VCUPD charged three people with various felonies after shots were fired outside of the VCUarts Fine Arts Building located on the 1000 block of West Broad Street the evening of Sept. 30. The pellet gun Read More
VCU students voted at a higher rate than all eligible voters in the U.S. in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new report. 61.5 percent of VCU students voted in 2016, a 4.7 percent Read More
The number of reported rapes almost doubled at VCU last year, according to the campus police’s annual report. There were 15 reported rapes in 2016, eight the year before and five in 2014. In the Read More
Riqia Taylor, 21, is a senior African American studies major at VCU. She is also the the chairwoman of a task force striving to organize the first human rights commission in Richmond. Other commissions currently exist Read More
Neo-Confederate protesters defending the preservation of Confederate monuments in Richmond were met in opposition by hundreds of individuals on Monument Avenue Sept. 16. Later that Saturday afternoon, a “Richmond Stands United” rally marched to counter Read More
VCU Police Chief John Venuti announced a $5,000 monetary award Thursday for anyone with information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the hit-and-run involving a VCU student on Sept. 3. The 21-year-old junior Read More
VCU student-run organization, United 2 Heal (U2H), is in the process of gathering and sending medical supplies to Houston, Texas as they rebuild from the September floods. U2H gathers surplus medical supplies from local Richmond Read More
Following the Trump Administration’s announcement to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society at VCU (PLUMAS) teamed up with other Richmond organizations to hold DACA Read More
The Commonwealth Times sat down with Christina Mancini, associate professor of criminal justice in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, to discuss the role and future of Title IX on college Read More
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