also known as The Art Foundation Program, which has long been the standard for entering the art major.
Webcomics come into their own
Webcomics have taken a stand as a new art form in and of themselves. Combining the freedom of the Internet with the imaginative minds of artists, comic creators no longer have to find a publishing company to get recognized. Instead, all they need is a pen and paper, a scanner, a bit of technology savvy and some free time.
Lights, camera, emotion!
The mood was heavy inside and out of the Grace Street Theater Friday night, as the themes of the “Dance on Camera” films reflected the tropical depression. The pieces touched on issues such as murder, suicide, broken families, overcoming obstacles, internal struggles and being trapped.