Stories from the current online edition of Commonwealth Times. en-us http://www.commonwealthtimes.com Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 May 2008 18:41:09 GMT 20 http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/News/Quidditch.Comes.To.Vcu-3361060.shtml The brooms can't fly and the snitch is a human player, but VCU is following in the footsteps of more than 130 other schools across the U.S., Canada and Argentina by forming a campus muggle quidditch team. 0c289150-2cd1-46c2-91e3-058fe39609b3 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/01/08 CATHERINE MACDONALD- News Co-Editor http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper634/thumbs/t_n45v6gyc.jpg http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/News/ Campus News http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/News/Sga-Members.Sworn.In.Monday.Advertisement-3361074.shtml After a drawn-out election process for the Monroe Park Campus Student Government Association, most of next year's new legislative and executive branch members were sworn in Monday. 20f0a3e4-0b2c-4b7f-9455-e9a6ea2dd404 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/01/08 ANNA YATES- Contributing Writer http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper634/thumbs/t_zewa9lk8.jpg http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/News/ Campus News http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/Kostin.800.Wins.And.Counting-3361081.shtml VCU men's tennis coach Paul Kostin claimed his 800th victory earlier this month, making him the fifth head coach in Division I to reach that milestone. bed53653-dc12-4e3d-b2b9-5dae31e11eb3 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Sports 5/01/08 JEROME FOSTER- Contributing Writer http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper634/thumbs/t_070kb4y9.jpg http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/ Sports http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/This-Week-3361085.shtml 7c82fb9a-891d-4cdf-98f7-711bbfdda344 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Sports 5/01/08 http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/ Sports http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/Good-Guys.Will.Finish.Down.In.This.Years.Nba.Coaching.Carousel-3361093.shtml Round and round the carousel goes in the NBA, so fast it sometimes feels like a blur. With only 30 horses on the carousel, coaches are lucky to have a saddle. Along the ride, though, each horse makes its ups and downs. This offseason is likely to conclude with the wrong coaches riding high. 8148adb4-955e-4ba2-bbd4-54ced6184617 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Sports 5/01/08 MATT DOYON- Associate News Editor http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/ Sports http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/Sports.Briefs-3361095.shtml b780b79b-f1a8-4ff4-afd2-52ab3a011519 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Sports 5/01/08 Web Master Webmaster http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/ Sports http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Spectrum/Summer.Movie.Guide-3361106.shtml With flicks hitting the silver screen every Friday from now until the start of the fall semester - except for the week of Independence Day, when movies will hit the screen July 2 - there almost always is going to be a good excuse to run to the theater and drop $10. If titles such as "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" and "Sex and the City: the Movie" make you a little queasy, there's always the free and invigorating bike ride to Belle Isle. edc55bf8-45a2-41bf-9e20-0c2bfc624d98 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Spectrum 5/01/08 ROBERTO CURTIS- Spectrum Editor http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Spectrum/ Other http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Spectrum/My.Richmond.Bucket.List.Final.Installation-3361112.shtml The Monroe Park Campus has begun to show all the tell-tale signs of the impending finals week. 79a05caf-fc6f-4f78-b3ca-28bf1e895d5c Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Spectrum 5/01/08 KEMI OWENS-HART- Associate Spectrum Editor http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper634/thumbs/t_1r4a141v.png http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Spectrum/ Other http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Opinion/The-List-3361125.shtml It's spring again, and - alas - another school year is over. This is the part where I'm supposed to make you, the reader, all teary-eyed about this being my last editorial for The CT. Sorry-that's not my style. I'd much rather go out with guns blazing. I'll save the teary-eyed stuff for the series-finale cliffhanger of "Pizza from Scratch" (spoiler alert: Unca Lux gets cancer). f5d0cd30-14a3-4a7b-abc2-144b7b835509 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 5/01/08 RICH GRISET- Opinion Editor http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Briefs/This-Week.In.The.News-3361053.shtml ec8bcb32-cc79-49a0-8b9d-17ef488dfb03 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Briefs 5/01/08 http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Briefs/ Other http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Comics/Comics.5108-3361132.shtml a827cb39-769a-4281-9ab3-fb8e6f528b7c Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Comics 5/01/08 http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper634/thumbs/t_19wbc3dd.jpg http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2008/05/01/Comics/ Other