The Mace & Crown

With eight months of newfound sobriety under his belt, Russell Karchner has been working nonstop to prepare for his art show. He put finishing touches on an acrylic piece that was used as part of his collection of works, alongside fellow Norfolk painter, Ryan Yates. Together, Yates and Russell hosted their event, “You Can’t Quit [...]

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The Naro Expanded Cinema hosted Veer Magazine’s Local Music awards Wednesday night. Fans and musicians from Hampton Roads gathered to celebrate each other during a night of awards and great live performances. Musicians, bloggers, venues and prominent individuals in the homegrown music community all accepted awards. Jeff Maisey, editor of Veer Magazine, organized the event [...]

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The Pope approved the male enhancement pill, Viagra. He has approved the pill for Catholics under the following situations, as stated by the catholoicnewsagancy.com, “the Viagra medicine has only one purpose, to facilitate the marital act, then it can be taken licitly only by married people who are open to life.” It can also be [...]

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In the spirit of Black History Month, one Old Dominion University professor who enlightens students on African-American studies is Dr. Kideste Wilder Bonner. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree and proceeds to earn her doctorate from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Dr. Bonner’s research interests included policing, race, ethnicity, inequality and criminal justice [...]

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Alpha Phi held their Huggy Pillow Event, a co-sponsorship with the Civics Engagement Center, on Valentine’s day.  During the event, heart shaped pillows were sold for three dollars and donations were taken to continue making the pillows. All proceeds went to the Alpha Phi Foundation, which is made up of comprised of Cardiac Care, Scholarship, [...]

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The internet meme phenomenon is finally catching on to Old Dominion University students. Though the phenomenon has been around the internet for quite some time, students are finally banding together through Facebook to voice their opinions, crack jokes and relate to others. An “official” Facebook page with the tagline, “The original place where ODU students, [...]

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On what would be Whitney Houston’s last time taking the stage, Houston sings in celebration of Kelly Price’s Grammy nomination. On Feb. 9 fans saw Houston at Kelly Price’s Grammy nomination party, where she gave her final wave goodbye. Supposed to be attending the Feb. 12 Grammy Awards, Houston was staying at the Beverly Hilton [...]

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I play many video games, as this column so obviously proves. But with the gaming industry growing so rapidly over the past couple of years, more and more genres emerge. My last article shed light on some over looked titles that everyone who plays video games would like. But when one really digs deep enough, [...]

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Celebrating the organization’s re-launch, WODU Studios held WODU Studios Activity Hour, a brand launching event for its new sound and design in the House of Blue, on Feb. 10. WODU Studios deemed the event the “giveaway of the semester.” Students lined up for free food, drinks, t-shirts, raffle tickets and fun. The event was free [...]

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In the spirit of Black History Month, the famous Ruby Bridges gave a speech at Old Dominion University on Feb. 6. Recognized as the first known African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school, Bridges has made it her purpose in life to travel the country, relaying her message of how that experience has shaped [...]

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