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 […]
Better read than dead: Bookworms of VCU break literary comfort zone
Melissa Anderson Contributing Writer The Bookworms of VCU, a monthly literary group, gathered Sunday evening at Lamplighter Roasting Company to discuss their winter read. Enthused members discussed Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” over hot coffee. “The appeal of The Bookworms is that the club motivates members to read books that … people wouldn’t ordinarily read on […]
Weekend Planner
Friday Feb. 11 Consensual Secrets. Featured readings and poetry followed by open mic. 7:30 p.m. $5. art6 Gallery, 6 E. Broad St. “Sweethearts for the Arts: Masquerade Ball.” Featuring burlesque, theater, performers, silent auction and more. 8 p.m. Tickets available for presale. Gallery5, 200 W. Marshall St. 644-0005. Mike Epps and Friends featuring Sheryl Underwood. […]
Student theater: Gaga and Beyoncé living the high life
Danielle Elliott Staff Writer Molière’s 17th century satire, “Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed,” comes to VCU’s Singleton Center this weekend with a few contemporary twists. For starters: leading roles Catherine and Magdalene have been renamed Gaga and Beyoncé. Director Josh Chenard’s modern rewrite is being brought to life by an all-undergrad cast and crew. Chenard said he didn’t have much trouble […]
Valentine’s Day date guide
By the time you have your mitts on the next issue of The CT, it will already be Valentine’s Day – and, tragically, far too late for you to make dinner reservations.
Advertising gone wild
Ashley Major Contributing Writer An idiomatic fixture in our everyday lives, advertising is quickly becoming a constant presence wherever we go. There are giant billboards on the highway, Super Bowl halftime, persistent commercials on TV and radio, and … state parks? Yes, it is true, times are tough, and advertising on property that was once […]