Honor system violations rise, policy unaffected

A total of 250 cases were heard for student violations of the VCU Honor System during the 2008-09 academic year, this number represents an increase of 65 from the 195 cases in the previous year.

Facilities management department employee dies

A VCU Facilities Management Department contract employee died of natural causes while at work Tuesday afternoon in the Temple building on the Monroe Park Campus.

Nora Ann Gaines, 62, told Broadcast Engineer for the College of Humanities and Sciences John Geerdes she was not feeling well around 2 p.

Women’s basketball game preview

The VCU Rams and the Virginia Tech Hokies women’s basketball teams lock it up Monday night at the Stuart C. Siegel Center for the first time since 1997. The Hokies won their opener over Longwood, while the Rams are playing their first game of 2009.

Most important game of the season?

With the Friday night win over Bethune-Cookman, VCU kicked off coach Shaka Smart’s coaching career with an impressive win and sent a message to its fans that this could be a fun season in Richmond.

VCU rolls over Bethune-Cookman in opener

In between the end of last season and Friday night’s home/season opener against Bethune-Cookman, the men’s basketball team incurred alterations up and down the program.

Seniors seek calm through final dance projects

Over the course of the semester Alyssa Crump has been planning and practicing for about 10 hours a week: five hours in class and five hours out of class. She has been perfecting all the details of her final project, fixing and re-working certain aspects and coordinating dancers in preparation for the big night.