First-year VCU basketball guard checks all the boxes

Andrew McGhan, Contributing Writer Kyler Gilliam, Contributing Writer First-year guard Terrence Hill Jr. is from Portland, Oregon and is now a part of the VCU men’s basketball team this season. While attending Roosevelt High School in Portland for his senior year, he helped lead the basketball team to a district title and to an appearance […]

Art, flowers paired together in museum’s biennial exhibition

Maeve Bauer, Contributing Writer The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts held the exhibition, “Fine Arts & Flowers,” from Oct. 23 through Oct. 27, which paired floral arrangements with permanent pieces in the museum.  The Council of the VMFA, a group of year-round volunteers, has hosted the exhibition biennially since 1987, according to the VMFA’s website. […]

VCU student turns yard into local Halloween attraction

Connor Eppley, Contributing Writer  In a quiet Chesterfield neighborhood, Robert Yates, a 25-year-old Halloween lover and VCU fourth-year history student, proudly displays his towering animatronics, a massive graveyard with nearly 150 gravestones and a medieval skeleton army.  Robert Yates goes all out when decorating, ensuring it looks perfect for trick-or-treaters and his neighbors, he said. […]

VCU class produces album with past, present Rams

Sofia Hussain, Contributing Writer  Carolyn Slingluff, Contributing Writer Students in MASC 410, a media entrepreneurship course, are producing a collective album under the group name the 410 Collective, consisting of music from past and present VCU students, according to Robert Milazzo, the course’s professor. The theme of the album is “What’s Your RVA Mantra?,” according […]

CT Comics 10.30.24

  “Halloween Isn’t The Same As An Adult” by Bryce Griego.   “Nightmare on Broad Street” by David Beling.   “School Day Halloween” by Gabriella Denney.

VCU vampires defend Hibbs Hall

Natalie McEwan, Contributing Writer   I had originally planned to write an opinion piece regarding the outdated, windowless classrooms found across campus here at VCU. That was until the VCU vampire community expressed overwhelming support for the depressing classrooms found in buildings like Hibbs Hall.    Standing on the Compass the other day, my friends […]

In defense of slashers

Dylan Hostetter, Opinions and Humor Editor   Of all film genres, horror is the most versatile. If done correctly, it can encompass aspects of any other genre; Horror can have comedy, romance, action or even take place in a sci-fi world. Within this near-boundless genre there are, of course, many subgenres — my favorite being […]

VCU class produces album with past and present Rams

Sofia Hussain, Contributing Writer  Carolyn Slingluff, Contributing Writer Students in MASC 410, a media entrepreneurship course, are producing a collective album under the group name the 410 Collective, consisting of music from past and present VCU students, according to Robert Milazzo, the course’s professor. The theme of the album is “What’s Your RVA Mantra?,” according […]