Ahead of the pack: men’s basketball buyant about conference-opening victory
“Never look back.”
VCU students celebrate No-Shave November
No-Shave November is a variation of Australia’s Movember, a month-long event created for men to grow mustaches to raise awareness about men’s issues, like pancreatic and prostate cancers.
Planning, technology make Richmond’s EMS system among world’s best
Fletcher Babb News Editor At 3:28 on a Saturday morning, a buzzing, electronic horn echoed throughout the darkened, windowless communications center of the Richmond Ambulance Authority. A woman seated at a desk answered immediately. Communicating through a headset, she quietly read from a script located on one of the half-dozen screens in front of her. […]
IHOP coming to new Laurel and Grace parking deck
Catherine Leth Contributing Writer ARAMARK, VCU’s food service provider, has partnered with IHOP in a move to bring all-day breakfast to the Monroe Park campus. The location will be part of a retail space in the new Laurel and Grace parking deck, which is currently under construction and set to open August 2011. Two other food sellers […]
Body image pressures feed eating disorders
Ashley Chapman Contributing Writer Between one to two percent of VCU students report having an eating disorder, according to Katherine Vatalaro Hill, VCU Health Service’s assistant director and Nutrition Services coordinator. Over the past few decades, eating disorders have become a hot-button issue in the world of mental health. According to the National Eating Disorders […]
Cuccinelli’s opinion on phone search and seizure: right on
Colin Hannifin Columnist Just a day before Thanksgiving, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli responded to a question posed by Del. Robert Bell asking the circumstances in which it is lawful for a teacher or school official to seize and search through a student’s laptop or cell phone. Cuccinelli’s opinion was that an official may seize and […]
Paved but not forgotten
Karey Harrigan Columnist “Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That was one of the slogans displayed during a silent protest led by VCU students on Nov. 18, at a site that was previously known as the “Burial Ground for Negroes” over a hundred years ago. Now it has been […]
Crime log 12/2
11/24 On the 300 block of West Cary Street, a male visitor was arrested for hit and run of unattended property. At the VCU Police shed, 918 1/2 W. Franklin St., a male employee advised that an unknown person(s) vandalized a building. At 401 W. Grace St., a male visitor was arrested for drinking in public. […]
Student feature-length film asks, ‘can you ever really know who you are?’
Shooting is set to begin this weekend for a film that began as a class assignment and grew to demand a $15,000 budget.
Byrd attracts big names to help restoration
Julie DiNisio Staff Writer Wednesday night, Richmonders and movie enthusiasts alike united to preserve a historic landmark. The VCU Anthropology and Archaeology Club hosted Preserve the Byrd at one of Richmond’s most well-loved landmarks, the Byrd Theatre. As the name would indicate, the event was targeted to raise money for the Byrd, renowned for its […]