Pa. school lifts social media ban
Hillary Huber Contributing Writer Last week, a Pennsylvania university decided to ban social media networks on campus for a week in an attempt to show students the prevalence social media has in their lives. The experiment took place at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, during a weeklong focus on social media. According to National […]
Field hockey earns weekend split with win over Hofstra
Amir Vera Staff Writer After a 3-1 loss to Drexel on Friday, the Rams brought the momentum back with a come-from-behind win against Hofstra on Sunday. Though the game started out slow, the intensity of the second half is what ultimately led the girls to a 5-2 victory over the Hofstra Pride. Along with the […]
First Cut reviews
Jordan Wilson Staff Writer Last Tuesday and Wednesday at VCU Cinema’s “First Cut,” the department premiered six short films written, produced and directed by cinema students —all of them here reviewed and examined for the Commonwealth Times. “Small Steps for Mankind” Directed by Jasce Burrows Written by Brookes Finnie Produced by Gerhard Stiene “Small Steps” […]
Drawing the Line: The ambiguity of the Grade Point Average
Robert Showah Opinion Editor The Two-Year College Transfer Grant program has served Virginia well since it became law in 2007. It’s simple: if a student attending a Virginia community college maintains a 3.0 grade point average while pursuing an Associate’s degree, they are guaranteed admission into any four-year college or university in the commonwealth. This […]
The need for personal finance courses
Colin Hannifin Columnist Education can be described as a series of stages, each one meant to prepare you for the next. The latter years of elementary school prepares us for middle school, which in turn prepares us for high school, which carries us into college, which, finally, readies us to enter the real world. Or, […]
Dead man’s cell phone
“Dead Man’s Cellphone,” the first play of the VCU Department of Theatre’s 2010-2011 Mainstage season, opened this weekend at the Singleton Center.
No BS! Brass rock two-day release party
Those still unfamiliar with Richmond-based No BS! Brass – a New Orleans meets East Coast funk outfit, think Dixieland on steroids – can know at least that as a basic rule, No BS does what it does big.
E-books and rentals shake up textbook industry
Nan Turner Staff Writer While the beginning of a college semester has become synonymous with providing a fresh start, it also means buying a set of up-to-date textbooks, something that is rarely kind on the average college student’s budget. The Student Public Interest Research Group (PIRGs), a group of independent statewide student organizations that work […]
Talk jock Doc: “I see myself as an entertainer…”
Fletcher Babb News Editor Listening to Doc Thompson in the afternoons might recall Howard Beale’s classic tirade from the 1976 film “Network:” “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” Indeed Thompson, who hosts an afternoon talk show on 1140 WRVA-AM, always seems to be peeved about something. Since the […]
Tamed vs. the Tigers: Draw with Towson keeps Rams winless in conference
A gloomy Sunday afternoon in Richmond set the tone for the VCU Women’s soccer team in their matchup against the Towson Tigers.