Women’s volleyball ends season on winning streak
Arrick Wilson, Interim Sports Editor Last season, the VCU women’s volleyball squad ended their season with a record of 13 wins and only five losses. The Rams also garnered an Atlantic-10 record of seven wins and two losses, reaching the Atlantic-10 championship. This season, the Rams have repeated the success from last year. On Saturday, […]
Five fall-themed activities to help celebrate colder weather
Zahra Ndirangu, Contributing Writer The air is brisk as brightly colored leaves start to make their way down from trees that are soon to be bare. Smells of pumpkin spice, apple cider and oak trees fill the autumn air. As the weather cools, the city offers a variety of fall activities to ring in the […]
Spectrum editor’s list of films to watch – Nov. 17
“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (2008) This star-filled rom-com follows Peter, played by Jason Segel, who is heartbroken when his celebrity girlfriend of five years, Sarah, played by Kristen Bell, breaks up with him. He decides to go to Hawaii to take his mind off of her, only to find out that Sarah and her new boyfriend […]
Richmond, VCU Health roll out vaccines for children ages 5 to 11
Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves, Contributing Writer About 100 kids a day are getting vaccinated in the Richmond and Henrico district clinics since the Food and Drug Administration authorized the extension of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, according to the districts’ Public Information Officer, Cat Long. The low-dose vaccine was approved for […]
‘He didn’t go full Trump’ — VCU faculty, students reflect on red victories
Katharine DeRosa, News Editor This year Virginia saw the highest voter turnout in a gubernatorial election since 1993, which resulted in a red wave for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, according to data from the Virginia Department of Elections. Of those registered to vote, just over 55% participated in the gubernatorial election, according to […]
Post-election, women fear for the future of reproductive rights
Monica Alarcon-Najarro, Contributing Writer A woman’s right to choose what she does with her body should not be decided by a room full of men with powerful titles. Our right to choose to have an abortion is both a freedom and a privilege. Women have fought for this right for decades, going back to the […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Aaron Rodgers needs to own up to his shortcomings
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, as we near the end of yet another coronavirus-infected year, we carry along the controversy of vaccination. Many of us are lining up to receive our booster vaccine shots, while there are others among the population who remain unvaccinated. The vaccine controversy has plagued a variety of conversations. From […]
Alumna aims to document digital self-expression, virtual interaction through painting
Jiana Smith, Staff Writer When the COVID-19 pandemic forced classes online in fall 2020, VCU communication arts alumna Marisa Stratton said that painting her Zoom classes and her friends’ Instagram stories became a form of comfort for her. “Painting these people and these images really got me through the pandemic,” Stratton said. Stratton is a […]
Basketball is back: Men’s and women’s basketball ranked fourth in preseason poll
Arrick Wilson, Interim Sports Editor On Oct. 27, The Atlantic 10 conference released their annual preseason awards, along with their preseason poll, on the league’s media day that was conducted virtually via ESPN+. In the preseason poll anticipating who would win the next A-10 title, the men’s and women’s basketball programs both placed fourth, […]
The two-party system should be abolished
Ishaan Nandwani, Contributing Writer Among the many speeches, letters and declarations in American history, there’s one address that I find salient: George Washington’s farewell address of 1796. In this infamous letter written toward the end of his public service career, Washington offered his political wisdom to the American people. He advocated for a policy of […]