Virginia may create ‘veterans courts’
Jeannette Porter Capital News Service The House of Delegates has unanimously passed a bill that could provide treatment instead of jail for veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and run into trouble with the law. House Bill 1691, introduced by Delegate Christopher P. Stolle, R-Virginia Beach, allows localities to establish […]
Smoked: lawmakers ban synthetic marijuana
Matt Birch Capital News Service When synthetic marijuana first hit Virginia stores in 2006, its popularity spiked among teenagers. Now, because of legislation moving toward approval in the General Assembly, the legality of the chemical-based substance may be going up in smoke. Under House Bill 1434, which passed the House of Delegates by a 98-0 […]
Men’s basketball hold on for double-overtime victory at Delaware
Road wins in the Colonial Athletic Association don’t come easy. VCU men’s basketball learned that Wednesday night as they were taken to double-overtime by Delaware, but managed to come away with a 84-74 victory to improve to 20-6 overall, 12-2 in the CAA. Jamie Skeen and Bradford Burgess both eclipsed 1,000 career points against the […]
Men’s basketball returns home for season’s biggest tests
Quinn Casteel Staff Writer Under ordinary circumstances, returning to the friendly confines of the Siegel Center after a three-game road stint would mean relief for the Rams. A brawl in always hostile Harrisonburg, sandwiched by two CAA matchups in the Northeast is reason enough to miss home where they haven’t lost in 22 games. This […]
Interesting People
CHELSI FIORE Freshman, Art Foundation CT: What’s up with the camera? CF: It’s for my time studio class. Our teacher wanted a four-minute video. Didn’t really give us any guidelines, just four minutes. People are kind of my thing, so I thought I’d just go out and record a whole bunch of people as they […]