Student entrepreneurs to compete for prize
Katelyn Boone Contributing Writer Over the next six months, teams of VCU students, faculty, staff and alumni will connect, innovate and present new ideas, concepts and technologies to prove to a panel of judges that their idea is one they simply can’t live without. What sounds like the premise of a reality TV show […]
VCU Police awareness campaigns help keep larcenies down
Grace Douglas Contributing Writer Theft of personal property is the crime most likely to occur on a college campus according to community awareness campaigns by VCU Police. This is certainly true at VCU, where year after year, larceny far outnumbers any other reported crime, even alcohol-related arrests. However, the number of larcenies reported by […]
VCU dental students, faculty help homeless
Marhesha Maldonado Contributing Writer The VCU community reached out on Tuesday to the city’s homeless population to provide aid at the sixth annual Project Homeless Connect. The event helped to provide medical care, dental care, vision screenings, mental health interviews, social security applications, employment resources and more for Richmond’s homeless population. About 55 VCU […]
Newspaper Nuptials: A match made in CT heaven
Michael Todd Assistant Spectrum Editor Dale and Susan Brumfield celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this past January. However, their story began thirty years ago, when the pair was brought together through the Commonwealth Times. The Brumfield’s met in fall of 1985– soon after Susan then Susan Gross– began working as the advertising production editor […]
VCUarts students travel to MoMA for cross-disciplinary exhibition
Michael Todd Assistant Spectrum Editor For most student artists, exhibiting work in a museum like the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is still more of a dream than a goal. Eight VCU art students who volunteer as monitors for the collaborative Sponge HQ art space in the Anderson Gallery, were able to fulfill that […]
The slap heard ‘round the states
Olivia Talbott Staff Columnist Fear has been invoked and pandemonium has erupted. If you haven’t witnessed it, then you must’ve deactivated all of your social networking accounts, avoided all verbal statements made within an earshot of you the past seven days, and rejected your response of senses to all media sources in existence. The […]
Campus climate activists encourage youth voters
Michael Perreault Guest Columnist The last few weeks have brought attention to Virginia for its place in the election as a battleground state and the political impact of Hurricane Sandy. Young voters played a crucial part in this election, with Obama capturing 60 percent of ballots cast by youth voters. Here on campus, there […]
Men’s basketball notebook: VCU, Wichita St. ends in controversy
Jim Swing Sports Editor Follow The CT Sports on Twitter VCU and Wichita State have always had a flare for the dramatics and Tuesday night’s game was no different. With the game tied, Malcolm Armstead hit the go-ahead jumper for the Shockers leaving 3.8 seconds on the clock for the Rams to let fly a […]
VCU experiences growing pains in loss to Wichita State
Jim Swing Sports Editor Follow Jim on Twitter Shaka Smart recapitulated what was seemingly the central thesis of the evening, that there was something off about VCU Tuesday night. That the Rams “weren’t on edge,” or more simply put, weren’t themselves in the latest version of their usual nail-biting, palm-drenching battle with Wichita State. The […]
Wichita State shocks VCU in early matchup
Zachary Holden Staff Writer Follow The CT Sports on Twitter The VCU men’s basketball team lost 53-51 in a thrilling game against Wichita State Tuesday night at the Siegel Center. “It’s a disappointing game for me as a coach and for our players because we weren’t on edge and we weren’t at our best,” said […]