VCU loses to Dayton, 67-61, in first round of A-10 playoffs
Thailon Wilson, Staff Writer The Rams traveled up to Wilmington, Delaware to face off against the Dayton Flyers in the Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball tournament. After a back and forth game, which entailed a comeback from VCU, the Rams fell short on the comeback against Dayton ending the black and gold’s playoff run in the […]
RPS approves increasing school days for one school, two others pending
Natalie Barr, Staff Writer Richmond Public School 200, a proposal from the RPS school board to update the school calendar, increases the number of school days from 180 to 200. The proposal would only affect three schools — Fairfield Court Elementary which has approved the plan last week, and Overby-Sheppard Elementary and Cardinal Elementary if […]
Visiting artist lectures, hopes to provoke or reaffirm perspectives
Peggy Stansbery, Staff Writer Artist Beth Lipman said her voice and way of making things is just another in the “big pool of makers.” The VCUarts department of craft/material studies hosted Lipman for an artist lecture on March 13 at the Institute for Contemporary Art. “This is just one person’s journey,” Lipman said. “It could […]
CT Sports’ pick of the week
Bersabeh Kemaw, Contributing Writer For this week’s pick, we’re heading to UFC 286 to cover a faceoff between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman at the O2 Arena, located in London, England on March 18. This will be the third time these two have battled in the octagon, as they continue their fight for the Welterweight […]
Going dancing: VCU wins A-10 and advances to NCAA Tournament
Arrick Wilson, Sports Editor The VCU men’s basketball program won the Atlantic 10 tournament at the Barclays Center in New York. VCU head coach Mike Rhoades said he was proud of his team for bringing a championship to Richmond. “I thought so many guys just made winning plays to win a championship,” Rhoades said. “Talk […]
VCU’s men’s golf team is ready to compete
Andrew McGhan, Contributing Writer VCU’s men’s golf team was voted by the preseason polls to be runner ups in the Atlantic 10 conference championship, according to the A-10 website. Last season VCU finished runner up to Davidson College, according to the A-10 website. VCU finished with 853 total strokes, and Davidson finished with 851 total […]
2023 exceeds 100 mass shootings nationally, studies show mass shooters’ psychological tendencies
Faith Redd, Contributing Writer Selna Shi, News Editor Researchers found key psychological tendencies that are frequently displayed in mass shooters, according to a VCU study. The research studying the behaviors of over 170 mass shooters was released in 2022, the same year over 640 mass shootings were recorded, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The […]
Musicians on Call club bridges gap between music and medicine
Katie Farthing, Staff Writer Music students have revived the Musicians on Call program which sends students to perform at the VCU Main Hospital on the Medical College of Virginia campus and other areas, like at food drives, according to Ammar Jawad, a senior music major and club president. Jawad wanted to align both his interests […]
Doomsday capitalism forces us to reanalyze fast fashion ethics
Arielle Andrews, Contributing Writer “None of this will matter when the world ends,” my friend said quietly one evening. It was after I had brought up a tweet I saw criticizing the impact of fast fashion on climate change. Fast fashion is the rapid production and marketing of large volumes of clothing to keep up […]