This week
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Tue., Nov. 25, @ East Carolina, Greenville, N.C., 7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 29, vs. New Mexico (Cancun Challenge), Cancun, Mexico, 11 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 30, vs. Drake or Vanderbilt (Cancun Challenge), Cancun, Mexico, 8:15 p.m. or 10:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Tue.
Rams vs. Rams VCU halted at Rhode Island
Both VCU and Rhode Island are coming off an NIT appearance last season. Both have a recent down-to-the-wire game against Duke. They even share the Ram as a mascot. Saturday night, the programs vied for some separation at the Thomas M. Ryan Center.
VCU shot 60.
Rockers thrive on change
The first time guitarists Benji Willis and Sean Vass met was when Willis was handing out flyers for Gandhi’s birthday. Vass fondly recalls the moment, admitting he was wondering who the “hippie from Australia” was. Little did they know they would not only end up being good friends, but become band mates in the heavy-atmospheric-rock band Skip Cycle.
‘Shadow Play’ fades away
After three successful weekends, “Shadow Play” has come to a close. Described by many in the theatre department as the most innovative play Theatre VCU has ever produced, the production packed the Raymond Hodges Theatre at W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts repeatedly, seeing full houses for at least half of the twelve showings.
Back-to-back jazz
VCU Jazz closes out its semester with two student performances-the Small Jazz Ensembles on Monday evening and Jazz Orchestra II on Tuesday evening.
Directed by various jazz faculty members and comprised of more than 50 students, the SJEs are poised to perform a broad spectrum of musical styles including bebop, swing, bossa nova and Afro-Cuban.
Civil unions are the answer
This has been a tough year in California law for anyone who values sovereignty of the people and seeks liberty. In May, a 4-3 majority of the California Supreme Court struck down Proposition 22, thus allowing same-sex couples to be eligible for government-recognized marriages across California.
The people have spoken
First of all, I have no strong feelings either way on the actual issue that Proposition 8 represents. It was a California State ballot proposition that amended the state Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman.
PROPOSITION 8: Unfair and unconstitutional
With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning of the 2000 same-sex marriage-Propositon 22 ban in California in the spring of 2008, the legalization of gay marriage became a real possibility in this country-however, on Nov. 5, that possibility became yet another fight for equality.
International students invited to Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is fast Thursday and many VCU students are traveling home to be with loved ones. Some international students, whose homes are thousands of miles away, have been invited to share the holiday with American families.
“We currently have about 35 families who have opened their homes to share this important holiday with students,” Pamela Haney, director of International Student and Scholar Services, stated in an e-mail.
VCU, Richmond recycling more; what about dorms?
Recycling long has been a necessity in preserving the environment. The amount of material recycled is growing each year in Richmond and VCU, but some dorm residents think more could be done to accommodate recycling.
According to Darlene Mallory, support services manager of the City Clean Commission, recycling bins in Richmond are provided only to single-family homes and apartment buildings that have four or less units.