Column: Northam talked reconciliation on race. His refusal to resign is contradictory to that.
Fadel Allassan, News Editor In the exact moment the public was made aware of a yearbook photo appearing to depict Gov. Ralph Northam in blackface standing next to someone in a Ku Klux Klan hood, his governorship and legacy became void. The story has since led national news broadcasts and has even managed to muzzle […]
Virginia government slips into chaos as scandals shroud political leaders
Fadel Allassan, News Editor Inside the country’s oldest occupied governor’s mansion stays the besieged Ralph Northam — the Virginia executive around whom the walls of the dwelling are rapidly closing amid the fallout from a racist yearbook photo. The photo, from Northam’s page in the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook, shows a man in […]
Political science professor Herbert Hirsch dies at 77
Fadel Allssan, News Editor Political science professor Herbert Hirsch, who galvanized generations of students and peers to confront the world’s most staggering and intricate questions, however grievous or opaque, died Jan. 21 after a stint of illness. He was 77. Hirsch was an accomplished scholar and author whose expertise on genocide and human rights was […]
Behind closed doors: VCU board privately approves Rao bonus amid yearly salary increases
Fadel Allassan, News Editor The VCU Board of Visitors’ approval of a 14 percent bonus for President Michael Rao in a closed-door session raised questions of whether the decision conflicts with state transparency laws. The Dec. 7 vote to give Rao — one of the highest-paid state officials — a more than $25,000 one-time bonus […]
VCU holds on in overtime nail-biter against Hofstra
Fadel Allassan Special Projects Director Men’s Basketball’s post-Thanksgiving overtime win against Hofstra University Saturday may have compounded on the damage to fans’ hearts caused by copious amounts of greasy turkey served days earlier. The Rams looked to be running away with the game at the Siegel Center after commanding a comfortable lead at halftime, but […]