RVA Street Art Festival livens the concrete giant
When the Richmond Flying Squirrels Diamond baseball stadium first opened in 1985 it received a series of awards for its unique modernist art-deco architectural designs. 32 years later, the stadium is harkening back to its creative roots by hosting the fourth annual RVA Street Art Festival. From Sept. 22 to Sept. 24, the stadium’s signature […]
“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” is all style and no manners.
The original “Kingsman: The Secret Service” was surprise a hit with audiences and critics alike: garnering positive reviews, raking in over $400 million worldwide, and becoming a cult favorite. With it’s creative action sequences and cartoonish jabs at James Bond serotypes, it was a fun breath of fresh air from the stale action flicks […]
Latino history in Richmond receives its due
The Valentine exhibit, “Nuestras Historias,” which opened July 27 and will run until April 15 of 2018, conveys the decades-long history and culture of Latino in Richmond, a group whose presence is often thought of as contemporary. “To think that Latino have been coming to the State of Virginia in permanent settlements since the mid-20th […]
Virginia PrideFest colors the River City for a weekend
Brown Island was dotted with colorful rainbow flags and clothing as Richmond celebrated VA PrideFest 2017 this past Saturday. Thousands of LGBT members and allies attended the Commonwealth’s largest Pride festival. “When I was a teenager I felt stuck in self-guilt and hate about my sexuality and now I’m here I am 20 years […]
Protecting the predators: DeVos withdraws Obama-era Title IX
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Friday she’s reversing Obama-era Title IX revisions and placing temporary rules for guidelines on handling sexual assault on campus. The biggest change to Title IX is moving from a “preponderance of evidence” to a “clear, convincing standard of proof” which essentially means raising the standard of evidence needed to […]
Field hockey wins sixth in-a-row
Adam Cheek Contributing Writer VCU field hockey (8-1) swept the week’s two games, pulling off wins against Lock Haven University and Central Michigan University. The Black and Gold required overtime to emerge victorious over LHU by a score of 2-0. The Rams outscored CMU 4-3 to take down the Chippewas. VCU extended their winning […]
Rams finish sixth at VCU Janney Shootout
By Daniel Puryear Contributing Writer The Rams hosted the VCU Janney Shootout September 18-19 at the Country Club of Virginia Tuckahoe Creek Course. Twelve teams from Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland competed including in-state rivals the University of Richmond and Old Dominion University. The Janney Shootout was VCU golf’s second tournament […]
Soccer: men cold after layoff, women hot entering conference play
Nick Versaw Staff Writer Women’s soccer (5-2-2) enjoyed a successful week of conference play, drawing A-10 foe Dayton University 0-0 at home before defeating Davidson University 3-2 on the road. The men (1-3) were not so lucky, as they looked cold after a 16-day layoff in a 1-0 loss at Old Dominion University. […]
Volleyball rolls ‘other’ Rams, continues streak
Volleyball rolls ‘other’ Rams, continues streak Zach Joachim Sports Editor Volleyball (15-2, 2-0) extended its win streak to 12 games — the program’s longest in 32 years — last week after defeating the ‘other’ Rams of Fordham University and the University of Rhode Island. Fordham A tightly contested second set highlighted […]
Rafael Andrade Santos has sights on A-10 rings for VCU soccer
VCU men’s soccer senior midfielder Rafael Andrade Santos started the season by being selected to the preseason All-Conference Team. Last season, Santos was named NSCAA Third Team All-Region, Second Team VaSID All-State and earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 Honors. Starting all but one of his 19 appearances last season, the new campaign brings promise for […]