Smart guns, safety classes needed for firearms owners
It is no secret that our state was struck by a terrible event when two journalists for WDBJ were shot while on air about 35 miles from Roanoke at Bridgewater Plaza in Franklin County.
View ArticleSome students feel smoked out on campus
Justin Joseph Contributing Columnist As freshmen arrive on VCU’s campus, they notice many defining characteristics. Some of these details are positive — such as the diversity of its student body and...
View ArticleDiversity suffers under white-washed faculty, western-inspired classes
Monica Houston Opinion Editor Virginia Commonwealth University is one of the most diverse universities I know. In the center of urban downtown Richmond, it prides itself on “meet[ing] the demands of...
View ArticleThe march toward justice can’t stop — or else (EDITORIAL)
Monica Houston Opinion Editor Oct. 16, 1995 was the first year nearly a million black men came together at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the spirit of brotherhood to declare their right to...
View ArticleAbusing freedom of religion dangerous to the state (EDITORIAL)
Mikaela Reinhard Contributing Columnist “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the...
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