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Item by Lindsey Roeschley Christina Harman, a sophomore environmental-science major, admires an uncommon plant showing off in the Suter Science Center greenhouse at Eastern Mennonite University. Amorphophallus konjac, also known as Konjac or Snake Palm, is from Eastern Asia and has an eye-watering “distinct scent” that attracts flies for pollination. Despite the scent, part of…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Each week, folks across the Sixth District and the nation are confronted with the rising cost of energy, from the gas pump to their electric and gas bills. Energy is vital to every sector of the U.S. economy, including homes, small businesses and industries. When energy supplies are tight, families and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s one thing to learn from a book or a lecturing professor. It’s another entirely to get your hands dirty learning something the hard way. Washington and Lee University wants to give its law students the experience of what it’s really like to do hands-on lawyering. “The idea is that…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I’ve played my fair share of sets on the tennis courts at Ridgeview Park over the years, and so I’m familiar with the notion that it has long since been past time for something to be done about their condition. That big check that you see in the picture to…
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Column by Jim Bishop Jenny Hummel of Weyers Cave, our daughter, won’t forget the time and place when she was told for certain – son Jacob, our grandson, has autism. She and husband Dallas knew for some time that “something was wrong” with their youngest son. He had difficulty responding to voices, seldom maintained eye…
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Story By Erin Gutzwiller Have you ever wondered how the ice cream that you eat is made, and more importantly, what it is made of? Most ice-cream connoisseurs do not know that the ingredients used to make ice cream are made from cheap and unhealthy ingredients. Which is interesting, because for me, eating ice cream…
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Column by Sam Rasoul Last September, I bought a hybrid car, which I had long wanted. The decision to buy at that time was a practical one: campaigning in the Sixth District required driving from Roanoke to Woodstock with a side trip to Lynchburg. I had to decrease gasoline costs. At the same time, I…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] This is the first year probably ever that I’ve even seen one of the movies nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, much less three of them. For that I can thank Adam Greenbaum. I first met Adam a few years ago when he had this wild idea to buy a…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring a discussion of sports in American society with Eastern Mennonite University athletics director Dave King. Show Length: 25:53. You wouldn’t expect an athletics director at a university to be preaching the message that sports has become too much an obsession in today’s culture. It’d…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring an interview with Virginia Tech hockey player Michael Hultberg. Show Length: 10:09. Virginia Tech’s 5-3 win over Virginia in the Feb. 17 Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League regular-season finale for both schools set up a UVa.-Tech rematch in the first round of this weekend’s…
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