Opinion | The Coronavirus is not a justification for racism
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor We’ve all heard about the severe and life-threatening coronavirus running rampant in China, and now around the world. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the illness is a “new respiratory virus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.” While the virus originated in China, it has spread […]
Opinion | If politics and negativity are all the news media has to offer, I don’t want it anymore
Bryce Randall, Contributing Writer Recently, it seems like everything we see in the media is either political or surrounded by negativity. You tune into the local news, and the first story that pops up often has something to do with guns or politics. If you’re lucky, it might be a combination of both. It’s time to […]
New York Times science writer discusses history of influenza
Emma North Contributing Writer Gina Kolata, a science writer for The New York Times, visited VCU Oct. 17 to give a lecture as part of the Sanger Series — a line-up of guest speakers by VCU Libraries and the VCU Office of Research and Innovation. Kolata — an award-winning journalist and science writer — presented […]
The Anonymous Patriot
Caitlin Barbieri Opinions Editor The anonymous op-ed published in The New York Times last week is an example of the press utilizing our freedom of speech for its intended purpose: empowerment. Media outlets across the country have debated the decision by the Times’ opinion desk to run the editorial anonymously. The publication has sparked a […]
Commitment to citizens lost as media focuses on the frivolous
Carl Bernstein, one half of the duo responsible for investigating and breaking the Watergate Scandal, published an article in The New Republic in 1992 titled “The Idiot Culture.”
What happened to journalism?
A year ago, at a lecture by Ray McGovern, a former CIA officer who became a political activist in the face of intelligence practices that seemingly destroy our freedom of privacy…