ACC Football Relocates Conference Over Gender-Neutral Bathroom Law
North Carolina recently enacted a law, HB2, requiring transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with the sex listed on their birth certificate, regardless of the gender they identify with. After months of backlash from the public and national media attention, the Atlantic Coast Conference is now taking a side on the issue, too. […]
Puff Daddy, Bad Boy Family return to where it all started
With more than 50,000 fans in attendance, the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour made it’s D.C. stop this weekend headlined by founder, hip-hop mogul and entertainer Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs. The show celebrated the music label’s two-decade run of success with its signature artists, featuring Lil’ Kim, Mase, 112, Carl Thomas, The LOX, Faith Evans, […]
PLAYER SPORTLIGHT: Maddi Santo, soccer
Sophomore midfielder Maddi Santo is one of the leading goal scorers for the women’s soccer team with four goals on the season. The Pittsburgh native appeared in all nine matches this season and started eight. Santo also has an assist recorded this season. Last season, during Santo’s rookie campaign, she appeared in 16 games […]
RVA homicides exceed last year’s total count
James “Jimmy” Bishop was riding a lawnmower when he was shot and killed last Monday on Jefferson Davis Highway. On Sep. 16, the murder rate exceeded last year’s total count of 41 homicides, with more than three months remaining in the year. Bishop’s death was the 43rd in the city of Richmond this year, as […]
From Zambia to Richmond
Sombo Muzata Chunda came to the United States from Zambia through the Mandela Washington Fellowship this summer and now works for VCU’s Division of Community Engagement. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). One thousand Fellows from countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa were sent to universities across […]