Student organization supports aspiring models
Emily Richardson, Contributing Writer Student organization founder and president Kayla Lubin said VCU is the perfect place to start a modeling troupe. Statement Modelz is a student-run modeling troupe that began in January and works to promote expression and confidence through creative and high fashion modeling, according to RamsConnect. Junior marketing student Lubin was inspired […]
University professor provides transportation to Ukrainian refugees over spring break
Katrina Lee, News Editor VCU professor Frank Pichel used Google Translate, a pen and paper to create a handwritten sign to inform Ukrainian refugees that he could transport three people and their pets to any destination within Poland. “I just spent every day doing these big cross-country trips like seven hours, five hours, two hours, […]
Five plans to ring in the spring
Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves, Spectrum Editor “Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking,” Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly said in “The Devil Wears Prada” as the season approached. Spring represents a restart, where harsh winds turn to soft breezes and the clouds disperse. After months of avoiding the outdoors because of the cold winter, the season gives all a […]
PRESS BOX: VCU fans, don’t panic about next season
Arrick Wilson, Sports Editor Despite outgoing transfers and graduating seniors, Havoc fans from Broad Street, Richmond and beyond should not fret about the black and gold’s upcoming season. During the last press conference of the season, VCU head basketball coach Mike Rhoades said the last game of the season the team persevered through injuries that […]
University tuition projected to increase, accounts for state-mandated salary raises
Katrina Lee, News Editor VCU administration recently presented a range of tuition increases for 2023 between 3% and 6% for undergraduate and graduate students, following a three-year freeze on tuition. The proposed tuition increase is based on a state-mandated 5% salary increase for university faculty and for supplemental funding towards the financial aid budget for […]
‘Fox is love’: Richmond community comes together for fundraiser art auction
Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves, Spectrum Editor The William Fox Elementary School PTA organized an art auction on Friday to raise funds for the school following a three-alarm fire that occurred last month, causing significant structural damage. The live auction of art totaled $60,850, along with 39 donations for non-art related auction items, and a “call […]
Rams knock it out of the park, defeating Quinnipiac Bobcats 14-4 on Saturday
Tom Callahan, Contributing Writer The VCU Rams baseball team beat the Quinnipiac University Bobcats in the second of a three game series on Saturday, winning 14-4; VCU has struggled to start this season, winning only three of its first ten games. The first game of the series was a comfortable 8-2 win. VCU capitalized on […]
VCU Symphony performance highlights theme of ‘Unity’
Bailee Padgett, Contributing Writer The VCU Symphony performed a concert entitled “Unity” at the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, located inside the W.E. Singleton Center, this month in celebration of Richmond’s diverse community. VCU Orchestra Director Daniel Myssyk said as tensions in foreign countries continue to rise with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the resounding theme […]
Women’s basketball loses Atlantic 10 semi-finals, advances to WNIT
Arrick Wilson, Sports Editor The VCU women’s basketball program fell short in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 conference tournament. The Rams did not get a bid to the Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, tournament, but the black and gold did earn a bid in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, or “WNIT.” On […]
‘This was more personal’: Richmond hijacks VCU’s VCU NCAA tournament hopes
Arrick Wilson, Sports Editor The VCU men’s basketball program lost against the Richmond Spiders in the Atlantic 10 conference tournament quarterfinals, on Friday in Washington, D.C. at the Capital One Arena. Richmond graduate guard Jacob Gilyard said this win was key in the Richmond rivalry in the post-game press conference. “They embarrassed us last time […]