VCU Health, Sheltering Arms announce new rehabilitation hospital
VCU Health System and Sheltering Arms Hospital announced the construction of Sheltering Arms Rehab Institute — a joint venture which will combine practices at a new rehabilitation facility located in West Creek Medical Park in Goochland County. The center is expected to be open to the public in 2020. The inpatient rehabilitation center will contain […]
U of R changes sexual assault policy after national outrage
The University of Richmond released new policies on sexual assault following public outrage after The Huffington Post published two students’ personal accounts of the university mishandling their sexual assault cases. “The fear I feel in speaking up as a faculty member is just another manifestation of a larger problem at UR: rape-culture,” said Eric Grollman, […]
Second student falls fatally from the Towers on Franklin
Police have identified the VCU student who fell to her death from the 17th floor of the Towers on Franklin last Thursday. Emma Pascal, 19, of Fairfax County, Virginia was pronounced dead just before 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 13, according to police. Pascal was a freshman in the arts foundation program. A spokesperson for the […]
Area Republicans produce mixed reactions to 2005 Trump comments
In a 2005 video released last week by the Washington Post, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump is heard discussing kissing and groping women without consent. “When you’re a star they let you do it,” Trump said. The vulgar sexual comments prompted dozens of Republican party leaders to abandon their support for the candidate. Some elected […]
Monroe Park renovations set to begin next month
The nonprofit group Monroe Park Conservancy has raised enough funds to begin renovations on Monroe Park in November after nearly two years of fundraising. The $6 million renovations to the 165-year-old park are set to begin in November, and will include wireless internet, a cafe and bistro, tables and chairs, plaza, police station, ping pong […]
U of R, VCU among 272 schools facing federal Title IX investigation
You don’t have to read far into Cecelia “CC” Carreras’ essay before she discloses that a University of Richmond administrator told her it was reasonable to be penetrated without her consent “for a few more minutes if (her attacker) was going to finish.” The claim is just one of many similar allegations made by the […]
Reconsidering your donations: the ethical implications of charity
With a Mother Teresa-esque complex and far more t-shirts then I would ever need, I landed in the Andean city of Cusco, Peru with the best of intentions. Through broken Spanish, I managed to direct the cab driver to the women’s shelter for teenage rape victims and their children (I use teenage very loosely here, […]
Preventing the (self) stigma of mental illness
The stigmas surrounding Mental Illness have become an ever-increasing problem in the United States. According to the National Alliance of Mental Health in 2015, one in five adults in the U.S. (43.8 million) experiences some form of mental illness every year. The same study stated that approximately 10 million out of that 43.8 million experience […]
Rams make a splash in Spain
The VCU Men’s basketball team traveled to Spain earlier this month for a two-week foreign tour where the Rams took home a 4-0 record. The Rams were abroad from Aug. 12-22. The trip allowed the team to hold 10 additional practices under NCAA rules. Per NCAA rules, teams can take a foreign tour every four […]
PRESS BOX: Let’s run it back – VCU and UVA renew in-state rivalry
In light of statewide support, VCU Men’s basketball will rekindle it’s in-state rivalry with the University of Virginia beginning in 2017. The home-and-home series will tip-off Nov. 17 at the Seigel Center. In 2018, the rivalry will head up interstate 64 to John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. VCU and U.Va. held a closed scrimmage […]