Weekend Calendar
THURSDAY 11/13
CHAMPAGNE ‘N’ SHOPPING: Hosted by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Evening of holiday shopping. Champagne, door prizes and café dinner. 5-8 p.m. Free. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. 1800 Lakeside Ave. 262-9887.
HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Two days of fine gifts, seasonal decorations, antiques and food.
Carrying the torch of rock
With crunchy Nord piano riffs, plucky, reverberating vocals and a rock-hard rhythm section, Charlottesville’s The Nice Jenkins are on the frontier of rock and roll. What we see with their late October release, “Elephant Twisters,” is a diverse representation of the directions this classic genre can go.
‘The Neon Man and Me’
Playwright Slash Coleman chose to deal with death in an unconventional way after best friend and neon artist Mark Jamison was electrocuted while hanging a neon sign in 2004. Jamison began to write a care package for Jamison’s newborn son, which eventually turned into the stage production of “The Neon Man and Me.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
As this semester comes to an end and the next one approaches, it’s time to think about textbooks again. Which ones to keep, which ones to sell? Will you be looking early for next semester’s required texts, or waiting until add/drop week? Buying books online, waiting in line or taking a chance with the stacks at the James Branch Cabell Library?
If you want yet another option, VCU has one-the university maintains a book-trading Web site for students.
Students fast for hunger awareness
The 2008 Fast-A-Thon, an event sponsored by the Muslim Students Association, is scheduled Thursday all across campus.
Students, Muslim and non-Muslim, are fasting between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., after which the MSA will hold a banquet.
The banquet, open to all students, will be held on the top floor of the University Student Commons.
Crowds redirected for Commons construction
The Subway inside of the University Student Commons is being remodeled and enlarged because pedestrian traffic has become so thick. VCU hopes to solve this congestion with new expansion projects.
VCU Dining Services and Aramark, which provide the University with most of its food, are funding the $200,000 project.
Balcony-collapse patients recovering
Students injured when a balcony collapsed this past Friday are recovering, some from major injuries, despite reports injuries were only minor. The incident has some questioning whether students can judge off-campus housing safety for themselves.
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Iran says it tests new surface-to-surface missile
Iran has successfully test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile that uses solid fuel, making it more accurate than its predecessors, the defense minister announced Wednesday.
Mostafa Mohammed Najjar said on state television that the Sajjil was a high-speed missile manufactured at the Iranian Aerospace department of the Defense Ministry.
Police: Woman slain as she tried to leave KKK rite
An Oklahoma woman who was lured over the Internet to take part in a Ku Klux Klan initiation was shot and killed after the ritual went awry. The group tried to cover it up by dumping her body on a rural roadside and setting her belongings aflame, authorities said.
Gay couples start marrying in Conn.
Gay couples began marrying in Connecticut on Wednesday after a judge cleared the way, a victory for advocates stung by California’s ban on same-sex unions last week.
With a final order entered, couples marched to New Haven City Hall to get marriage licenses and less than two hours after the final court hearing, Peg Oliveira and Jennifer Vickery were married in a brief ceremony.