College bill might hinder financial aid
Financial aid could take a hit because a legal clause aimed at stopping digital pirates was included in the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007. The bill was voted unanimously Nov. 15 through the House Education and Labor Committee. Students risk being barred from several financial aid programs if Campus-Based Digital Theft Prevention (section 494) is ignored.
Holiday care packages, gift drive aim to help homesick soldiers
With military personnel serving
overseas this holiday season,
student organizations are holding
drives and sending care packages
to soldiers to help them cope with
their separation from loved ones.
VCU’s Alpha Sigma Chapter of
the national co-educational honor
fraternity, Phi Sigma Pi, has been accepting
donations for three soldiers
serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
VCU students say there is a war on Christmas, but it’s not what you expect
Students gathered in the Office of Multicultural
Student Affairs in the University Student
Commons at noon Wednesday to discuss what
they said is a commercial war on the Christmas
holiday.
Ijuanzee Isom, an education support
specialist for OMSA, facilitated the discussion,
titled, “Is there a war on Christmas?” which
is a part of the bimonthly OMSA Brown Bag
Luncheon.
VCU receives high ratings for good professors, students who don’t study
VCU recently was rated No. 33 in the country among schools for having students who put forth the least amount of effort and have the most fun, yet it also was ranked No. 41 for colleges with the best professors. Are these ratings accurate? Some students say they are.
BRIEFS
WORLD RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan’s military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was to be sworn in as civilian president. Key opposition leader Benazir Bhutto welcomed the belated move, but said her party had yet to accept him as head of state.
SPORTS BRIEFS
MEN’S BASKETBALL The Rams got back on track Saturday with a 79-61 home victory over Elon. VCU shot a red hot 59.2 percent from the field. Senior shooting guard Jamal Shuler (Jacksonville, N.C./Jacksonville) led all scorers with 17 points and also added five rebounds.
Jonathan Says
COLLEGE FOOTBALL What a crazy season this has been. A No. 1 one has been crowned – again – after another upset. Arkansas’ 52-50 victory in triple overtime over LSU was a classic, but it makes me wonder if anyone really wants to win the national championship this year.
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS
Men’s Basketball Thu., Nov. 29, @ Hampton, Hampton, 8 p.m. Sun., Dec. 2, vs. Maryland in BB&T Classic, Washington, D.C., 7:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball Sat., Dec. 1, @ East Carolina, Greenville, N.C., 2 p.m. VCU sporting events are free to students with a valid student ID.
Hollingsworth sparks Rams victory
Quanitra Hollingsworth (Chesapeake/Great Bridge) scored 22 points – 16 in the second half – and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead VCU to its fourth victory in as many games, 72-53 over Appalachian State Sunday afternoon at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. The double-double gives Hollingsworth 28 for her career, putting her in a tie for second all time with Kristine Austgulen and two behind leader Beth Mollerup.
Damien Rice’s ‘9’ digests nicely with a glass of melancholy
The amorphous and angelic vocal quality of the Irish songwriter Damien Rice intrigues and captivates. The songs come pouring out of his bleeding heart in his first album in four years, titled “9.” Almost entirely self-produced, the album’s engineers are also the same musicians performing on the album.