Rams suffer comeback defeat senior night, Richmond wins 59-57
JJ Hendrickson, Contributing Writer Thai Wilson, Contributing Writer The VCU women’s basketball team fell to the Richmond Spiders 59-57 on Saturday afternoon at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. Coming into this game, the Rams were celebrating their Senior Day. Senior guard Madison Hattix-Covington and graduate guard Taya Robinson were honored before and after the game. […]
The working class are obligatory martyrs
Adelaide Verdugo-Thomson, Contributing Writer Heroes don’t wear capes — they walk as instructed by blinding white lights and the impending doom of financial destitution. Our bodies are prescribed monetary value such as $9.50 an hour, $11.50, or if you’re lucky, maybe even $15. The Living Wage Calculator created by Amy Glasmeier, professor of economic geography […]
VCU alum adopts alternative music education approach
Zahra Ndirangu, Contributing Writer The students in Nicolas Leonard’s class learn the basics of music through games, well-known songs and sensory-based methods. Leonard, VCU music education alum and Chesterfield County teacher, uses the Kodály method to teach music in an alternative way. The Kodály method focuses on kinesthetic learning. Kinesthesia is a sensory experience derived […]
‘Mending Walls’ public art documentary gains national traction
Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves, Spectrum Editor “Mending Walls: The Documentary,” a locally produced film about social justice within the public art project, will be available for anyone in the United States to watch after its acceptance on American Public Television, or APT. Mending Walls focuses on murals that began after the surge of Black Lives […]
VCU researcher receives NASA funding to study bone, muscle loss in spaceflight
Katrina Lee, News Editor Valentéa Lopez, Contributing Writer VCU researcher Michael Friedman received funding from NASA to research the effect of genetic factors on bone and muscle loss during low-gravity spaceflight. Friedman was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship with NASA’s Translational Research Institute for Space Health to conduct this research. TRISH is a virtual institute that […]
Graduate student Taya Robinson reaches 1,500 career points near the end of her collegiate career
Arrick Wilson, Sports Editor Women’s basketball graduate guard Taya Robinson reached the accomplishment of earning over 1,500 points in her career, the team announced on its Instagram earlier this month. Robinson is the seventh VCU player to reach 1,500 career points since the program began in 1974, according to VCU Athletics. Robinson said she has […]
VCU alum makes strides on Broadway, working with notable creators
Hadia Moosvi, Contributing Writer VCUarts alum Drewe Goldstein first got involved with theater at the age of eight. Now, she lives and works in New York City where she’s helped with the fruition of Broadway productions like “Hamilton” and “Bliss,” according to Goldstein. Goldstein, who uses both she and they pronouns, studied acting at VCU […]
‘Eclectic’: Punk Flea Market brings alternative art to Richmond
Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves, Spectrum Editor Alternative music sounded through the speakers in the ballroom along with people’s chatter on what art print to get, what size t-shirt would fit best and if they should get the tooth necklace or the tooth earrings. The Acca Shrine Center hosted the Southeast Punk Flea Market in Richmond […]
PRESS BOX: From a fan, this sucks: The Washington Commanders rebranding
JJ Hendrickson, Contributing Writer Washington’s NFL franchise, formerly known as “Football Team,” revealed its new name to the world on Feb. 2: The Washington Commanders. The announcement came 18 months after the franchise’s initial name change from the Washington Redskins, which was deemed offensive to Native Americans by the American Civil Liberties Union. Coming from […]
Richmond community, VCU respond to local elementary school fire
Hollyann Purvis, Copy Editor Local businesses and community members have banded together to aid William Fox Elementary School after a fire closed the school indefinitely on Friday, Feb. 11. Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras wrote about the impact of the fire in the RPS daily newsletter the following afternoon. “I’m terribly saddened to share […]