Letter to the editor: “Women Don’t Need Your Blessing”
In her article entitled “Women Don’t Need Your Blessing,” Emily Himes claims that the CDC is trying to regulate when women stay sober or drink and when they have or deny sex, citing a “very intentional subtext” in the information that was given. To give credence to this conclusion, Ms. Himes states that the information given in the […]
The complexities of casting a vote
It’s easy to get carried away in the drama of certain demagogue figures or intrigued by a Democratic-Socialist. But for now, let’s focus on the most crucial part of any democratic election: voting. More specifically, the prevalence of increasingly restrictive voting regulations. In thirty-three states, a form of identification is required in order to […]
Richmond supports their own: Lucy Dacus packs Broadberry
The sultry Lucy Dacus took the Broadberry stage on March 4 to kick off her tour and the release of her debut album, “No Burden.” Hundreds of excited faces eagerly waited for Dacus to drop the first beat of her nine-track album. This attention is a long time coming for this born-and-raised Richmonder, who […]
New VCU course offers cultural insight into RVA
A student living in Richmond, it isn’t always easy to keep up with the happenings around the city as concerts, festivals, gallery openings and more seem to take place every single day. This is what inspired VCU’s Cultural Passport course, created by John Freyer and Jill Ware of the Cross Disciplinary Media department in VCUarts […]
Students broadcast interests on FM speciality shows
Students are blasting their favorite music, comedy and personality to the city every week from a sound-proof studio on Broad Street. WVCW, VCU’s student radio station, is housed in the Student Media Center and allows students to host and broadcast their own show both online and on 102.9 FM. Alan Booth, the programming director at […]
The River City’s laugh factory plays it by ear
If you’re looking for belly-aching comedy and fresh entertainment, Coalition Theater is the way to go. Founded by a group of longtime performers in 2013, Coalition provides a mixture of sketch comedy and improv. The founders had their own humble comedic beginnings in Richmond, performing in spaces like Gallery5, Art6 and more. Matt Newman, the […]
Richmond ranks among nation’s deadliest cities
Richmond is among the nation’s “murder capitals” according to a set of new data that listed three Virginia cities as some of the most deadly cities in America. The River City, which has a population of more than 200,000, was number six in a ranking of the 30 cities and counties with the most murders […]
17 students charged with trespassing during environmental sit-in
While protesting the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s recent approvals of wastewater permits to Dominion Virginia Power, 17 students were charged with trespassing on state property. On March 7 around 10 a.m. student activists from the Virginia Student Environmental Coalition staged a sit-in at the VDEQ headquarters in Richmond. Members of the Coalition came from […]
$100 million ResLife renovations begin this fall
Gladding Residence Center I and II, two student housing facilities used mostly by freshman, will close for construction in the fall and are expected to reopen in 2018. Curtis Erwin, Executive Director of Residential Life and Housing said the main goals of the master plan are to address the quality of GRC I and II […]
Groups seek second meeting on coal ash permits
The State Department of Environmental Quality will host a second meeting to discuss coal ash permits after violent storms interrupted a meeting in late February. The permit in question, Permit 609, would discuss a proposed landfill for coal ash waste. The proposed landfill, known as the Chesterfield Power Station FFCP Management Facility, would be […]