VCU Health reports breach of medical files
The VCU Health System notified about 2,700 people last week that their, or their minor child’s, electronic medical records were “inappropriately accessed over a three-year period”, according to a March 10 university statement. According to the university, the breach was detected on Jan. 10 when an “unusual pattern of accessing electronic medical records” was detected. […]
Local organization criticizes VCU’s tuition hikes, expansion and race relations on campus
Flyers with bold black letters reading “FUCK RAO” were handed out to students last Thursday by Richmond Struggle, an organization that addresses social needs to protect the working class. Students and community members founded the group a year ago to improve VCU’s involvement with the city. They raised concerns about the university’s expansion into historical […]
Track and field dominates VCU Rams Invitational
VCU track and field opened its outdoor season on Friday, March 17 with seven Rams placing in their events on day one of the VCU Ram Invitational. Three Rams won events and two placed on day one, as seniors Calvin Wood and Racheed Davis built upon recent indoor success. Junior Nichelle Scott […]
The Press Box: One-and-done should be dead-and-gone
With March Madness once again upon us, it’s that time of year in which everyone turns their wandering eyes to the spectacle of college basketball. From die-hard fans to those whose only connection to the game are annual office bracket pools, America’s collective eyes are focused on the country’s most beloved sporting event: the […]
Baseball continues struggles away from home
VCU dropped all four games against two strong baseball teams over the past week, with a lone game at home against Marist College and a three-game series at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The Black and Gold fell to 7-2 at home and 3-8 on the road in their 2017 campaign. After […]
Basketball’s backbone: the Rowdy Rams, VCU cheer squad
The students who follow and cheer for the Black and Gold throughout the season — the VCU cheer squad and Rowdy Rams — do their best to make every road and tournament arena feel like a sold-out Siegel Center. Rodrigo Magana, coordinator of orientations and socials for the Rowdy Rams, said he feels like the […]
Max Robinson | The obscurity of America’s first black news anchor
It’s been almost three decades since American news outlets rushed to report the unexpected death of Maxie Cleveland “Max” Robinson — the Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist who became America’s first black nightly news anchor after joining “ABC’s World News Tonight” in 1978 — on Dec. 20, 1988. Robinson was born in Richmond, Virginia […]
Okeechobee Music And Arts Festival Brings Spring Breakers to South Beach
Going to the beaches of Florida is a hallmark spring break tradition for college students along the East Coast, but some students look for something more culturally potent than drinking Bud Light on the beach for a week. Music festivals offer a sort of reclusive place where friends can come together to make art, […]
Blown away; Rams swept away by Saint Mary’s Gaels
VCU men’s basketball saw its season come to an anticlimactic end against the Gaels of Saint Mary’s College by a final of 85-77 in the first round of the NCAA tournament this past Thursday in Salt Lake City. The Rams faced a 15 point halftime deficit, and were never able to claw all the way […]
Future public servants observe lawmaking firsthand
For the past two months, they showed up every day at the state Capitol, dressed in matching blazers and carrying pen and paper at the ready – the next generation of public servants carefully observing their superiors. These young adults are known as pages. They are middle school and high school students from around Virginia […]