Reverse racism is real? You’re racist.
Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime performance added more fuel to the conversation about racism in America. Once again, whites had an excuse to believe racism has ceased to exist against blacks, and is instead directed at them. Many have even begun enforcing the narrative that racism against blacks is over, and blacks have just as many […]
Refugee lives are not a hierarchy
The Syrian refugee crisis has dominated headlines and political conversations since the disturbing image of Aylan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy, drowned and washed ashore on Turkey’s coastline. Since then, the world has put immense focus on Syria — exposing the racially, ethnically and religiously-influenced horrors and maltreatment of Syrian refugees as well as their […]
The dangers of stress culture
With dogged determination, we pursue, as students, our warped interpretation of the American dream and strive for excellence. Some students may not take their education seriously, but the vast majority push themselves to the limit. Some seek to reach their limit by exceeding the expectations set by society or their families. Such determination is admirable, […]
Cop Corner: legal love vs. illegal love.
Find a new love for the New Year? We certainly hope so. However, sometimes relationships don’t pan out. Sometimes when relationships end really, really badly, they end with us, the cops. Signs of abusive relationships cover the spectrum of male-female and LGBTQ+ relationships. It’s helpful to know what behaviors cross the line of being appropriate, […]
Committee tables bill exempting police officers’ from FOIA
After nearly an hour of debate, a legislative panel killed a bill that would have exempted law enforcement officers’ names and training records from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. A subcommittee of the House General Laws Committee tabled Senate Bill 552 for the General Assembly’s current session. State officials plan to study the issue […]
Lawmakers propose teacher pay raises, curbing tuition hikes
Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly released their proposed amendments to Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s state budget last week, and focused heavily on further increasing funding for public schools. McAuliffe’s proposed budget released in December and included 10 amendments to the current budget. The amendments aimed to increase general fund spending by $229.8 million, although […]
Poll: Most Virginians think prisons cost too much
Most Virginians agree that the prison population costs too much money, according to a recent poll by the Charles Koch Institute, an educational public-policy organization, and Prison Fellowship, a Christian nonprofit that advocates for criminal justice reform. On Wednesday, the two groups hosted a panel of experts to discuss the poll results and fiscally responsible […]
Government officials raise $39,000 in annual charity basketball game.
Andrew Crider Print News editor The Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia State Senate hosted their 23rd annual “Capitol Square Basketball Challenge” At the STU Tuesday, Feb. 23. The teams were comprised of the governor’s cabinet versus lobbyists and the House versus the Senate. The was the eighth consecutive year that the challenge has […]
Flint’s Republican crisis
The crisis in Flint, Michigan has taken the media by storm. The political negligence of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has led to severe and harmful lead pollution of the water — leaving thousands of people without access to clean drinking water. The truth is this: the people of Flint do not need your outrage. They […]
GOP candidate Kasich holds town hall at VCU
With Virginia’s March 1 primary just eight days away, Republican presidential hopeful Gov. John Kasich made a campaign stop at VCU on Monday night. The Ohio governor, who is in last place among the remaining GOP candidates in Virginia according to a poll by Christopher Newport University, took several questions from members of an at […]