SGA Senate to decide on Veterans Day bill
Weeks after Veterans Day, students are debating whether VCU should do more to commemorate the Nov. 11 holiday.
The Student Government Association is expected to decide Monday on a student-sponsored bill, the VCU Freedom Act, which asks the university to recognize Veterans Day on future university calendars.
Crime Log
Oct. 30
A male was arrested in Brandt Hall for simple assault.
Nov. 8
A female advised that a known person assaulted her in the University Student Commons.
Nov. 15
A male was arrested at the Ukrop’s on North Harrison Street for larceny.
A female advised that a known person assaulted her in Gladding Residence Center.
Fire won’t slow Campus Addition construction
A smoky fire clouding up the Monroe Park Campus Addition on Tuesday was quickly contained. Sparks from welding on the top floor of the under-construction School of Engineering building lit a stack of roofing insulation on fire.
“It looked impressive,” said Lt.
Behl’s mother signs books, gives safety advice
Janet Pelasara, often hesitating between sentences, remembered police describing her daughter’s dead body. Though visibly upset by the events she described, Pelasara relived them for a small book signing at the Virginia Book Company three weeks after her new book, “Love You More: The Taylor Behl Story,” hit stores nationwide.
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ANKARA, Turkey – Pope Benedict XVI urged leaders of all religions Tuesday to “utterly refuse” to support any form of violence in the name of faith, while Turkey’s top Muslim cleric complained to the pontiff of growing “Islamophobia” in the world.
As he began his first visit to a Muslim country – a trip that drew extraordinary security but few onlookers – Benedict sought a careful balance as he extended friendship and brotherhood to Muslims, hoping to end the outcry from many Muslims over his remarks linking Islam to violence.