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 […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Caring for mental health improves the commonwealth
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, we can all agree that living in the City of Richmond comes with a number of undeniable privileges. We can shop in Short Pump, eat at some of the finest restaurants in Carytown and spend the night walking around downtown after a beautiful day on the James River. But during […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Put some respect on Kobe’s check
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, on Jan. 26 we lost a legend. We lost a man who put his heart into everything he did, on and off the court. We lost a man who played basketball with talent and determination. We lost a man who was passionate about training the next generation of players. We […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Don’t touch my hair
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, what if I told you your hair could get you suspended and prevented from attending your senior prom and high school graduation ceremony? Wouldn’t be too pleased, would you? Yeah, neither would I. That’s exactly what’s happening to Texas teenager DeAndre Arnold, an 18-year-old black student in the Barbers Hill […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Muslims are friends, not foes
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, according to Twitter memes, World War III is upon us. As we prepare ourselves for the infamous draft and impending doom, just remember: We should not put Muslims in internment camps. Laugh all you want, but if history serves me right, the last time the United States found itself in […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: NFL, enough cap about Kaep
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, it’s well into the football season, and 2019 was riddled with injuries. Quarterbacks dropped like flies, and a handful of starters left their teams after getting hurt, including Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints and Cam Newton from the Carolina Panthers. Another quarterback […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: They’re watching you
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, they’re watching you. How many of you have skipped a class in the past few days? I have. I skip class more frequently than I’m willing to admit for reasons far less valid than being “sick.” I never thought it was that deep, I mean, it’s only the classes that […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Love comes naturally. Hate is learned.
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, today I want to share something that truly baffled me. I was sitting on my couch on a beautiful Sunday morning, recovering from a successful Halloweekend. My roommates and I were gathered in the living room when one of them shared the scariest story of the weekend. On Oct. 25, […]
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 […]
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 […]