The third party phenomenon
The Third Party phenomenon Stephen Proffit Contributing Writer When Ron Paul was interviewed on “The Rachel Maddow Show” last month concerning the rise of the national Tea Party among the common American demographic, he said, “I don’t think you can talk about the tea party as a party. It’s made up of a lot of […]
Rams Day on the hill
The uphill climb Students confront politicans on state support Catherine MacDonald Managing Editor After snow forced the event to be rescheduled, about 10 student participants finally made it down to the capitol last Wednesday for Rams Day on the Hill. Taylor Whitelow, a junior finance major, was one of the main organizers of the event […]
Green Unity hosts first street cleanup for semester
Erica Terrini News Editor About 15 student volunteers cleaned up the adopted 100 block of South Pine Street Saturday with the student organization Green Unity. The Saturday morning cleanup was one of the four opportunities Green Unity will provide this semester for students to collect litter from their two adopted blocks, which were chosen based […]
Law would protect employees’ gun rights, affect campus security
Christian Wright Contributing Writer The House of Delegates has passed a bill ensuring that employees, customers, tenants and other Virginians can store their guns in a locked vehicle on a public parking lot. House Bill 171, approved on a 72-27 vote, states, “No person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity shall maintain, establish, or […]
‘Valentine’s Day,’ Why the hell not?
‘Valentine’s Day,’ Why the hell not? Jeremy Clemmons Staff Writer First things first, don’t ask me to give you a summary of the plot of “Valentine’s Day.” If pressed, here it goes: boy likes girl, girl doesn’t like boy; boy kind of likes girl but also likes another girl; boy wants to impress girl (though […]
100 rally for health care at capitol
Jessica Porter Contributing Writer About 100 people gathered around the Bell Tower at Capitol Square last week to urge legislators to move forward with health-care reform. “We’re here to send a message as clearly as possible that people are suffering, people are dying, for lack of coverage,” said John Lindsay of the Virginia Organizing Project, […]
Hospitals say medicaid cuts hurt economy
Hospitals say medicaid cuts hurt economy Kelsey Radcliffe Contributing Writer More than 6,000 jobs and $2.6 billion would be lost over the next two years if Virginia’s Medicaid program is cut, according to the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. According to Sheldon M. Retchin, the CEO of the VCU Health System the Medicaid cuts would […]
Upcoming events
Men’s basketball Wed. Feb. 24, James Madison, Stuart C. Siegel Center Sat. Feb. 27, Old Dominion, Norfolk, 4 p.m. TV: ESPN 2 Women’s basketball Thurs. Feb. 25, at James Madison, Harrisonburg, 7 p.m. Sun. Feb. 28, Old Dominion, Siegel Center, 2 p.m. Men’s track and field Sun. Feb. 28, Mason Last Chance, Fairfax Women’s track […]
Presidential roundtable student Q&A
The following are questions students made to President Michael Rao at Monday’s SGA Presidential Roundtable event: 1. I actually did a program last semester with budget cuts. We were actually trying to figure out what the whole issue was with VCU and from the program we found out that VCU has different pots that money, […]
Baseball preview, CAA all-preseason team
2010 PRESEASON ALL-CAA BASEBALL TEAM Cody Stanley, UNC Wilmington C Jr. Clinton, N.C. Bradley Logan, Georgia State 1B Sr. Augusta, Ga. Ryan Soares, George Mason 2B Sr. Harwich, Mass. David Herbek, James Madison SS Jr. Haymarket, Va. Jake McAloose, Old Dominion 3B Sr. Virginia Beach, Va. Matt Browning, James Madison OF Sr. Mystic, Conn. Kevin Collins, Towson OF Sr. Gaithersburg, Md. […]