Renting rules revealed at workshop
The trick to picking the perfect off-campus rental this spring is to find an apartment farther away from campus, information services manager Martha Harper said at a housing workshop Tuesday.
The workshop, held in the University Student Commons, focused on how renters should approach apartment-hunting, as well as what to avoid in potential rentals and where the best finds are likely located.
Correction
From Monday, Feb. 19: In the Opinion section in the “From the President” column, Rebecca Imholt served since October 2005, not October 2007.
In the News section article “Bringing Back the Draft,” the vote on Sen. Rangel’s bill was 2-402, not 402-2.
In the news
WORLD
LONDON – Britain will withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq in the coming months and aims to further cut its 7,100-strong contingent by late summer if Iraqi forces can secure the country’s south, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.
The announcement, which came as Denmark said it would withdraw its 460 troops, comes as the U.
Rams suffer disappointing loss
VCU had five players score in double figures on Saturday, but it still wasn’t enough to contain Bradley in a 73-64 loss. The Rams played before a packed house at the Alltel Pavilion at the Stuart C. Siegel Center in a nationally televised game covered by ESPN2.
Sports in Brief
BASEBALL
The Rams dropped 3 of 4 games with 18th-ranked San Diego. The Thursday night game was delayed after 10 innings due to darkness. With the game tied 4-4, San Diego scored a run in the bottom of the 11th to end game one on Friday morning. VCU won game two 6-4 in 10 innings.
Rams sweep season series against Patriots
The balanced scoring trio of La’Kea Jones (Fort Washington, Md./National Christian Academy), Quanitra Hollingsworth (Chesapeake, Va./ Great Bridge), and Krystal Vaughn (Baltimore, Md./ Lake Clifton-Eastern) led the Rams to victory against the George Mason Patriots, 61-52, yesterday.
the CTube
What’s more awesome than the theme song to “Lupin III”?
Nothing that currently comes to mind. That’s what makes today’s CTube so great. Japanese group Vanilla Mood plays the theme to the loveable anime series with a new twist – string instruments.
In this live recording, the focus of the show is on the harpist, who isn’t ashamed to improvise between the well-known portions of the theme song.
Weird News
Sex in the fast lane
A couple failed to make it to their destination before having sex. They didn’t even make it as far as the side of the road.
Israeli police reported that the female driver and her male passenger simply stopped their car in the fast lane of a major highway to have sex.
Short film fest has a sinister edge
A killer plastic bat, invisible zombies, a deadly “third wheel” and a revengeful tattooist were just a few of the antagonists in the series of short films at this weekend’s Arthouse Short Film Festival.
RVA Magazine and BGNB Productions presented the two-hour festival at The Byrd Theatre Saturday afternoon.