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 […]