Occupy RVA chooses Monroe Park as new location

The Richmond and state police’s Halloween raid of Kanawha Plaza left Occupy Richmond largely displaced. Since then, the group has been holding their daily general assemblies chiefly around VCU’s Monroe Park Campus.
FOLLOW UP | Raising Cane sales pass IHOP sales in first week

About a week after its opening, the buzz surrounding the Laurel and Grace Dining Center is starting to wear down.
VCU offers health insurance plans to uninsured students

VCU offers students a more economical option called the Student Health Insurance Plan. The plan outlines an entire year of insurance that will cost a student about $2,000.
VCU introduces electronic prerequisite-check system
In an effort to aid student registration and to help keep students on a timely graduation timetable, VCU has introduced Prereq Check, or Banner Enforced Prerequisite Checking Process
Briefs
FEMA OKs aid to Louisa residents; Memo says utility, U.S. covered up fault line’s existence; VCU Police respond to weekend shooting; At least 69 dead in north Nigeria attacks by Muslim sect; Slaying plunges Colombia rebels into uncertainty; Most of the unemployed no longer receive benefits
Theater Review | Grease

This weekend marked the opening of VCU’s Mainstage production of “Grease,” and it was a spectacle to say the least.
Food review | Laurel Street Special: IHOP Express exactly what it sounds like

Any student who has yet to try their swipes on a meal from the Laurel Street Dining Center might wonder how IHOP Express, the International House of Pancake’s venture into takeout, measures up to an actual IHOP.
The Spectrum Scruff: Day 7

Day 7 of No-Shave November
VCU Dance alumna makes Broadway debut

A 2006 graduate of VCU’s department of dance and choreography, Vaughn, 27, recently made her Broadway debut as a member of the ensemble in the award-winning musical “The Lion King.”
Volleyball clinches CAA tournament berth with win over Georgia State

Volleyball clinches last spot in conference tournament