You're either "in" or you're....sent to VCU???

Get ready, kids, because Korto Momolu, Project Runway Finalist (Season 5), will be coming to VCU on Thursday, January 29. I stumbled across this bit of information by chance as I was browsing the Fashion Department's website (go figure), and since I hadn't heard about from any of the fashion professors I thought you guys might like to know! Korto will be talking about her experience on Project Runway and discussing the fashion industry. The lecture is open to the public and will be in Room 535 of the Bowe Street Deck at 1 p.m. See you there!

VCU President Eugene Trani may have more problems to worry about than his heart

While the 68-year-old University President is still recovering from quintuple heart bypass surgery, local news outlet CBS 6 is reporting the resignation of four of VCU's top administrators:

Four of Virginia Commonwealth University's top administrators - including a well-known dean seen by many faculty members as the second most powerful figure at the school - have resigned their administrative positions, VCU announced Tuesday afternoon.

The news comes in the wake of twin controversies that have brought negative national attention to the 30,000-student university - the improper granting of a degree to former Richmond police chief Rodney Monroe and the university's acceptance of research grant money from the tobacco industry.

Two of the officials whose resignations were announced today, Dr. Robert D. Holsworth and Dr. S. Jon Steingass, have links to the degree investigation, documents obtained by CBS 6 show.

As disturbing as these serious allegations against the university are, let's hope they do give Trani a little more time to recover before pummeling him for answers.