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 […]
One third of new students completed Title IX training
Of VCU’s 8,762 new students, 24 percent of graduate and 33 percent of undergraduate students have completed the mandatory Title IX training by the prize-eligible deadline of Aug. 25.
Redskins in RVA: A glimpse of what could be
The aroma of morning dew, the fresh white lines being drawn on a perfectly level playing field and the preparation for another football season come together and conveys one thing — August is here.
Title IX compliance efforts not enough
I’m terrified for future victims of sexual assault on this campus. I’m infuriated for past victims thrown into the pile of problems dealt with as a 9-to-5 obligation, something the worker bees had to deal with to make the overheads happy.
WBB’s Hoops to Heels program: How the women’s basketball team is preparing for life after the game of basketball
Before a minute of basketball had been played, VCU women’s basketball coaching staff and department drew up the greatest play they could for their female student-athletes: a program called Hoops to Heels. It’s designed to help the team win at the game called life, long after their playing days at the Verizon Wireless Siegel Center expire.
Dyke and Adam dominate as team places top-two at three invitationals
Under director of cross country Nicole Cook, the men’s and women’s cross country teams have captured top-two finishes in all three meets this season. The Rams finished second overall in the Longwood/Adidas Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 19 and finished second in the William and Mary Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 12. In the opening meet of the season, the Rams placed first overall in the Virginia State Invitational on Sept. 5.
VCU adjusts compliance efforts with Title IX
Amidst increased public scrutiny of institutional, state and federal compliance with Title IX, the 1972 federal law forbidding sexual discrimination on college campuses, VCU president Michael Rao mandated in an email to the VCU community last Thursday that students must now complete an online training course focusing on sexual violence, bystander intervention and risk reduction strategies.