VCU announces $20 million budget shortfall
Jack Glagola, Contributing Writer VCU announced earlier this summer that its budget shortfall, originally projected to be $25 million, has shrunk to $20 million, according to Karol Kain Gray, VCU’s chief financial officer. The shortfall, which is similar to a deficit, has been allocated in the form of spending cuts in the Educational and General, […]
Institute for Contemporary Art integrates with VCUarts
Sarah Hagen, Contributing Writer Vali Jamal, Contributing Writer The Institute for Contemporary Art, or ICA, will officially merge with VCU’s School of the Arts on July 1, 2024, according to a release by VCU News. “By moving the ICA at VCU into the School of the Arts, VCU students will benefit from expanded programming and […]
Graduates and faculty rally on Virginia Tech campus, announce two new unions
Jack Glagola, Contributing Writer Graduate students, faculty and Blacksburg residents crowded around the Graduate Life Center on Virginia Tech’s campus on Sept. 5 to launch two new unions: United Campus Workers – Virginia Tech, or UCW-VT, and the Graduate Labor Union, or VT GLU. UCW-VT is an affiliate of the national United Campus Workers organization […]
Virginia General Assembly slashes sewer redevelopment budget
Hisham Vohra, Contributing Writer Ella VanGrundy, Contributing Writer Claire Harris, Contributing Writer People could be seen swimming in the streets when Richmond was hit with over 1.6 inches of rain in the span of three hours in September 2021. These floods are the result of Richmond’s aging sewer system, a cause Gov. Youngkin proposed the […]
Richmond GRTC plans on expanding bus routes and services
Selna Shi, News Editor Hisham Vohra, Contributing Writer “I don’t have a car on campus, so I’m pretty reliant on public transportation,” said political science student Samantha Mendoza-Hernandez. Mendoza-Hernandez said she takes the VCU/VUU Eastbound bus route to get to where she needs. The VCU/VUU bus route is one of the two buses that goes […]