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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 …
Lowering the cost of public college is essential and reasonable
Feb 9, 2022 · 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.
The two-party system should be abolished - The Commonwealth …
Nov 10, 2021 · US Capital, the heart of American Republic. We are not a democracy. We also survived the Summer of Liberal Insurrection, where over $2 billion was destroyed, 12 police officers killed and hundreds of private businesses destroyed.
General electives generally a waste of time - The Commonwealth …
Jan 14, 2013 · 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.
VCU may have racial literacy requirement after years of petitioning
Feb 28, 2024 · Andrew Kerley, Audience Editor. VCU is making final preparations to implement a racial literacy course requirement starting in the fall 2024 semester, according to an update the provost released last week.. If implemented, students would be required to take a course about understanding institutional race and racism, ranging from justice and equity in visual arts to …
Richmond Vampire: Cemetery houses urban legend born from …
Oct 28, 2020 · The Hollywood Cemetery is located near Oregon Hill, at 412 S. Cherry St. Photo by Alessandro Latour. Houlihan said the original 1920s tale is more frightening than modern-day depictions of vampires, making it an urban legend that …
Black male neglect of Black women needs to end - The …
Sep 3, 2020 · Mammy. Jezebel. Sapphire. Matriarch. These are only a few of the detrimentally incorrect stereotypes against Black women. Deserving. Adored. Understandable. Giving. These are only a few of the words that truly describe Black women.
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Dear Friends. For immediate release: More than a dozen civic, neighborhood and business associations from Richmond’s 5th District are hosting a Richmond City Council, 5th District Candidate Forum on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at Patrick Henry School for Science and Arts (3411 Semmes Ave., Richmond, Va 23225).
Black-owned Richmond art gallery debuts new exhibit
Mar 17, 2021 · Grace McOmber, Contributing Writer. Pink and yellow butterflies frame a Black woman dressed in a blue, floral dress. Shades of green, purple, blue and pink paint her skin as she confidently looks over her shoulder at the viewer.