OMSA, The Well open dialogue on societal violence, coping
Hannah Eason Contributing Writer The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and The Wellness Resource Center met with students in the University Student Commons Nov. 20 to discuss the role of violence in the U.S., primarily due to recent mass shootings. Panelists, including OMSA Director Greta Franklin and The Well’s Director of Health Education and Violence […]
Remembering the destruction of the Holocaust through the eyes of a survivor
Logan Reardon Staff Writer Jay Ipson had to count lice to entertain himself during the six months of his childhood he spent in a cramped underground room with a dozen other Jewish family members. He was one of the few Lithuanian Jews to make it out of the Holocaust alive. With decade-high hate crime rates […]
Students express anger at forum after racial profiling incident
Sarah Elson Contributing Writer University administration hosted a dialogue discussion Monday about inclusivity in response to students demanding the university address the racial profiling incident between white Hispanic professor Javier Tapia and black visiting professor Caitlin Cherry. According to Cherry, Tapia saw her in a classroom of the Fine Arts Building and — having not […]
A decision at 18, a regret at 20: changing your major
Marlon McKay Contributing Writer What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question that’s fun to think about when you’re a kid, yet so daunting when you’re older and have to answer it. It’s worse when you must come up with those answers before you’re even old enough to vote. Growing […]
LTE: Conservative philosophy lacking on college campuses
[Editor’s note: this letter to the editor was updated Feb. 19] Dear Editor, VCU is a diverse, innovative and unique university — those attributes cannot be denied. We openly claim to support diversity in all regards: race, religion and ideologies. These claims can be found in the university’s mission statement; for example, one tenet in […]