Old Grocery Store Now VCU Classrooms

By Matt Doyon
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Commonwealth University will have more available classrooms to begin the spring semester. 500 Academic Centre is scheduled to open in January in the same building Ukrop’s once occupied on Harrison Street.
The building’s shorthand is 500AC in VCU’s eServices and will feature six classrooms, each able to accommodate [...]

VCU Rice Center Named Project of the Year

By Iva Radman
VCU InSight
The VCU Rice Center has been name the Region’s Overall Project of the Year by Midatlantic Construction Magazine. The “Best of 2009″ Awards Program recognizes the center for its exceptional design and construction.
“The Walter L. Rice Education Building blends exceptional design with careful construction,” according to a news release by the magazine. [...]

Pep-Band Director Talks About The ‘09 Season

By Ben Schafer
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va.–Coming off the disappointing finish in last year’s NCAA tournament, VCU InSight sat down with Ryan Kopacsi, Director of the VCU Pep-band, to see what changes he has in store for this year.
“I can say hands down that this is going to be the greatest season that we’ve had,” said Kopacsi.
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VCU Students Partner With VHSL

By Curtis Cobert
VCU Insight
RICHMOND, Va.– With help from students with VCU’s Center for Sports Leadership, the VHSL has a volleyball tournament at the Siegal Center this month.
The Virginia High School League or VHSL is the governing body over Virginia High School sports.
The Center for Sports Leadership is a gradute program that prepares VCU students for [...]

Harry Potter’s ‘Quidditch’ Comes To VCU

Video by Curtis Cobert and Jerome Foster
VCU Insight
Print by Hoon Chung
VCU Mass Communications Student
RICHMOND, Va. – On a recent Wednesday afternoon, while many students at Virginia Commonwealth University had their noses in a textbook, others were running around with a broomstick between their legs.
Securing a ball on her side with one hand holding a broomstick, [...]

Vampires Strike VCU

By Curtis Cobert
VCU Insight
Richmond, Va.– The vampire frenzy that’s sweeping the nation has hit Virginia Commonwealth University. The university is offering a class through the Department of English that deals with “Vampire Literature.”
The class reads and sees films such as “Twilight,” “Interview with the Vampire,” and “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.”

VCU Shafer Dining Court Wins Award

By Iva Radman and Chelse Greaux
VCU InSight
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Market 810 at Shafer Court Dining Center on the Monroe Park campus has been named a Dining Hall of Distinction by University Business Magazine.
Market 810, operated by Aramark, was the winner in the Public Institution category. A total of 65 higher education institutions from around the [...]

Richmond Zombies Walk, Shuffle for the Cure

By Ben Schafer
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va.–The fifth annual Richmond Zombie Walk was held Saturday the 24th of October in historic Cary Town.  The largest walk yet this year, the undead numbered close to 400 participants.
The walk has become a favorite Halloween tradition for some Richmond residents. It’s taken to charity over the past three years, raising [...]

Richmond Lawyer Stresses 1st Amendment Rights

By Chelse Greaux
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va.–Street preachers are not a new occurrence at VCU. However, some students find them offensive and feel they shouldn’t be allowed on campus.
Robert Dybing is a Richmond lawyer and partner at the Thompson McMullan Law Firm. He spoke with VCU InSight about First Amendment rights and why, within reason, street preachers [...]

VCU’s Gains New Nanoscience Program

By Curtis Cobert
VCU Insight
RICHMOND, Va.–It’s a big deal about studying small things.
Virginia Commonwealth University recently joined the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech by offering a new program for graduate students in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Nanoscience studies particles, elements, and systems on a very small scale.
Everett Carpenter, Ph.D., Director of VCU’s Nanomaterials Characterization Center, says [...]