Completed Commons construction
The University Student Commons underwent renovations last semester and was an inconvenience to many students, but construction is finally complete. The newly constructed doors are wider to account for pedestrian traffic. VCU Dining Services and Aramark funded this $200,000 project.
Hope in health care
The U.S. Bureau of Labor has forcasted 26 percent increase in the number of health care professionals by 2010. While other industries experience economic instability and hiring freezes, the health care profession is stronger than ever.
“I’ve always wanted to do (a career in medicine) since I was young,” said biomedical engineering major George Thomas.
Driver convicted in Binsted murder
The third and final defendant in the Tyler J. Binsted murder trial, which took place last spring, pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Richmond Circuit Court. Binsted’s murder and the April 16, 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech increased safety concerns for many in the VCU community.
Briefs
Legislators return to Richmond for short session; Va. commission deadlocks on ‘gun-show loophole’; Twitter added to General Assembly coverage, Despite budget crunch, poll shows school funding support; Police: Calif. dad sold 14-year-old into marriage; Proposal emerges for 10-day cease-fire in Gaza; Ukraine sees Russian power grab in gas dispute
Upcoming Events
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Wed., Jan. 14 @ Towson, Towson, Md., 7 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 17 vs. Old Dominion, Siegel Center, 4 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Thu., Jan. 15 vs. George Mason, Siegel Center, 7 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 18 vs. Delaware, Siegel Center, 2 p.m.
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
Sat.