Grant awarded for bacterial-virus research

The 2009 budget cuts have VCU officials, including President Michael Rao and Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Student Affairs Reuban Rodriguez, exploring new ways to make more programs self-efficient by generating their own revenue.

Bob Dylan’s Christmas album is fa la la la lame

Where the alibi of original song-crafting persisted for the likes of The Beach Boys and Sufjan Stevens’ recent songs for Christmas, Bob Dylan throws it to the wind with an entire album of covers.

A new section for a new year: How the Opinion Section will be changing in 2010

This first semester has been a long haul for the Opinion Section. The columnists and contributing writers have worked hard to create campus-wide dialogues about student issues as well as national and local politics. In 2010 The Commonwealth Times is going to be taking some progressive steps to take the successes of this section even further.

Revenge is sweet . part two

After making up for a loss to Nevada in the 2008-2009 season on Friday, the VCU men’s basketball team duplicated the feat with an 82-80 victory over Rhode Island on Wed. Dec 2 at the Stuart C. Siegel Center.