Letter to the editor
Dear Editor, I commend your staff for wonderful photographs and talented reporting. However, I wish to clarify that my group – featured in the second photo (protesters)- is not affiliated with VCU. We...
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Dear Editor, I’m writing in response to the article “Reinforcing the prison-industrial complex is not ‘philanthropy'” posted today. I’m usually not one to express my feelings on something that seems to...
View ArticleAlpha Gamma Delta, Theta Nu, official media statement
Commonwealth Times, We have received reports that individuals have posed as Alpha Gamma Delta members and submitted letters to the editor at The Commonwealth Times in regard to the editorial published...
View ArticleAGD shouldn’t be happy
AGD SHOULDN’T be happy Recently, an article, “AGD is NOT happy”, was published in the CT. It was a short piece, barely more than a paragraph, rife with grammatical errors, abrasive language, and...
View ArticleLetter to Editor: Energy policy
To the Editor: Earlier this year, President Obama underlined his commitment to an “all-of-the-above” energy policy and celebrated America’s dominance in oil and natural gas production. Virginia...
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Dear Editor: Our state and national unemployment rates, while falling, are still too high. We should not single out a sector – oil and gas – whose job growth has increased 40 percent since 2007, while...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: “Women Don’t Need Your Blessing”
In her article entitled “Women Don’t Need Your Blessing,” Emily Himes claims that the CDC is trying to regulate when women stay sober or drink and when they have or deny sex, citing a “very intentional...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: library renovation
Upon the grand opening of VCU’s multi-million dollar library renovation on Friday afternoon, March 4th, it has been noted that the new layout lacks easy accessibility to students with disabilities....
View ArticleLetter to Editor & President Rao
President Rao, Didn’t you raise tuition fees by 2.5% last year? You do realize that VCU has a) the highest rate of student debt in the state of Virginia and also b) the highest graduate Read More
View ArticleVCU PD Column
Leaving your apartment? Here are six ways to have a green move-out plan. Most off-campus student leases end in May, June and July. Starting the summer break is exciting for students, but for permanent...
View ArticleQuizbowl at VCU attends two national championships, finishes 15th in North...
Quizbowl at VCU, a premiere academic competition club based at Virginia Commonwealth University, recently finished its national championship season with two notable finishes at the national...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: I am a DREAMer
Dear Editor, My name is Nicte Diaz Cortes and I am a proud freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University, fan of the ballet, loving daughter, older sister and an undocumented American. I am referred to...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: AOPi’s Diversity Issue
Dear Editor, Growing up as an African-American, there were always a lot of people who looked like me, but not in my classes. I was always searching for a way to fit in beyond the Read More The post...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN
Dear Editor, Unfortunately this letter has nothing to do with The Steve Miller Band, Billy Jo, Bobby Sue or two young lovers with nothing better to do. Sadly, I write due to the current,...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: follow up to “Take the Money and Run”
Dear Editor, I first witnessed the VCU Peppas at Freshman Convocation in the Siegel Center in August 2015. I was hooked. Their energy was like no other, and as a musician and a non-music major, Read...
View ArticleLTE: Response to the CT’s Nov. 14 issue
Letter to the Editor in response to Opinion Editor Eleanor Fialk’s column “My way and the highway,” which published in the Nov. 14 issue of The Commonwealth Times. Dear Editor: On November 8, the most...
View ArticleLTE: Call on Sen. Warner to oppose Trump’s EPA nominee
Dear Editor: President-elect Donald Trump promised to to drain the swamp in Washington, but his picks of Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex...
View ArticleLTE: Truly Bizarre
Dear Editor: Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has signed a rather bizarre executive order which actually aims to discriminate against businesses that do not have anti-discrimination policies regarding...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Trump on the EPA
Dear Editor: President-elect Donald Trump promised to to drain the swamp in Washington, but his picks of Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: McAuliffe on discrimination
Dear Editor: Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has signed a rather bizarre executive order which actually aims to discriminate against businesses that do not have anti-discrimination policies regarding...
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