Ghostface Killah wows students at free show
It’s a little past 7 p.m. on a Saturday night and a sold-out crowd of about 600 people is funneling to the front of the Commons Ballroom stage. The idle crowd comes to life at the sound of an announcer who welcomes all to the free concert. The audience cheers as if the main event has already started.
Critic’s choice
With three major VCU jazz ensembles set to perform, this Thursday evening promises to exhaust and excite even the most enthusiastic of music critics. The Fall Jazz Festival kicks off at 8 p.m. at the VCU Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. The event is only $5 to the public and free with a VCU student I.
Professors bring exhibit experiences across the pond
The Grace Street Theater was packed Monday evening for “Art, Attitudes and Trends,” a discussion and critique of three of the world’s top modern art exhibitions. Three VCU professors shared photo slides and their observations and experiences at three different European exhibitions, which all coincided this year for the first time in 10 years.
Rah! Rah! Yay for art!
The latest buzz in Richmond isn’t about the hot new play, the fresh galleries or even the hippest dance band – it’s about the art community’s new voice, the Art Cheerleaders. Originally from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, founder Rebecca Goldberg Oliver recently re-formed the group in Richmond to provide a platform for the often-scattered members of the art community.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
When I was reading the Oct. 8 article “VCU student is
a hero, not a felon,” I couldn’t help but notice a few things
that stood out in my mind. First, when stating the facts,
there is an omission of the biggest fact in the case. It is left
out that once Mr.
‘Housewives’ desperate for ratings
ABC program “Desperate Housewives” is known for being sensational and over the top, but some members of the Filipino community think it has gone too far. On the show’s Sept. 30 season premiere, Teri Hatcher’s character, Susan, didn’t believe the news that she might be undergoing menopause.
Online news editor says reporters must learn multimedia skills
Chet Rhodes, assistant managing editor for washingtonpost. com, told mass communications students Monday that strong writing alone is no longer sufficient to make a career in the news world. “For those of you really serious about being a journalist, (video) is the newsroom of the future,” he said to a group of about 30 students gathered in the T.
Mass Comm Week events
Internship Fair
– 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Commonwealth
Ballrooms, Student
Commons
The Virginia Tech
Tragedy: Lessons
Learned – 2-3:30
p.m., Temple 1165
How’d You Do That?
Getting Your First
Job – 4-5 p.m.,
Temple 2219
Friday, Oct. 12
VCU Adcenter
Speaker Series
‘Culture Clash’ – 11
a.
Mass Comm Week emphasizes need for multimedia skills
The future of media lies in newspapers’ increased attention to their online publications, representatives of Web sites Richmond.com and InRich.com said Tuesday at a mass communications workshop. The speakers said “convergence” is where the media industry is headed.
Local group aims to curb underage smoking
The Virginia Youth Tobacco Project is conducting studies at VCU to determine how to prevent underage smoking in children. The project’s main goal is to conduct scientific research on youth tobacco use. Executive Director Earl Dowdy said the issue of youth tobacco prevention is complex.