Hundreds show for Board of Health hearing
Jessica Dahlberg Staff Writer Hundreds of protesters appeared at a meeting of the Virginia Board of Health on Sept. 14 to be heard during a hearing to determine whether a law that requires strict building regulations should apply to abortion clinics. The board voted overwhelmingly to adopt the regulations requiring Virginia’s 20 abortion clinics to […]
Private security firm aids VCU Police
Liz Butterfield Staff Writer Jessica Dahlberg Staff Writer The VCU Police Department hired a private security firm to patrol VCU’s campuses after students said they didn’t feel like they saw enough of a police presence at night. The VCU Police Department started the initiative this August to increase security personnel visibility on both campuses […]
Qatar campus safe amid Middle East protests, university says
Mark Robinson Managing Editor Turmoil sweeping through the Muslim world has a “low possibility” of affecting the VCU Qatar campus in Doha, the campus’ chief safety officer Michael Arrighi said in an email. Protests erupted in nearly 20 countries across North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia on Friday, including Qatar, because of an […]
VCU Cinema
A red carpet was rolled out for the VCUarts Cinema annual First Cut Screening at Grace Street Theatre this past Thursday. First Cut Screening is the showing of six, short, 35 mm films made by cinema students over the summer in a 15 credit class. One film, “The Trailer,” was made during the spring session.
Spit for Science to continue through 2017
Brooke Drumgole Contributing Writer Last year, all freshmen over the age of 18 were asked to participate in a new research project called Spit for Science. This year, researchers will continue the study with the help of a national grant. “Because the launch last year was so successful, we were able to get a grant […]
Men’s basketball poised for biggest season yet
Quinn Casteel Sports Editor Analysis/Opinion It’s a topic that has been harped on relentlessly in the college basketball media: the VCU men’s basketball team is on the rise and ready to make that next step as a program. But just how big will this season be for the Rams? It will be the biggest yet […]
Donations for Institute for Contemporary Art exceed $20 million
Six months after unveiling the final design for the Institute for Contemporary Art, donations have exceeded $20 million dollars, only $12 million short of the $32 million goal.
Will Halo 4 beat out Romney and Obama?
Laugh all you want, but Republicans and conservatives won’t have to work any harder on their efforts to suppress or disenfranchise youth and minority voters. Over it’s history, the Halo franchise has sold more than 34 million copies of Halo games worldwide and grossed more than $2 billion sales in 2010 alone.
Richmond owes its poorest areas
Richmond is a majority minority city, but it hardly seems like that because the city doesn’t do enough to promote minority businesses.
Family, friends remember Caitlin Kremp
