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Video included: Hundreds of VCU students and Obama supporters flooded the streets of Richmond after major news networks began calling the 2012 election in Barack Obama’s favor around 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 6.

The CT will be updating this page throughout Election Day as updates are available. Oldest updates will be at the bottom Check out our Twitter for more updates  Update: 2:30 a.m. Students take to the street in celebration of Obama victory Ryan Murphy News Editor Hundreds of VCU students and Obama supporters flooded the streets of Richmond [...]

Shane Wade Opinion Editor At the Commonwealth Times, we don’t endorse presidential candidates. From time to time, I’ll write political editorials critical of one candidate or another (this year, Mitt Romney bit the bullet), but it’s not indicative of the staff as a whole. Endorsing candidates isn’t our job; we’re here to inform readers about [...]

View video coverage of Obama’s visit here Liz Butterfield Assistant News Editor President Barack Obama asked for the trust of a crowd of about 15,000 during a rally in Byrd Park on Oct. 25. Many VCU students were in attendance either to support President Obama’s re-election campaign or to learn more about his stance on [...]

Samantha Foster Spectrum Editor Zombies have begun their hunt for brains in Richmond. The 8th Annual Richmond Zombie Walk was held this past Saturday in Carytown. Despite the imposing threat of Hurricane Sandy, people of all ages showed up covered in red corn syrup, prepared to groan their way down Cary Street. The Richmond Zombie [...]

Jim Swing Sports Editor Sunday morning’s chilly, gusty match could’ve been underlined by just about anything for the VCU field hockey team. It could’ve been about a group of five seniors – the winningest class in the past 20 years – that have helped reinstate and reinvent a once dormant hockey program that was formerly [...]

President Barack Obama requested the support of a crowd of 15,000 people during a speech at the Carillon at Byrd Park.
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Shane Wade Opinion Editor Let’s be frank VCU: it’s been a rough semester for all of us, particularly for VCU’s Public Relations department and the VCU Police. Try as they might, rampant crimes have left an indelible mark on both campuses. In the past week, the Monroe Park area has had six armed robberies, a [...]

Quinn Casteel Sports Editor Thirty-five-year-old head coaches Brad Stevens of Butler and VCU’s Shaka Smart have led notably similar career paths until now, having each innovated new styles of play and established their own brands as recruiters while bringing their respective programs to new levels. Smart’s and Stevens’ histories as coaches have brought them together [...]

Amir Vera Staff Writer More and more students are having trouble repaying college loans after graduation and VCU now has the third highest default rate in the state, according to statistics reported by the U.S. Department of Education. The default rate – the rate at which students fail to pay back money owed to debtors [...]