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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Why in the world, you’re asking yourself, is Barack Obama spending half his day on Tuesday in the Central Shenandoah Valley that went 70 percent for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004? A better question, given a look at the ’08 poll numbers, might be, Why in…
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Staff Report Five Bridgewater College athletics standouts will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Friday night in the Kline Campus Center as part of BC’s Homecoming Weekend.
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Staff Report Efforts by James Madison University and other area colleges and universities to boost enrollment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors have received nearly $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation. The NSF money will be used to run a summer “get ahead” type program for students who are interested in STEM…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] She has executive experience, but let’s put Sarah Palin’s Alaska in perspective. It has a population of 670,000 and a state budget of $6.6 billion. Which, essentially, makes it Fairfax County (population 1 million, operating budget of $3.3 billion), only colder. So maybe we can dispense with the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The weight of the Democratic Party’s White House chances was on Hillary Clinton’s shoulders last night. In which direction will the four out of 10 Clinton supporters who are either undecided or telling pollsters that they are thinking about voting for John McCain in November go? We still…
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Item by Mary K. Heatwole Beverly S. Butterfield of New Market has accepted the position of vice president for institutional advancement at Bridgewater College, effective Oct. 1. Butterfield, a 1979 graduate of Bridgewater College, has held a faculty position with the Virginia Tech Extension Service since 1979. Most recently, she served as the director of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I call it The Wilder Effect. Doug Wilder was up nine points in the pre-election polls in his 1989 gubernatorial race with Marshall Coleman in his bid to become the nation’s first elected African-American governor, but in the poll that counted on Election Day he won by less than half…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Never underestimate the Chinese. Bill Crutchfield, the CEO of the Charlottesville-based Crutchfield Corp., learned that on his short jaunt through Hangzhou, China, carrying the Olympic Torch in May. Tens of thousands of young Chinese among the 1 to 2 million people lining the streets that day were sporting…
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Item by Mary K. Heatwole A new book of essays that celebrates the 300th anniversary of the Church of the Brethren contains a foreword by Bridgewater College President Phillip C. Stone and was co-edited by Stephen L. Longenecker, professor of history at Bridgewater, who also contributed an essay to the book.
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Item by Mary K. Heatwole Bridgewater College is the recipient of a $189,139 support grant from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. The 2008 year-end distribution grant will benefit the college’s operating budget, student scholarships, undergraduate research and other projects and programs on campus.
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