Tea Time with Tagwa: Don’t touch my hair
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, what if I told you your hair could get you suspended and prevented from attending your senior prom and high school graduation ceremony? Wouldn’t be too pleased, would you? Yeah, neither would I. That’s exactly what’s happening to Texas teenager DeAndre Arnold, an 18-year-old black student in the Barbers Hill […]
Ignore the hype, black women created the natural hair movement
Imani Thaniel, Contributing Writer The New York City Commission on Human Rights released regulations Feb. 18 in response to the discrimination of black people based on hair or hairstyle in the workplace, school and other public places. Those convicted of discriminating on this basis will have to pay a fine up to $250,000. This change in […]
The power of representation: VCU Alumna crowned Miss Native American
VCU alumna, Autumn Rose Miskweminanocsqua Williams was elected Miss Native American USA 2017, winning over six competitors for the title at the pageant in August. The 24-year-old was raised in and resides at the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Long Island, New York. William said holding the title allows her to represent her tribe and […]
Library opens first part of $50.8 million expansion
The James Branch Cabell Library opened the first and second floor of its $50.8 million dollar expansion on Nov. 2. The new addition is the first renovation to the library since its debut in 1970. The $50.8 million project adds 93,000 square feet of new space in addition to 63,000 square feet of renovations to […]