Yearlong Audition Update: 11/12
Tricia Wiles Theater Performance Theater performance major Tricia Wiles is currently a stage manager for “The Little Mermaid Jr.” at SPARC Theater. The position is an internship Wiles obtained through her VCU work-study. The show began Nov. 8 and will run until Nov. 18. The production is only one of the shows in whichWiles […]
First Novelist Award presented to “We The Animals
Amanda Hitchcock Contributing Writer The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Festival celebrated the success of Justin Torres’ first novel, “We The Animals” on Thursday, Nov. 8. The festival featured a short reading from the novel, a panel discussion and an open question and answer session with Torres, his agent Jin Auh of The Wylie Agency […]
R.A.I.N. fashion show includes local artists
Samantha McCartney Staff Writer An excited blur of voices could be heard walking into Selba Lounge on Cary Street, as fashion enthusiasts prepared for the Richmond Armada Intelligence Network’s (R.A.I.N) final fashion show for 2012 last Thursday night. “R.A.I.N’s main goal as an organization is to give those who wouldn’t normally get a chance to […]
Republicans are to blame for Romney’s loss
Charles Wilson Staff Columnist The voting electorate narrowly re-elected president Obama, giving him another shot at doing what he couldn’t do in his first term: reunite the country and rejuvenate a sick economy. Obama was actually re-elected with the highest unemployment rate since Franklin Delano Roosevelt and with a lower percentage of the vote than […]
Necessary improvements needed for security escort
Katherine Johnson Staff Columnist When I first learned about VCU’s security escort system, I was impressed by the university’s initiative to help keep students safe. But while VCU’s security escort service is a sensible idea and does improve safety for those who use it, the system is in desperate need of a change. Drawing from […]
The CT News Report 11/11/12
Nov. 11, 2012: The CT News Report video explores the election and the aftermath on campus.
Men’s basketball cruises to season-opening win
Zachary Holden Staff Writer Follow The CT Sports on Twitter The VCU men’s basketball team kicked off their season with an 80-57 victory over Florida Gulf Coast at the Siegel Center on Friday night. It was the Rams 10th straight home-opening victory. “We played with great energy, I liked that our guys flew around,” VCU […]
Obama re-elected, students flood streets
Ryan Murphy News Editor Liz Butterfield Assistant News Editor Hundreds of VCU students and Obama supporters flocked to the streets of Richmond after major news networks began calling the 2012 election in Barack Obama’s favor around 11:30 p.m. On Nov. 6, a crowd gathered at the intersection of West Broad and Shafer streets, traffic was […]
VCU Freshman featured by Obama campaign
Amir Vera Staff Writer With the election over, campaigning has also come to a halt around the nation and many volunteers will look back on how they spent countless hours to help their candidate of choice. One VCU freshman got the chance to do more than hand out flyers and drive people to the polls. […]
Registration complications prevent students from voting
Ryan Murphy News Editor While some VCU students took to the streets to celebrate President Barack Obama’s re-election, others were still struggling to make sense of issues that made it difficult for them to cast a ballot on Election Day. Melissa Miller said she first registered in her hometown of Chesapeake after she graduated high […]