Coming to terms with the Parkland school shooting
Parkland was named the safest city in Florida in 2017. But last week, it became home to the third deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. Something as heinous as innocent children slaughtered in their own schools should not happen — much less several times each year — before America is outraged enough to make some […]
To the editor: Post-truth politics have no place in gun regulation
To the Editor: I am disappointed to see such an uninformed stance on gun control published in the October 9th edition of the Commonwealth Times. Perhaps the only thing Bashista gets right in “After Las Vegas, it’s time for Americans to end our bond with guns” is that this issue is indeed bigger than either […]
After Las Vegas, it’s time for Americans to end our bond with guns
I was 10 years old when the Virginia Tech shooting occurred, the first American “deadliest mass shooting” of my lifetime. I was 19 years old when I experienced my second with the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. Sixteen months later, I am almost 21 years old and I’ve just experienced my third, and what I […]
Apathy toward research, science
A little over 1,000 Americans were killed last month. No politicians mourned them. No political or social organizations flew their name. No union released a statement condemning their murderers.
Virginia Tech survivors rally for gun control
Katherine Coates Capital News Service Armed with duct tape, Colin Goddard balanced on a chair to hang a screen so people could watch a film at the Richmond YWCA gymnasium. Goddard appears to be fairly athletic. But four years ago, he was barely able to do one spin on a bicycle because of gunshot injuries he […]
News photo poll
Guns on campus photo poll: Do you think guns should be allowed on campus? Chelsea Kunnecke, a sophomore forensic science and chemistry major “I don’t think they are necessary. I feel that VCU is a safe enough environment in which any normal person would not need to carry a gun on campus.” Marcos DaSilva, a […]