OMG
Uh, looks like someone got caught doing a little extra-curricular activity Wednesday morning in the library. Sometimes, I feel like it’s not a proper semester at VCU unless I hear some bizarre story about some perv around campus. Geez guys, have some decency and at least remove yourself from a public area if you really need to do “that.
Speaker talks tricks to treading through Europe
Gill White, a Canadian backpacker, told students that backpacking through Europe on only 84 cents a day by hitching rides is a relatively safe thing to do.
“Some people think that to survive on 84 cents a day, I must have slept in ditches and fields and picked through garbage cans and . waited all day just for one single ride,” White said.
Black Awakening Choir funds in jeopardy
After 37 years on campus, the award-winning VCU Black Awakening Choir might lose crucial amounts of their funding from the Student Government Association.
Choir member Alonzo Brooks said the choir first learned of a possible funding loss from William Moehl, a current SGA presidential candidate.
Destination China
To better understand China’s relationship with the world media, 14 students enrolled in the course, “Honors Topic: Covering Modern China,” left Richmond Wednesday to complete issue-oriented, media projects in Shanghai.
Associate professors Debora Wenger and June Nicholson are supervising the students’ stay, which will last two weeks.
Man caught ‘single-handed’ in library
Many students visited James Branch Cabell Library to cram for this week’s exams. Meanwhile, one young man was escorted out of the building for “looking at questionable material on the Internet and pleasuring himself,” said Mike Porter of University News Services.
Corrections
From Monday, March 5: In the News section article “The race is on,” William Moehl is identified as a current SGA member. He is not currently in the SGA.
In the news
WORLD
LONDON – It’s a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages – allowing Britain’s non-elected elite to hold political power – but lawmakers voted Wednesday to pursue radical reform of the House of Lords with a plan for a wholly elected second chamber stripped of dukes and earls.
Sports in Brief
BASEBALL
The Rams split the first two games of the series with Radford, winning game one 4-2, and losing Saturday’s game 11-7. Chris Jackson (Midlothian, Va./Manchester) continued his hot streak, picking up five hits and six RBIs over the two games. Brett Walker (Virginia Beach, Va.
Rams dominate Highlanders in win
The VCU Rams improved their record to 6-5 when they beat Radford Sunday at The Diamond, in a game marked by the Black and Gold setting record highs. In the series finale of a three game set, the home team matched a record for hits, 21, set April 17, 2004 against Towson and would end the game at 23.
Rams to face Patriots in championship
Injured Jesse Pellot-Rosa (Richmond, Va./George Wythe) led the top-seeded Rams through a 12-0 second-half run by Drexel to win Sunday. The fourth-ranked Dragons fell 63-56 in the CAA quarterfinals. The Rams will battle George Mason for the title Monday night.