New Year, New Variant
Monica Alarcon-Najarro, Contributing Writer From booster shots to the high demand of COVID-19 tests, 2022 is bringing the same pandemic anxiety from last year, but with more cases. The new year has already been filled with people hopping between pharmacies searching for COVID-19 testing after going out and celebrating the beginning of 2022. The Omicron […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: This nation’s justice system delivers anything but justice
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, I am living in a constant state of predictable disappointment. My Blackness ensures dismay and sorrow that has historically plagued my community. From the shackles on my ancestors’ ankles, to the oppression of my people before me; the trauma of my Blackness is neverending. Being Black in the United […]
Post-election, women fear for the future of reproductive rights
Monica Alarcon-Najarro, Contributing Writer A woman’s right to choose what she does with her body should not be decided by a room full of men with powerful titles. Our right to choose to have an abortion is both a freedom and a privilege. Women have fought for this right for decades, going back to the […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Aaron Rodgers needs to own up to his shortcomings
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, as we near the end of yet another coronavirus-infected year, we carry along the controversy of vaccination. Many of us are lining up to receive our booster vaccine shots, while there are others among the population who remain unvaccinated. The vaccine controversy has plagued a variety of conversations. From […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: This season, treat the houseless with kindness
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, my favorite time of year is here. The crisp, cool weather mixed with the smells of brown sugar and sweetness — the fall time brings so much joy to my heart. I roam VCU’s campus with a sense of calmness as the leaves fall and the warm orange colors […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: This season, treat the houseless with kindness
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, my favorite time of year is here. The crisp, cool weather mixed with the smells of brown sugar and sweetness — the fall time brings so much joy to my heart. I roam VCU’s campus with a sense of calmness as the leaves fall and the warm orange colors […]
The glamorization of political figures needs to end
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor For many students today, the recollection of 2008 is faint. I was only eight years old and most of my time revolved around being a child. However, that year was revolutionary in American history. Barack Obama made monumental progress as the first Black man to be elected into one of the […]
COVID-19 will be the scariest thing this Halloween season
Monica Alarcon-Najarro, Contributing Writer In college, Halloween is the one weekend where almost every single college student goes out to some form of party. But this year, the scariest thing at our doorstep won’t be a clown costume — it will be COVID-19. Halloween falls on a weekend this year. That means the spooky holiday […]
Schools in Virginia are evolving, and that’s a good thing
Ishaan Nandwani, Contributing Writer I have nine younger cousins, all under the age of 11, and much to the dismay of my aunts and uncles, they have transitioned back and forth between virtual and in-person education over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic here in Virginia, struggling to find any consistency in their learning during […]
Get Out and Vote: We can’t underestimate the power of voting
Ishaan Nandwani, Contributing Writer It’s officially the middle of October — that means warm-ish weather, spooky season and of course, the gubernatorial election in Virginia. Every year, we gather to pay homage to one of the cornerstones of our democracy: the right to vote. This year, millions of Americans will head to the polls to […]