Tea Time with Tagwa: Removal of Confederate statues should not end the Black Lives Matter movement
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, do not be fooled. Do not allow this one victory to halt the progress we are making. The removal of the Robert E. Lee statue is only the beginning of the change we need to see. During a press conference on Thursday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced the Department of […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: He couldn’t breathe
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, “I can’t breathe.” I cannot believe I’m writing this piece right now. The utter disbelief that sits in my heart as I try to rationalize everything is unbearable. Another day, another innocent black man dead on the street. George Floyd. If you haven’t heard his name, you haven’t been tuned […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Jogging while Black is now a crime
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, I write to you with a heavy heart. I write to you on the heels of yet another injustice against this nation’s black community. I write to you about Ahmaud Arbery. I don’t even know where to begin. His story is one of confusion, yet clarity. Arbery was jogging on […]
Graphic Designer Kamryn Gillham says farewell
Kamryn Gillham, Graphic Designer I only got to work for The Commonwealth Times for a single year as a senior. However, it was a fantastic year that surprised me more than I could have ever initially imagined when I applied as a graphic designer. Having to say goodbye to the staff and the paper is […]
Graphic Designer Rey Carlson says farewell
Rey Carlson, Graphic Designer While I didn’t work for The CT for long, I can definitely say that I have never felt so welcomed, loved and appreciated so quickly before. Until last fall, I worked at food service jobs for six years, and to have this be my first real job doing design was incredible, […]