About 75 students gathered Thursday in the University Student Commons to hear John M. McCardell Jr., president emeritus of Middlebury College, discuss U.S. alcohol regulations, which he said are "bad social policy and terrible law(s).
Wars might mostly be fought on the battlefield, but many student veterans find themselves battling for better benefits at VCU. James Chambliss, Student Veteran Association adviser and veteran affairs coordinator, said an important issue affecting student veterans is military educational entitlements, or federal money used to pay for education.
When an adjunct instructor created a Web site specifically designed to help adjuncts, she intended to provide other adjuncts with teaching tips and links to VCU services. But Meriah Crawford, an adjunct instructor of English, said she also hoped to help fellow adjuncts save time.
Returning home on a dark evening, you walk into the kitchen and flick on the light. Chances are, you're not thinking about dusty black coal as the room fills with light, but environmental advocate Dave Cooper, who spoke Thursday at the University Student Commons, said you should.
