Women’s soccer falls just short during JMU invitational
Women’s soccer began their regular season campaign at a tournament hosted by James Madison University this past weekend against Northwestern University Friday night and the University of Arkansas on Sunday. The Rams started strong in their second match of the weekend against Arkansas, leading 1-0 at halftime. The tides turned in the second half, though, […]
Press Box: Play like a girl
From a young age, I found myself glued to the TV screen during the Summer Olympics. I eagerly anticipated and grew up watching performances by super-humans like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt; it was almost guaranteed they would break records or leave a mark on modern sports history. During the 2000 Summer Olympics, at the […]
Q&A with VCU Volleyball coach Jody Rogers
If there is one thing you notice about Jody Rogers when you first meet her, it’s her passion. The next thing you might notice is how much she dedicates to her craft: Volleyball. Rogers has coached the women’s volleyball team for 23 years. Not only has she learned an immense amount about managing people, coworkers […]
Bohmke, Tossone make U.S.A. Tournament
Olympians weren’t the only Virginian athletes competing on the national stage this summer. VCU field hockey junior defender Natalie Bohmke and midfielder Spencer Tossone were both selected to compete in USA Field Hockey’s Young Women’s National Championship. The pair of Rams impressed in regional competition to earn spots in the exclusive tournament. “USA Field Hockey […]
“Team DMV” dominates in Rio
The United States dominated the games of the thirty-first Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. The Stars and Stripes finished with a total of 121 medals — 46 of which were gold — and 54 ahead of second-place Great Britain. A major contributor to the American success story in Rio was a group of competitors dubbed […]
RVA Redskins camp destination in limbo
Hundreds of Redskins fans lined up around the field at the Bons Secours Washington Redskins Training Camp on Aug. 13 for fan appreciation day on the penultimate day of the 2016 edition of the annual two-week camp. In it’s fourth year in Richmond, the camp allowed fans the chance to see the likes of Kirk […]
VCU welcomes largest freshman class in history
Plans to navigate the Monroe Park Campus by vehicle this weekend likely went to the wayside as swaths of freshmen moving into the dorms shut down multiple streets on campus and a lane of the Belvidere exit from Interstate-64. That’s because VCU greeted its largest-ever freshman class with 4,200 new students, up from 4,090 in […]
A Summer of Remembrance
Vigil for Orlando shooting held in Compass A few hundred members and allies of the Richmond LGBTQ+ community gathered in response to the tragic mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub — the worst in United States history. Participants convened with lit candles to discuss the need for support and strength within and outside of the […]
Protesters fight for $15 wage on Monument
Thousands of protesters from 20 industries across the country marched down Richmond’s historic Monument Ave. on Aug. 13 as part of the Fight for $15 Convention to protest for racial and economic equality. Beginning on August 13 in Monroe Park, participants marched down W. Franklin St. and Monument Ave., concluding with a rally in front […]
Creating my space in the universe
The universe has a funny way of aligning all your stars in the right place at the right time. My position at the CT came at a crucial time in my life — when I was discovering who I was, or rather, creating who I wanted to be. At the end of my junior year, […]