Lowering the cost of public college is essential and reasonable
Feb 9, 2022 · Lowering the cost of public college is essential and reasonable. Ethan Kuhstoss, Contributing Writer. $40,000. That’s the average cost of public university tuition over a four year period. That number doesn’t account for housing, fees, student loan interest, textbooks and the many other expenses associated with attending college.
AAVE is not your internet slang. It is Black culture.
Feb 18, 2021 · African American Vernacular English, more famously known as AAVE or Ebonics, is a dialect of American English spoken frequently in the Black community. AAVE is commonly associated with a difference in pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary from the standard American English dialect. AAVE is more than what you hear in hip-hop and rap songs.
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‘It’s time to protect our children’: Parents support metal detector …
Feb 8, 2023 · Natalie Barr, Staff Writer Henrico County Public Schools will implement metal detectors in a limited number of schools as a field test in mid-February. Amy Cashwell, HCPS superintendent, released a statement on Jan. 22, two days after an incident involving a middle school student with a gun in their backpack at Holman Middle School. It relayed Cashwell’s message to field test metal detectors ...
Youngkin, legislators propose changes to military waivers
Apr 24, 2024 · Natalie Collins, Contributing Writer Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed a $24 million funding boost for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependent Education Program tuition waivers on April 8, according to WAVY.However, legislators sought to change the eligibility requirements for the program in Senate Bill 347.. The VMSDEP provides waived tuition and fees at Virginia public colleges and ...
City closes Pipeline Trail citing safety concerns
Oct 2, 2024 · Molly Manning, Contributing Writer. The City of Richmond announced on Sept. 13 that the Pipeline Trail, located west of 14th Street behind the flood wall, will be closed indefinitely to the public due to safety concerns noticed during repairs to the sewage pipe, according to an announcement.. The trail is in fact a maintenance catwalk that the city Department of Public Utilities installed to ...
Duran Duran bassist speaks on ‘sound and vision’
Feb 28, 2024 · Photo by Anthony Duong. Sofia Hussain, Contributing Writer. People gathered at In Your Ears Studios on Thursday, Feb. 22, for a conversation and Q&A with John Taylor, lead bassist of Duran Duran, who tuned in through Zoom. The conversation was based around the theme “sound and vision” and was hosted by Robert Milazzo, professor of the MASC ...
The two-party system should be abolished - The Commonwealth …
Nov 10, 2021 · The two-party system should be abolished. Ishaan Nandwani, Contributing Writer. Among the many speeches, letters and declarations in American history, there’s one address that I find salient: George Washington’s farewell address of 1796. In this infamous letter written toward the end of his public service career, Washington offered his ...
Richmond Vampire: Cemetery houses urban legend born from …
Oct 28, 2020 · The urban legend of the Richmond Vampire had its first known print appearance in a 1976 issue of The Commonwealth Times. Photo by Alessandro Latour. Pool, who resided in Woodland Heights, died from pneumonia at the age of 80 in 1922. His initials, “W.W. Pool,” are engraved into stone; some say the letters resemble a vampire’s fangs.
General electives generally a waste of time - The Commonwealth …
Jan 14, 2013 · General electives generally a waste of time. Executive Editor January 14, 2013 8. The semester has just started and some of us will be finishing off the last of the dreaded “general education requirements.”. But while sitting in a class with upward of 100 other students, take the time to consider the academic and practical value of the course.