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.
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.
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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 ...
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Nov 6, 2024 — Tim Kaine wins VA Senate race by five points. News Editor November 6, 2024 0. Peggy Stansbery, Executive Editor Katie Farthing, Managing Editor Lujain Mohamed, Contributing Writer Emily Grinstead, Contributing Writer Virginia’s incumbent Democratic Sen....
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 ...
City council approves resolution for public internet access
Sep 11, 2024 — Molly Manning, Contributing Writer. Richmond City Council voted for a resolution to solidify high-speed internet access for citizens as a public necessity in homes, educational facilities and businesses on Sept. 9th. City Council member and mayoral candidate Andreas Addison proposed the plan, which will not only declare internet access a public ...
Andrew Tate is negatively influencing young boys - The …
Feb 1, 2023 — Young boys are viewing Tate as a role model and saying women should only be housewives. Radicalisation of young boys and men is dangerous. Not only does Tate promote a toxic mindset, he also scams them into thinking they can become rich like him. After Tate was banned on all social media platforms, he started to promote his online class called ...
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.