Curriculum practices green service learning
New green service-learning projects meant to bring awareness of environmental issues to students and to the community have been incorporated within VCU’s curriculum.
Cabell library tightens rules on homeless
Complaints of overcrowding in the James Branch Cabell Library triggered a change in the admittance policy, which added two requirements disqualifying many homeless people from accessing the library’s resources.
Alcoholic energy drinks generate dangerous buzz
Alcoholic energy drinks such as Joose, Four Loko and Rockstar21 might be college students’ not-so-well-kept secret to getting drunk and partying longer, but some health officials say AEDs are more dangerous than students think.
Queer action takes cause to capital
“What do want? Equality! When do we want it? Now!” The chant filled the airwaves of the capital as the nation’s lawn went from a traditional green to a vibrant rainbow. Sunday, Oct. 11, 200,000 activists, including about 22 members from VCU’s Queer Action, took to Washington to participate in the National Equality March.
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