Student organizations listed among fraternities in conduct report
Diana Ho, Contributing Writer VCU’s Division of Student Affairs released a conduct report listing registered student organizations that are sanctioned since fall 2021 and fall 2022. Among the listed are fraternities Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Chi and Lambda Phi Epsilon. The VCU Sigma Chi chapter returned to its national organization and is no longer recognized […]
Virginia Book Company will no longer sell textbooks after 37 years of business
Varsha Vasudevan, Staff Writer The Virginia Book Company will no longer sell textbooks, according to general manager Sarah Vaughan. The store is convenient to the VCU dining hall, library and freshmen dorms, though independent from the university. VBC has been in the business of selling secondhand and used copies of books to students since 1986, […]
‘This is about all of us, right?’: Virginia union rallies for improved childcare
Varsha Vasudevan, Staff Writer Selna Shi, News Editor United Campus Workers of Virginia, or UCWVA, held a “Childcare for All” campaign rally on Jan. 17. The rally was held at Capitol Square Park, and mostly included UCWVA and Communications Workers of America union members, with graduate students, staff, working parents and advocates as speakers. Katie […]
‘Pursue what you want’: Jennette McCurdy encourages students in honest conversation
Katharine DeRosa, Executive Editor Jennette McCurdy is urging VCU students to forge their own path in life — whatever it may be. McCurdy starred in the hit Nickelodeon shows “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat” as Sam Pucket from 2007 to 2014, but her talk with student Malcolm Small titled “Taking Charge,” reached well beyond her […]
VCU chooses not to participate in asset manager diversity study
Andrew Kerley, Contributing Writer VCU is one of 34 universities that chose not to participate in a recent study that was conducted regarding the diversity of employees managing their assets, according to the Knight Foundation. The study was conducted by the Knight foundation, an American nonprofit organization seeking to support a “more effective democracy” by […]