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 […]