Weaponizing self-care is yet another tool of American individualism
Kofi Mframa, Opinions Editor Popular news TikTok account @underthedesknews posted a video on Oct. 12 urging users to “stay off social media for the weekend” after conflict in the Middle East had spurred the week prior. This post represents an increasingly popular sentiment where people, specifically those in the Western hemisphere, use the preservation of […]
Educational racism is stopping bright minds from excelling in school
Monica Alarcon-Najarro, Contributing Writer As I nervously walked into my high school class the morning Virginia Standards of Learning, or SOL, exams were taking place, I remember the daunting feeling of relying on a test score in order to pass my classes. Preparation for these exams is not easy and outside factors such as jobs, […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Caring about the environment is a privilege not many have
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, our planet is dying. This isn’t a new discovery. It isn’t something that comes as a surprise. Throughout the last few decades, the topic of saving our environment has made its way to the forefront of discussion. From politics to classrooms, living rooms to debate floors; we’ve pleaded with […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Go be a conservative in the corner
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, apparently it is so hard to be a conservative student these days. It is so hard to voice your support of a man who preaches racism and hate simply because he lives in the White House. It is so hard to flaunt your privilege of being in the majority. It […]
OPINION: Protecting the Second Amendment shouldn’t come with loaded threats
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Rally. Next to sit-ins and petitions, it is one of the most popular forms of demonstration in the United States today. Thousands upon thousands of civilians congregate in one space to either advocate or protest a firm belief they hold. Citizens use their First Amendment right to assemble to voice their concerns. […]
OPINION: With voter registration season nearing its peak, voting apathy is no longer ‘in’
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor The time has come. You’re sitting in Monroe Park or on the Cabell lawn with a group of your friends. Then, someone approaches you and asks that familiar fall question. “Are you registered to vote?” What’s your answer? I genuinely can say I have lied to these volunteers. But let’s be […]
A call to action over commencement, a lack of action over racism
Brianna Scott Staff Writer I find myself less and less proud to be a Ram, and it has more to do with the actions of some members of the student body rather than our school administration. When the university announced in October that the school-wide May commencement would be canceled, I thought it’d be a […]
Acknowledging the many faces of privilege
As part of VCU’s 14th annual Black History Month Lecture, creator of the nationally printed and multi-awarded single panel comic series “The Knight Chronicles and (TH)ink”, Keith Knight presented his slideshow lecture series, “They Shoot Black People, Don’t They?”. During the lecture, Knight used his drawings as a visual guide to explain how, throughout his […]
Richmonders speak against police brutality
On Sunday, August 17, one soft-spoken poet led a group of more than 200 people from Monroe Park to the steps of the John Marshall court building in a rally called “Operation: Injustice (We Stand with Ferguson).”