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The Student Government rallied students to sign a petition to block the move of the Campus Ministry office from the student union building.

Shaka Smart leaves VCU to become the head coach at the University of Texas. Coach Smart finished his 6 years at VCU with a record of 163-56 taking the team to the Final Four in 2011.

Shaka Smart is hired to lead the men's basketball team at Virginia Commonwealth University. He replaces Anthony Grant who left VCU for the University of Alabama after three seasons. In his introductory press conference Coach Smart says his teams…

The auctioning of white people dressed in what can be assumed as stereotypical black dress. In later iterations of this event, we can see people covered in blackface. Very much representative of American culture at the time.

To achieve Lee’s intent of diverting the attention of the Union command from his movement of a Corps to attack Hancock’s Second Corps near Ream’s Station, Lee ordered General George Pickett, of Gettysburg charge fame, to attack the Union line at dawn…

Some of the Administrative Faculty from 1984 are shown, including two women who are listed as being in higher faculty positions, as one is described as being the VP of Public Affairs, and the other is listed as the acting director of University…

A speaker is surrounded by an audience during women's month. This photo was taken as the audience is erupting in applause possibly as the conclusion to the speaker's speech. This source plays significance to a time that George Mason University…

Mr. Brown came to George Mason College as an associate dean in 1968. A year later, he would marry Lorraine Brown. In 1970, he stepped down from his role and started teaching in the English department.

In August 1864, Grant captured the Weldon Railroad, one of the key supply lines into Richmond, VA. He sent the Army of Potomac’s Second Corps to tear up the Weldon Railroad track heading south. An understrength and overused Second Corps was operating…