• The Butterfly

    A man found the cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could…

  • The Elevator

    This has got to be one of the most profound quotes I’ve come across in the past few months. Not because of its content, but because of its aptness towards my personal life experience at this time. The person who told it to me doesn’t know where it came from, so I’ll atribute it to…

  • That’s my boy!

    I somehow feel a sort of kinship with this particular knothead. shitmystudentswrite: I believe that if X-rated movies would have been shown at film festivals in 1973 a lot of people probably would have liked them but at the same time the government would probably want to get them to stop showing those movies.  

  • Another way to look at Breasts.

    The headline says it all. There is a new technology surrounding the examination of breasts. Let’s use 3d to find titty cancer! Seriously, I’m a male, but I’m for any innovation that keep my favorite friendly juglies around. Yes, ladies I just renewed my membership in Oink Oink. I’m a pig. Please pass the bacon.…

  • Student Defense: or Where’s the Popo ho?

    As a student, I consider it important to know that my safety is important to my university.  With all of the tuition I pay, fees they force from me, and fines people pay for parking without proper passes, having a good sense of safety is a minimal return on my investment.  Enter the campus alert…

  • Many U.S. Schools Are Unprepared for Another Pandemic

    Washington, DC, August 30, 2012 – Less than half of U.S. schools address pandemic preparedness in their school plan, and only 40 percent have updated their school plan since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association…

  • Your Blood Type Could Influence Your Risk for Heart Disease

    People with blood types A, B, or AB appear to have a higher risk for coronary heart disease when compared to those with blood type O, according to new research published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, a journal maintained by the American Heart Association— a national voluntary health agency that works to help reduce…

  • A Grocery Mess

    This afternoon while leaving the grocery store, I came across an older lady waiting for her paratransit ride. Paratransit is a service that helps people with disabilities go shopping, visit friends and generally have equal access to public transportation. This lady was utilizing the service to take her groceries home. After a few minutes, the…

  • Art Collector Herbert Vogel Dies At 89

    Herbert Vogel, a well renowned art collector who possessed over 5,000 works despite his modest income, has died at the age of 89.   Pieces from Vogel’s collection have been distributed to museums throughout the United States. A National Gallery of Art spokesperson, Deborah Ziska, reports that Vogel died Sunday of natural causes in New…

  • U.S. News Ranks VCU Medical Center No. 1 in State and Metro Area

    U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals edition has ranked the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center the No. 1 hospital in Virginia and in the Richmond metropolitan area, reflecting four programs — nephrology, pulmonology, orthopaedic surgery and urology — in the top 50.   Specifically, the Division of Nephrology jumped from the No. 49 spot…