Weekend Calendar
Weekend Calendar Friday, Feb. 25 Roald Dahl’s “The BFG.” 7 p.m. Showings also on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets $14-$18. Theatre IV, 114 W. Broad St. 282-2620. Fourth Annual Virginia Wine Expo. The mid-Atlantic’s premier wine and food event, featuring Virginia wineries from every region of the state. Seminars and tasting continue all weekend. Visit virginiawineexpo.com […]
Upcoming events
Men’s basketball: vs. James Madison Saturday at noon. Women’s basketball: Tonight at Delaware at 7 p.m. Baseball: 3-game series vs. Monmouth Feb. 25-27. Track and field: Saturday Feb. 26 at Mason Last Chance in Fairfax, Va. Golf: Sunday Feb. 27 at Seahawk Intecollegiate at Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C.
JMU preview
What: VCU vs. JMU When: Saturday, Feb. 26 Time: Noon Television: Comcast Sports Net All-time series: VCU leads 43-20 Trends: VCU is 8-2 in their last ten meetings with the Dukes. The Rams haven’t suffered a home loss to the Dukes since the Jeff Capel era in 2005. Probable starters: VCU: Senior PG Joey Rodriguez […]
Corporate versus public scholarships
Corporate versus public scholarships Shane Wade Columnist An odd event occurred in Virginia politics last week: Senate Democrats defeated a piece of legislation, House Bill 2314, that would have enabled corporations to claim tax credits for donating money that gave scholarships to private schools for low-income children. The tax credit would be equal to 70 […]
Russians get a taste of VCU, Virginia politics
Meredith Rigsby and Catherine Leth Capital News Service The Virginia General Assembly usually focuses on state issues. But last week, some of the attention at the statehouse was on international visitors – a delegation of Russian officials learning about American government. Mikhail Musatov, Artem Osmanov and Sergey Sokolov visited Richmond as part of the Open World Leadership […]