Shameful court decision strikes down student speech
When 18-year-old Joseph Fredericks displayed a banner stating, “Bong Hits 4 Jesus,” on a public sidewalk, he didn’t think his silly joke would result in the largest revocation of students’ First Amendment rights in U.S. history. Nonetheless, that’s just what happened when, on June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in a split vote that […]
In wake of crime surge, new security plans announced
A recent series of local crimes occurring on campus have spurred new safety procedures for the fall semester and have sent students a wake-up call to use common sense. VCU police say campus safety is mostly dependent on students using good judgement.
Getting to know Jessica Lee
At 20 years old, Jessica Lee is a career politician. Since her first semester at VCU in the fall of 2004, the former president of her senior high school class has been one of the most active members of the Student Government Association, serving first as a senator and later climbing to the elected position of senate chairwoman, the highest position in the legislature.
LOCAL
McLEAN—Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder’s RedZone Capital investment company in June bought dick clark productions inc. for $175 million in a deal that brings the Redskins and the “Bloopers” television show into the same corporate family. Under the deal, RedZone Capital acquires a 60 percent stake in the TV production company for $135 million. Amusement […]
NATION
ALBANY, N.Y.—Some student loan providers have been setting rates based on the schools borrowers attend, a practice New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo likens to “redlining” in the home mortgage market. Cuomo said his office’s investigation of the $85 billion industry found that a “significant number” of lenders rank colleges and universities on the loan […]
WORLD
DUBLIN, Ireland—Former President Jimmy Carter accused the U.S., Israel and the European Union in June of seeking to divide the Palestinian people by reopening aid to President Mahmoud Abbas’ new government in the West Bank while denying the same to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.