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 […]