Santos-Silva double-double powers Rams over Colonials
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Men’s Basketball defeated George Washington 60-50 Wednesday on the road, despite shooting 3-20 from beyond the arc. The Rams shot 0-for-10 from three in the second half alone. “When you’re not making threes, you fight it a little bit,” coach Mike Rhoades said. “I thought we did that at times. I also […]
Gov. Northam’s Yearbook Scandal — A Timeline of Events
Daniel Berti, Capital News Service Talk about a political firestorm. On Friday morning, a conservative news website posted Gov. Ralph Northam from a college yearbook featuring a racist photo. By Friday evening, the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly were calling on Northam to resign. By Saturday morning, Republicans and […]
Jussie Smollett: Another Victim of Trump’s America
Tagwa Shammet, Contributing Writer [Editor’s note: This story was written and published prior to the surfacing of reports that Jussie Smollett may have paid the two men to attack him.] A black queer man was walking down the streets of Chicago — suddenly, two white men jumped out and attacked him, yelling homophobic and racial slurs. […]
Women beat Davidson, Men fall to ETSU
Jaron Nutter, Contributing Writer Women’s Women’s Tennis defeated Davidson 7-0 Feb. 3 in its first Atlantic 10 match of the season, moving VCU to 3-2 on the season and handing Davidson its first loss. Sophomores Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and Kanako Yano defeated Davidson’s Samantha Armas and Alexandra Abele for the first doubles victory of the match, […]
Local band returns, debuts psychedelic music
Quentin Rice, Contributing Writer Richmond’s beloved psychedelic blues band People’s Blues of Richmond have returned with two new singles titled “Journalist” and “I Don’t Give a Damn.” Currently on their east coast tour, PBR plans to release a new record before the end of the year. Comprised of guitarist and vocalist Tim Beavers II, bassist Matt […]