Local nonprofits pose questions to City Council candidates at Diversity Richmond
The vast majority of candidates for Richmond City Council gathered beneath a single rainbow-colored disco ball last Tuesday night. The candidates were participating in a forum at Diversity Richmond, a nonprofit that serves the LGBTQ community. Twenty-five of the 28 total candidates on the ballot in November were seated in rows according to district on […]
Black Lives Matter takes a stand in the aftermath of Terrence Crutcher’s death
VCU students and Richmond-based activists responded to the police-shooting of another unarmed black man by organizing a protest on Tuesday evening on the Monroe Park Campus. As videos of last Friday’s shooting of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Terrence Crutcher circulated in mass and led to protests nationwide, VCU students met in Monroe Park and took part in […]
BOV approves building budgets
The VCU Board of Visitors approved budgets for three new university projects to expand the Allied Health Professions, School of Engineering and Rice Rivers Center. The university will finance $10.8 million of the total $87.3 million budget for the new building; $5.6 million is allocated to expanding the research capabilities of the School of Engineering. […]
On high alert: sexual assault and battery reports on both VCU campuses spiked this September
Members of the community reported a record number of sexual assault and battery cases on the Monroe Park and Medical campuses in September. Five sexual assaults and three sexual batteries occurred on the Monroe Park campus, in addition to another sexual assault and two batteries on the Medical campus, as of Sept. 27, according to VCU […]
Sam’s Take: The Magnificent Seven (2016)
“The Magnificent Seven” had colossal shoes to fill as a remake of the 1960 Western classic of the same name, which was itself a remake of one of the most influential films of all time, “Seven Samurai.” Luckily, director Antoine Fuqua opted to this tired plot into a serviceable action flick that never quite goes […]
ACC Football Relocates Conference Over Gender-Neutral Bathroom Law
North Carolina recently enacted a law, HB2, requiring transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with the sex listed on their birth certificate, regardless of the gender they identify with. After months of backlash from the public and national media attention, the Atlantic Coast Conference is now taking a side on the issue, too. […]
Puff Daddy, Bad Boy Family return to where it all started
With more than 50,000 fans in attendance, the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour made it’s D.C. stop this weekend headlined by founder, hip-hop mogul and entertainer Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs. The show celebrated the music label’s two-decade run of success with its signature artists, featuring Lil’ Kim, Mase, 112, Carl Thomas, The LOX, Faith Evans, […]
PLAYER SPORTLIGHT: Maddi Santo, soccer
Sophomore midfielder Maddi Santo is one of the leading goal scorers for the women’s soccer team with four goals on the season. The Pittsburgh native appeared in all nine matches this season and started eight. Santo also has an assist recorded this season. Last season, during Santo’s rookie campaign, she appeared in 16 games […]
RVA homicides exceed last year’s total count
James “Jimmy” Bishop was riding a lawnmower when he was shot and killed last Monday on Jefferson Davis Highway. On Sep. 16, the murder rate exceeded last year’s total count of 41 homicides, with more than three months remaining in the year. Bishop’s death was the 43rd in the city of Richmond this year, as […]
From Zambia to Richmond
Sombo Muzata Chunda came to the United States from Zambia through the Mandela Washington Fellowship this summer and now works for VCU’s Division of Community Engagement. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). One thousand Fellows from countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa were sent to universities across […]