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Opinion in Brief

January 27, 2005 Executive Editor 0

VCU

Ranking success

After VCU Medical Center was named one of Solucient’s top 100 hospitals in the nation for performance improvement last year, a university in China has now ranked VCU among the world’s top universities. VCU stands within the top 200 – in the 153-201 rank to be precise.

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Letters to the Editor

January 27, 2005 Executive Editor 0

To the Editor:

I don’t mind if the university doesn’t cancel class for snow, but Monday there was ice everywhere. If they wanted us to come to class they should have at least made sure all the sidewalks were clear for us to walk on. I saw many people fall or almost fall, including myself.

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Odds & Ends

January 27, 2005 Executive Editor 0

Matchmaker, matchmaker

A Chinese couple was arrested by police for running a fake matchmaking agency. The agency’s fees added up to more than $640 per client including consulting and membership fees. The couple’s scam? The husband promised men a date with Miss Right – instead sending his wife on the dates.

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Calendar

January 27, 2005 Executive Editor 0

thursday, Jan. 27

Are you looking to donate some time but not sure where to start? Join the Commons Organizations and Volunteer Services in the Metro Room of the Commons at 1 p.m. for 60-minute service projects. Call Yolanda Jackson at 828-3648 for more details.