Brett Tignor and Matt Becker
Water-pipe or hookah smoking is increasing in popularity on many college campuses, including at VCU. That’s according to a recent study by an associate professor in VCU’s Department of Psychology and Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies.
The study also found that smokers don’t know much about the health impact of hookah [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 29, 2008
VCU prof to study water-pipe smoking
February 27, 2008
VA congressman a VCU alumnus
Photos by Phillip Ranallo
Slide show and story by Emily Smith
Rob Wittman has a new and very exciting job. He is the newly elected congressman for the 1st District of Virginia.
Wittman says one of his top priorities is to focus on the people be represents. He says he enjoys hearing from his constituents and working hard [...]
February 11, 2008
VCU sings its way to Beijing
Phillip Ranallo
Forty VCU singers are preparing for their upcoming trip to Beijing to promote the August Olympics.
The singers are part of VCU’s Commonwealth Singers. They will join over 160 vocalists from around the world as part of a concert event series in promoting the Beijing Olympics.
Jim Ed Wills, a VCU junior and [...]
February 8, 2008
Movement to ban the drug salvia catches fire
By Alexander Harris and Suzanne Hoyle
Capital News Service
From Maine to Missouri to California, state legislators are pushing to outlaw or regulate salvia divinorum, an herb that has become a popular recreational drug among young people.
Until recently, it has been legal throughout the United States to possess and distribute salvia, a plant grown in Mexico and [...]
February 6, 2008
VCU victorious in Homecoming game
Robert Broyles
VCU’s Homecoming game against Towson featured a sell-out crowd of 7,590. Fans came out to watch the action on the court and the crowning of a new Homecoming queen and king. This third sell-out crowd of the season at at VCU’s Stuart C. Siegel Center has the team on pace to break VCU’s all-time season attendance records.
VCU defeated the [...]
February 5, 2008
Braves leaving town
photos by Phillip Ranallo
Emily Smith and Phillip Ranallo
After an announcement in January that the Richmond Braves will move to Gwinnett County, Georgia, many are wondering what this means for the city and for VCU.
The Diamond has been home to the Braves for 41 years, and many will be sad to see the team go.
February 1, 2008
Animals Tracked From Birth to Deli Counter
By Alexander Harris
Capital News Service
GORDONSVILLE, Va. – Collins Huff makes the day’s final rounds surrounded by rooting Red Tamworth pigs and grazing Cotswold sheep, while more than a hundred Devon cattle settle down for the night in the rolling pastures of Gryffon’s Aerie, an independent farm specializing in raising rare breeds of livestock.
Huff, an independent [...]
