SALT season looks promising
The Shafer Alliance Laboratory Theatre is set to kick off its 14-show season this weekend. This season seeks to be as “diverse as VCU’s student body,” according to SALT board member and theater graduate student Joseph Carlson.
“The SALT board is a group of students who facilitate and champion the cause of student theater,” Carlson said.
Obama finally announces VP nomination, McCain somewhat silent
I am, by nature, not a patient person. This is why, when presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama named Delaware senator Joe Biden his running mate Saturday, I breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Obama won the Democratic presidential nomination in June and took what seemed like forever to pick a running mate.
Greek ‘meat’ and greet
Greeks and non-Greeks alike came out for food and fun at the Sorority and Fraternity BBQ at the Commons Plaza this past Sunday.
“The barbeque is a chance for the freshmen and the non-Greeks to come out and meet us,” said Don Ibarra, a biology major.
In the past few years, VCU’s Greek system has been growing steadily.
Monroe to keep VCU degree despite dissent
All VCU students are held to the standard of completing the last 30 of 120 credit hours at the university. Former Police Chief Rodney Monroe was not held to this residency standard this past spring.
Monroe was awarded a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies after taking only six credits at VCU.
Briefs
Capitol bell tower gets face-lift; Kaine: Being considered for VP was ‘surreal’; Minn. State president in running for Virginia post; Computer systems affected by water-main break
Sports briefs
BASEBALL Former VCU pitcher Mick Mattaliano earned a promotion to the Frederick Keys, a Class A minor-league affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. Mattaliano saved 27 games and posted a 1.24 ERA in 41 appearances with the Delmarva Shorebirds. In his four-year career at VCU, Mattaliano made 94 appearances out of the bullpen. He went […]
Jonathan Says
It’s official: Summer is over (figuratively), and school has begun. Instead of giving my opinion on such exciting things as preseason football and whether those Chinese gymnasts really can attend a PG-13 movie, I have compiled a list of VCU sports commandments to live by. Enjoy!10. Thou shall know where stadiums are located. Cary […]
NFL Preview 2008
September is almost here, and coming with it is another season of NFL football. Can the Giants make another miracle run? Will the Jets become a contender with Brett Favre at the helm? Your questions are answered here. CONFERENCE BREAKDOWNS AFC EASTProjected finishNew EnglandNew YorkBuffaloMiami Team to beat: New England is once again the […]
Weekend Calendar
Thursday 4/21University Student Commons: OMSA Salsa on the Plaza and Taste of Culture. Allow professional salsa instructors to teach you to dance and come enjoy Latin, Caribbean and Indian food from local restaurants. 5-8 p.m. Free. 828-6672. MCV Campus Block Party: Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building. Performance by Plunky and Oneness. Funk/Jazz/Afro-fusion. 5-7 p.m. […]
Ann Arbor breed of Afrobeat defies genres
Michigan-based collective Nomo has ventured into uncharted territory with its first release since 2006, “Ghost Rock.” Though initially setting out with an Afrobeat-revival agenda, Nomo since has departed from the tried and true music of the great Nigerian musical icon Fela Kuti. All of Kuti’s West African elements are still there: the vamping funk-bass […]