Tea Time with Tagwa: Trick or drink
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, I made a new song for y’all — hear it out: Trick or treat, trick or treat, give me something good to drink. If you don’t, I don’t care, I’ll find the nearest frat affair. Okay, so maybe that wasn’t lyrical genius, but you get the point. It’s spooky […]
Opinion: VCU Women’s basketball deserves more recognition after not being highlighted at the ‘Black and Gold’ scrimmage
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor If you haven’t guessed it already, this week’s issue is all about basketball, a sport famously known for its big-name players like Lebron James, Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant and so many others. Here, at VCU, basketball is practically everything for sports fans. On Oct. 12, the VCU basketball season began. The […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Gina Rodriguez and the N-word
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, let’s have a chat. Today, I want to help set the record straight; a record I thought was already straight, but obviously I was wildly mistaken. The N-word. My fellow black readers, bear with me as we have a conversation we’ve had countless times. My non-black readers, read my […]
Opinion: Richmond Fashion Weekend showcases the importance of body positivity
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor RVA Fashion Week’s Fall Fashion Weekend was beautiful last week — a show full of stunning designs and breathtaking models of different body types, sizes and colors. But that level of inclusion is the exception, not the norm, in a fashion industry that still neglects models who aren’t tall, skinny and […]
Opinion: Panda Express is being swarmed by religious pandemonium and VCU students are not fans
Bryce Randall, Contributing Writer Are y’all tired of the loud religious men standing across the street from our Panda Express? I know I am. Picture this: it’s 11:30 p.m. You just got done studying for your upcoming midterm at Cabell Library. Your stomach is garbling some foreign language; roughly translated, it’s saying “feed me.” Panda […]