VCU jazz and Habitat for Humanity help New Orleans
“A New Orleans Style Jazz Night,” presented by the VCU chapter of Habitat for Humanity, was a truly enjoyable musical event that benefited a great cause; the rebuilding of lives in Louisiana. Local performers Bungalo6, the No BS Brass Band and an “All-Star Jazz Ensemble” featuring VCU alumni and faculty treated the audience to a smorgasbord of jazz music.
New kid on the block
Bret Payne has a lot on his plate – and on his walls. As the owner of the newly opened Transmission Gallery and a senior VCU sculpture student, Payne is quite busy. “It ain’t easy,” he said. “I’m taking on a lot more than the typical senior. It’s really difficult running something as economically unpromising as a gallery and having to pay for school, the lease and bills.
First Friday fires up Broad Street
The First Friday Art Walk brought thousands to Broad Street last weekend to watch artists and performers display their creativity. Eager wanderers were drawn to a plethora of galleries fresh with new and exciting material. Art6 displayed wonderful works in an exhibit titled, “Hispanic Roots.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
If you’re like most students at VCU, you probably spend a minimum of $1,000 a year on textbooks. In the aggregate, that means the book-selling business is booming on our campus with a conservative $30 million a year in revenue. Not bad. If the mark-up is 50 percent, that could mean a very healthy profit for somebody.
No felony charge for Fielding
By now, most of us have heard about the Baskin Robbins armed robbery incident involving VCU art student David Fielding. The controversy surrounding it is completely ridiculous. The case goes something like this – Fielding, the store manager, fired the shots that killed an armed robber last month.
Ramadan is a chance to be a better person
Whenever Ramadan comes around, the first question I get from my non- Muslim friends, especially those who know me well is, “How do you go so long without food?” (Actually, some of my Muslim friends wonder this, too!) But we Muslims know that staying away from food is the simplest part.
D.C. green festival shares tips for healthy, sustainable living
Activist groups, 400 exhibitors and 150 speakers gathered in Washington, D.C., Saturday and Sunday for the Green Festival, an event catered to environmentally conscientious residents in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Speakers at the two-day event that attracted 24,000 people last October included former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who urged Americans to rally to prevent the individual’s wants and needs from being overlooked by corporate United States and its politics.
VCU hunts for more adjuncts
More than 50 percent of VCU professors are hired as adjunct professors, instructors who work part time under a semester contract, and the university is aiming to increase this number of adjuncts, said Zachary Goodell, associate director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.
On-campus housing: Where will VCU go next?
Scheduled for completion before next fall, new dorms will be located on the upper levels of a new parking deck at Belvidere and Cary streets. To accommodate a record enrollment of more than 31,000 students this year, VCU is working to construct three campus housing projects.
LOCAL
RICHMOND – U.S. Rep. Jo Ann
Davis, a Republican who represented
southeastern Virginia for seven years,
died Saturday morning after a two-year
battle with breast cancer, her office
said.
Davis, 57, died at her home in
Gloucester.
Davis was found to have breast
cancer in 2005 and had a recurrence
this year.