VCU student rapper gains success despite pandemic setbacks
Ebonique Little, Contributing Writer With more than 100,000 streams of his most recent singles “Brunch” and “Junie” across major music platforms, one up-and-coming student musician may soon stop telling his mom, “Sorry, I’ma be a rapper.” Alvin Sakyi, known as Sækyi (sah-kee), a senior majoring in health, physical education and exercise science, said he has […]
Students reflect on studying abroad in Europe at start of COVID-19 crisis
Iman Mekonen, Spectrum Editor Some students spend the entire school year planning to study abroad, completing tasks such as booking travel tickets and verifying credit transfers with various offices. After COVID-19, the experience was cut short for several VCU students. Junior photography and film major Amanda Burton left the United States on Jan. 27 to […]
Students urge VCU administrators to reimburse tuition, other fees during town hall meeting
Hannah Eason, News Editor Several students said they wanted reimbursement for tuition, housing and other fees during an emergency town hall meeting with university administrators on Thursday, and expressed frustration over what they call a “lack of competency” from the school in reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak. The meeting, hosted by the organization Student Power […]
Suspect dead, officer injured by gunfire in police chase near VCU campus
An armed, local resident was killed in a confrontation with Richmond police that left an officer wounded and a responding officer’s vehicle wrecked at the periphery of VCU campus Wednesday evening.
Homecoming comes to a close
Braving the cool weather, crowds of students and alumni sported various hues of black and gold as they arrived for various game day events on Saturday.
Ram pantry moves to Commons
Ram pantry, a student-run organization that supplies free groceries and toiletries to VCU students, has moved locations from 819 S. Cathedral Pl. to the Student Commons, a change that has increased visibility and hours of operation.
VCU has 7 Fulbright Student Scholars
Tom Gresham VCU Communications and Public Relations Seven VCU students have received Fulbright Student Scholarships for the 2010-11 academic year, a record for VCU in a single academic year. In the past five years, VCU has had a combined 13 Fulbright Student Scholars. VCU had nine finalists for the scholarships this year, seven of who […]
Student-organized anti-hate rally draws crowd of 350
Students respond to debate, what is the journalist’s role in Haiti?
Editor’s note: These articles were written by students in Professor Bonnie Davis’ journalism class. I wish to express my thanks to Professor Davis for taking the initiative to encourage her students to publish in The CT. I would like to remind any professors who teach classes on writing for pertinent news subjects that I would […]