Shaun Jackson says farewell
Shaun Jackson, Staff Columnist Anyone who has been around The CT or the SMC as a whole can tell you that I have been here for a minute. Three years ago, my best friend and executive editor at the time Sarah King came to me with a proposal to turn my two-hour advice show that was […]
How The CT covered major school shootings when ‘nothing like this had happened before’
This story is part of The Commonwealth Times’ special coverage in honor of its 50th anniversary. Georgia Geen, Executive Editor When Pat Kane first heard about the shooting at Virginia Tech, he thought it might be a cover story — they’d look for a local angle and watch out for a vigil. But then the number […]
Ryan Rich says farewell
Ryan Rich, Design Editor There are no windows in the room where we produce this paper every week. There is trash everywhere, and nobody wears nearly as much deodorant as they should. Finding an outlet to charge your laptop is harder than finding Ol’e Nessie in the James. But if we had to produce the paper […]
The CT’s most notable hate, compiled
This story is part of The Commonwealth Times’ special coverage in honor of its 50th anniversary. Compiled by Georgia Geen, Executive Editor “It was a clubhouse atmosphere where they made quite clear who they favored and who they did not, and most of the ones they didn’t eventually stopped just trying … The ‘C’ also […]
Reliving the magical run to the Final Four
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Men’s Basketball has a tradition of making the NCAA Tournament, playing in the Big Dance eight of the last nine. The streak dates back to 2011, when the Rams made their magical run from the First Four to the Final Four — the first team to accomplish the feat. The bid […]
A CT editor challenged a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion law
This story is part of The Commonwealth Times’ special coverage in honor of its 50th anniversary. Fadel Allassan, News Editor Bill Royall was no bystander as the United States underwent a decade packed with social changes. The former CT executive editor was something of a maverick, and the newspaper he led in 1971-72 was a reflection […]
Former CT staff emphasize importance of student media
This story is part of The Commonwealth Times’ special coverage in honor of its 50th anniversary. CT staff report Stephen Hicks, reporter, 2005-2007: I think first it gives the student the opportunity to get involved and have some knowledge of the inner workings of putting together a publication. It gives a platform for students and […]
Ball reflects on 20 years leading Golf
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor From Cary Street Gym to Gladding Residence Center, VCU has grown and evolved from what it used to be 20 years ago. The same can be said for VCU’s golf team. Something that has not changed, though, is the team’s head coach, Matt Ball. “What hasn’t changed? Everything has changed,” […]
At VCUarts, complaints of ‘problematic’ environment lead to protest
Fadel Allassan, News Editor What started as an incident of perceived racial bias has become a rallying cry for students at VCUarts, who are demanding the university’s administration make changes to address what they describe as a non-inclusive environment within the school. Students are voicing frustration with faculty and administration over issues they say began even […]
“VCU is an active gentrifier:” student organizations criticize new Master Plan
Student organizations are speaking out more than a month after the Board of Visitors approved the university’s One VCU Master Plan. Nathan Land, outreach coordinator for Amnesty International at VCU, said the Master Plan’s expansion “comes with many thorns.” Land said in an email that VCU uses words like “diversity” and “equity” in their future […]