Heroin overdoses outnumber highway fatalities
More than 100 people filed into the basement of an Episcopal church and one by one, they occupied each metal folding chair. The smell of coffee lingered as the assembly of people, seemingly from all walks of life, filled the room with low murmurs and greetings. “At one point today I said ‘fuck it, it’d […]
McAuliffe appoints local pastor to VCU Board
Andrew Crider, Contributing Writer Governor Terry McAuliffe appointed the pastor of Richmond’s Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, Rev. Tyrone Nelson, to the VCU Board of Visitors on Oct. 23. Nelson’s term is effective immediately and will expire on June 30, 2017. Nelson, a VCU alum, said he’s watched VCU grow since he was a student and […]
Court declares House districts constitutional
Fadel Allassan, Staff writer A panel of three federal judges dismissed a lawsuit challenging the boundaries of 12 Virginia House of Delegate voting districts on Oct. 20 in Bethune-Hill v. the Virginia Board of Elections. The plaintiff, the Democratic National Redistricting Trust, argued the Republican-controlled legislature unfairly redrew voting districts to pack black voters into state […]
State senate candidates square off in VCU Commons
With just two weeks until election day, the candidates running for Virginia’s hotly contested 10th district senate seat squared off in a forum at the VCU Commons Theatre on Oct. 20. The contest for the seat, which will be vacated by the retiring John Watkins (R), is critical in deciding whether Democrats or Republicans will control […]
Alpha Gamma Delta, Theta Nu, official media statement
Commonwealth Times, We have received reports that individuals have posed as Alpha Gamma Delta members and submitted letters to the editor at The Commonwealth Times in regard to the editorial published last week. To our knowledge, none of our collegiate chapter members have released statements or sent letters to the editor. While this event was […]
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor, I’m writing in response to the article “Reinforcing the prison-industrial complex is not ‘philanthropy’” posted today. I’m usually not one to express my feelings on something that seems to be begging for attention; but as an alumna of VCU and of the Alpha Gamma Delta fraternity—and with many errors in the article—I felt […]
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor, I commend your staff for wonderful photographs and talented reporting. However, I wish to clarify that my group – featured in the second photo (protesters)- is not affiliated with VCU. We are graduate students at Union Presbyterian Seminary, one clergy member, and friends from my church, East End Fellowship. We were there with […]
Letter to the editor
Big ups to the staff at CT for calling out AGD on their recent attempt at philanthropy! I agree that no disrespect was intended by their portrayal of jail inmates although, it is in much the same negligent disrespect American sports teams portray Native peoples as mascots. I can assure you that none of my […]
Letter to the editor
My kid sister has Type I Diabetes. Glad you feel like slandering a sorority raising money for kids like her so you can remember your jail yard days. If you’re going to write the slanderous article like you ran in the CT, have the integrity to put your damn name on it and take your […]
Subject: A riddle for you
Correction: Taylor Gleason, a current VCU student and member of AGD, reached out to members of the CT on Oct. 19 to clarify that the email sent to the editor from an account by the name “Taylor Gleeson” on Oct. 16 is not her, and that she does not know who sent the following letter to the […]