“Annihilation” encapsulates the fear of the unknown
Script writer Alex Garland has returned with another intelligent sci-fi flick in “Annihilation,” an adaptation of the Jeff VanderMeer novel of the same name. While I can’t speak on the film’s merit as an adaptation, I can safely say this is one of the more exciting sci-fi films I’ve seen in a while and an […]
Speakers discuss podcasting’s academic potential
VCU African American Studies Instructor and host of the NPR Story Lab podcast “Do Over,” Chioke I’Anson, spoke with fellow podcast host Liz Covart, creator “Ben Franklin’s World,” on Feb. 21 at a podcasting workshop in The Valentine House. The speakers discussed the technicalities of the industry, their careers and the future and potential of […]
An Ode to Self Care
What is the best way to get in a circle of people that you want to be around without being too obvious or trying too hard? For instance, I want to surround myself with more people that I may find attractive in order to meet that potential someone. I feel like it’s the right […]
Self-taught artist completes salon mural in three days
The figure’s long, flowing hair is the focal point of a mural completed in just three days in late January for Shockoe Salon at the corner of 22nd and E. Main St in downtown Richmond. Christian Kyle Harrell, known to most as “Humble,” worked up to 15 hours a day to complete the work on […]
Drugs, alcohol and suicide: Mortality rates continue to rise in the U.S
U.S. life expectancy fell for the second year in a row, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — And a VCU professor says drugs, alcohol and suicide are to blame. In his editorial, “Failing Health of the United States,” Steven Woolf, director of the Center on Society and Health addressed the challenges […]
Students raise concerns about VCU purchase of Mansion nightclub
Student and teacher advocates for adjunct pay equity are questioning the need for VCU’s purchase of a nightclub on campus last week. VCU bought Mansion 534, on North Harrison Street, for $3.5 million. Michael Porter, a university spokesperson, said the purchase is part of the university’s overall real estate acquisition. He said the property is […]