Reality Check with Sadie Zarkin
Dear Sadie Zarkin, Today I was sitting in class and the girl next to me was literally coughing up every organ in her body, there was at least one lung on the floor. She was trying to cover her mouth in the crook of her arm, as we are told is the ideal method of […]
Dusting off the Dukes: VCU takes first of season series with JMU in gritty road win
Following Wednesday night’s daunting loss at Northeastern, VCU men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart said his team had lacked a key ingredient to success: aggressiveness.
Men’s basketball takes first of season series over JMU
Following Wednesday night’s daunting loss at Northeastern VCU men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart said his team had lacked a key ingredient to success, aggressiveness.
Marijuana decriminalization advocates unfazed
Jennie Lynn Price Capital News Service Advocates for the decriminalization of marijuana are disappointed by a legislative panel’s decision to kill a bill that would have shifted simple possession from a criminal conviction to a civil penalty. House Bill 1443, sponsored by Delegate Harvey Morgan, R-Gloucester, sought to change the current punishment for simple marijuana […]
Versatility so vital: Rams depth proving pivotal
Quinn Casteel Staff Writer When discussing leading scorers on most teams, usually it’s one or two names that come to mind. Many of the top programs in the country rely on 20 or 25 every single night from their stars. A top 25 team, such as Connecticut, gets 24 ppg from Kemba Walker, but when he […]
Interesting People
“I identify as having a vagina” MLC Did you ask me because my hair is pink? CT Of course not. – MARIANNA LEE CAMPANO English and Women’s Studies with Religious Studies Minor – MLC I’m a second year senior. I could have graduated faster, but I didn’t really want to. I’m afraid I’m going to […]
Governor launches campus safety PSA challenge
Matt Birch Capital News Service Gov. Bob McDonnell has a question for Virginia college students: “What would you do to make your campus safer?” Answer that with a creative video commercial, and your message may be aired on statewide television. At a press conference at VCU’s MCV Campus on Monday, McDonnell announced the launch of […]
Film Fest Previews
VCU cinema lovers need not feel restricted to free movie nights at the University Student Commons – or to $1.99 screenings at the Byrd. The Richmond area offers access to a rich cinema culture, playing host to a number of high-profile film festivals every year – perhaps the most famous of which is the internationally-recognized […]
Mubarak, Mu problems
Hope for democracy in Cairo Robert Showah Opinion Editor The current protests in Egypt prove one truth about democratization in the Middle East: The implementation of democratic governments in the area is most successful without outside force. This democratic uprising is coming from people who perhaps believed everything former President George W. Bush had said […]
Panel kills fines for not removing snow
Destiny Shelton Capital News Service A House subcommittee has killed a bill that would have fined motorists for failing to remove accumulated ice or snow from their vehicles before driving on Virginia highways. A subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee on Wednesday tabled House Bill 2399, which would have established a penalty of up to $75 for […]