Tea Time with Tagwa: Still want to go out? Read this, and you’ll have no excuse not to social distance
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, I know you’re all bored beyond belief right now. We all are. I know I am. Because of the ever-growing reach of COVID- 19, we have all been restricted from the outside world. Our daily lives feel like they are on pause. The days trickle on by, with little idea […]
Opinion | Online classes won’t work for everyone
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Remember when we used to wish for snow days that would cancel classes and keep us at home for days when we were younger? Coronavirus has completely ruined such memories for me. I don’t know about y’all, but I’m tired of being in my house and, surprisingly, I’m ready to be back […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Closing on-campus housing hurts students who have nowhere else to go
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, the apocalypse is upon us. Well, not really, but it’s easy to be extremely frightened by the highly discussed coronavirus. Over the past week, universities have begun extending their spring breaks and moving their in-person classes online. Virginia schools including: UVa, Virginia Tech, JMU and our own VCU have […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Farewell, Black History Month
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, it’s time to say farewell to our favorite — and shortest — month of the year: Black History Month. Throughout the month of February, we celebrate the accomplishments of black Americans across history. This year, we were super lucky because we got an extra day. While our time has unfortunately […]
Minority students deserve more than what UVa’s Multicultural Student Center provided
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Minority students attending predominantly white universities and institutions have constantly found themselves feeling othered and left out of the norm. Even at VCU, I am sometimes hyper-aware of my blackness or my religious background. According to university data, the school’s student population is made up of nearly 30% underrepresented minorities such […]