Articles by Executive Editor

Paul Van Vleet wasn’t thinking about marriage — until he heard a voice.
The VCU adjunct instructor of Spanish sat back and smiled as he recalled how he met his wife.
Van Vleet had spent more than 20 years as a practicing member of Jesuitism, a Roman Catholic religious order for men.

A 22-year-old male VCU student is in critical condition after being struck by a car a few blocks from campus.
The accident occurred at approximately 7:45 a.m. Monday when a black Ford Explorer, going west on Cumberland Avenue, collided in an intersection with a Chevrolet Camero, going south on Harrison Street, said Jennifer Reilly of the City of Richmond Police Department’s media relations division.

The primary focus of most seniors this time of year is graduation, but Alethia Watford, a criminal justice major and president of the VCU chapter of the NAACP, has broadened the scope of her attention to promoting diversity among her peers.

“We promote economic, social, political and educational progress, as well as improvement and diversity among all people of color,” she said of the student chapter of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People.

Luther Robinson, a.k.a. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, was born in Richmond in 1878 and was raised by his grandmother. His nickname originated in his childhood. During that time he sold newspapers and danced on the streets for change. He left school and ran away to Washington, D.

Students’ desire to learn more about information technology in government brought Virginia’s Secretary of Technology George Newstrom to VCU. He told members of the Association of Information Technology Professionals how he plans to bring business principles into the state government.