Category Archives: Honors Features

Longer, more in-depth features written by Honors students over the course of a semester.

Honors Feature: Eligibility in College Athletics

By Izzy Lee “​​A remarkable 2,270 days after his first college football game, Bryton Barr will finally play his final one Saturday.”…

Honors Feature: More Than a Swim Team: Southampton Recreation Association

By Carter Meagher When you first step through the large black gates of Southampton Recreation Association (SRA) in Richmond’s Stratford Hills, it…

Honors Feature: The Creative Writing Process In Rap & Hip Hop

(Editor’s Note: Some of the songs referenced and linked to in this article may contain profane lyrics.) By Nicholas Chambers Hip hop,…

Honors Feature: Big Cats: Not Only in Zoos But Also in Your Neighbor’s Backyard

By Malone Morchower With over 40 species in the world, cats, large and small, comprise one of the most diverse and widespread…

Honors Feature: The Dead

By AC Hall Bill Graham, a famous music promoter in the 1970s and 1980s, said, “They’re not only the best at what…

Honors Feature: Dive Into Serena Williams’ Life Story

By Lucy Ottley It was Friday, September 2, 2022, and I was sitting on the couch with my mom watching Serena Williams’…

Honors Feature: The Gift of Stories

By June Evins Henrietta Mayer Bach always said, “Use your head for more than a hat rack.”  If you tried to rush…

Honors Feature: How NIL has Changed The College Athletics World Forever

By Miles Prusek On June 30, 2021, the NCAA passed an interim name, image, likeness policy (NIL) that would allow NCAA players…

Honors Feature: The Opioid Crisis: How Deceptive Advertising Helped Trigger An Epidemic

By Jane Roberts Following a nearly 500% increase in prescription opioid-induced overdoses of Americans from 1999 to 2017, according to the National…

Honors Feature: My Thalhimer Roots: Reflections on History, Community, and Collegiate

By Katie Adamson If you are a Richmond native, you have likely heard the name “Thalhimer” at some point in your life….