LETTER TO THE EDITOR

No offense, but is this what our opinion section has been reduced to? I haven’t seen a gripping opinion piece in quite awhile. Or at least not one that stirs students to actually interact with the paper. So, that being said, here goes … I find myself pretty much where I am every year at […]

We’re drunk off our ads

A federal judge overturned a ruling Tuesday about alcohol advertisements in college newspapers, according to an Associated Press report. U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Hannah Lauck ruled against the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s two-decade-old law. The American Civil Liberties Union had sued ABC on behalf of Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, arguing […]

VCU viewpoints: Graduate school rankings

“U.S. News and World Report” released this week its issue of “America’s Best Graduate
Schools,” which lists VCU’s School of the Arts’ Sculpture program as the No. 1-ranked school
in its category. Among the 25 VCU graduate programs ranked, the Department of Nurse
Anesthesia was given a top spot, as well.

This week in the news

Kaine delays excecution The execution of a man who killed a police officer was delayed by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine Tuesday, giving the U.S. Supreme Court time to decide whether lethal injections are constitutional. Edward Nathaniel Bell’s execution, scheduled for April 8, was stayed by Kaine until July 24. Convicted for the October 1999 shooting […]