Mar 06, 2009
Claiming that the couple was glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife at the time, Chesterfield County high school student Evan Bay told reporters this morning that a romantic encounter in his car with fellow classmate Katie Craig could only be described as “seeing paradise by the dashboard light.”
“I remember every little [...]
Mar 04, 2009
VCU Street-crosser Times Street Crossing Perfectly
March 4, 2009 | 3 Comments
Virginia Commonwealth University art history major and self-described professional street-crosser Kartik Malhotra said today that his daily morning crossing of Laurel Street at Franklin Street was “absolutely impeccable.”
“I knew that, from the moment I began crossing the street, this traverse of Franklin was a sheer winner, and that the front of my shoe would just narrowly [...]
Feb 23, 2009
Breaking News: New VCU President Young Enough To Be Old VCU President's Grandson
February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Virginia Commonwealth University officials introduced 42-year-old Michael Rao as the school’s new president on Friday, hailing the choice as a “leader for our academic institution’s future who could easily be our old president’s grandkid.”
Rao, president of Central Michigan University, will succeed Eugene P. Trani on July 1, VCU said. “And, with President Trani turning 70 this [...]
Feb 18, 2009
Plenty Of Tickets Still Available For Tonight's UR Women's Basketball Game
February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments
University of Richmond athletics officials said that tonight’s women’s basketball game against the Dayton Flyers isn’t yet sold out, and there are still a large number of tickets available – “plenty enough” – for anyone who wants to attend.
“Better buy now, because you never know, these seats could possibly fill up fast perhaps,” said UR spokeswoman [...]
Feb 11, 2009
University Of Richmond Raises Tuition To A Holy Shitload
February 11, 2009 | 5 Comments
University of Richmond President Edward L. Ayers said yesterday that the school has raised tuition 3.1 percent to a price you wouldn’t even begoddamnlieve if he told you: $48,490, for Chrissake.
“These additional revenues – and there are a whopping hella-ton of them – will help us maintain educational quality at UR,” Ayers said, noting the cost increase was the [...]
Jan 30, 2009
VCU Police Chief Planned To Stop At First Base
January 30, 2009 | 7 Comments
Hours after being arrested yesterday on charges of soliciting sex from a minor, Virginia Commonwealth University Police Chief Willie B. Fuller told reporters that he only planned to go to first base with the 14-year-old, and was “gentlemanly enough” to not try for anything more.
“Everyone has it all wrong. I was not trying to sleep [...]
Jan 06, 2009
New Ad Campaign To Tell Like It Is
January 6, 2009 | 12 Comments
If you’re at this post, you likely came for the fake St. Gertrude’s High School ad. We kindly spoke with the original designer of the advertisement, and have since removed the “ads.” If you want to get technical: under the Constitution, we could have kept them up with the rights of parody, but we’re not [...]
Richmond Now Available In 3-D
Thought you knew the Richmond skyline? Take another look.
Buildings, parks, trees, highways and more now appear to show length, width, depths and height when viewed from any angle - and without the need for special 3-D glasses.
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