VCU Police open new substation
Fletcher Babb News Editor VCU police chief John Venuti on Tuesday announced a new police substation will be located on the MCV campus. Four officers will staff the new substation during daylight hours, which is located at 1000 E. Marshall St. In addition to the new station, a yellow call box was added for reporting emergencies […]
Animal rights group pickets outside circus at Coliseum
Fletcher Babb News Editor Members of an animal rights advocacy group, Richmond Friends of Animals, gathered outside the Richmond Coliseum to protest the arrival of the Ringling Bros. Circus. The members wore chains to symbolize alleged abuses against the circus animals. Laura Wilson, the organizer of the protest, characterized the event’s message as simple, but […]
Student director’s ‘No Loitering’ takes on ‘Pineapple Express’
Cory Johnson Contributing Writer In a time where dramatic theatre may be considered a dying art, senior theatre major Ian Page is breathing new life into it with his original play “No Loitering” – self-directed and premiering in the Richard Newdick Theater this Friday at 8 p.m. Page, who is also a creative writing minor, […]
Camel taken over by NYC’s ‘Hottest Lesbos’
Mark Robinson Staff Writer A night of contrasting musical styles at The Camel culminated with a high-energy performance by New York City hip-hop trio Menya. Other acts that performed at The Camel Monday night included Trouble!, Digging up Virgins and Tyrannosaurus Awesome. Richmond indie acoustic outfit Trouble! and her shy friend Jenn opened the show. […]
Collective sacrifices are necessary for our future
Shane Wade Columnist “Read my lips: no new taxes.” That is the infamous phrase George H.W. Bush uttered in 1988 at the Republican National Convention when he accepted the party nomination. It’s a phrase that won him an election, a phrase that later rung of a broken promise, and a phrase repeated by our own […]
Collegiate Challenge offers chance to watch seniors compete
Over the course of the past month, the city of Richmond has been referred to as “Hoopstown USA” or the center of the basketball universe.
VCU rolls out campus-wide food drive
Kate Lewanowicz Staff Writer Since Tuesday VCU has hosted a food drive on campus to support the Central Virginia Food Bank. The annual drive has been held since 2009, and the goal this year is to collect enough food and financial donations to feed 35,000 people. On Tuesday alone, the event saw a more than 25 percent increase […]
Brand Center: Beat cancer, go vegan
First-year creative brand management graduate student Catherine Dailey just finished a month of practicing strict veganism as a way to fundraise for the American Cancer Society in an event sponsored by BrandCenter students, BeetCancer
Interesting People
NICK MATALONE, freshman undeclared Matalone stands in the midst of a crowd surrounding a visiting preacher, although evidently unconnected to the proceedings, dancing on his own as though in a trance. The CT asks him to tell us a little about it. NM Popping is this dance form that developed in California. There’s a lot […]
Upcoming Events
Baseball: Friday, April 22, 7 p.m. vs. William & Mary Saturday, April 23, 4 p.m. vs. William & Mary Sunday, April 24, 1 p.m. vs. William & Mary Tuesday, April 26, 6 p.m. vs. No. 1 Virginia Men’s Track and Field: Saturday, April 23 JMU Invite at Harrisonburg, Pa. Women’s Track and Field: Saturday, April […]