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On August 17, the Virginia Military Institute held matriculation, and among those present that day, 14 were recruited lacrosse players. All 14 of those players survived the Institute’s Hell Week, and head lacrosse coach Brian Anken has announced the incoming class for the 2013-14 academic year.
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Bridgewater College welcomes four new full-time faculty members for the 2013-14 academic year. The faculty members, who will arrive on campus in late August for meetings before the start of classes on Sept. 3, will join the departments of chemistry, English, mathematics and computer science, and philosophy and religion.
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The Terry McAuliffe for Governor campaign launched a new Tumblr site, “Cuccinelli’s Virginia” showing how Ken Cuccinelli’s extreme agenda is dangerous for Virginia. On the same day, the McAuliffe campaign also released a new banner ad highlighting Ken Cuccinelli’s ideological agenda and his history of focusing on extreme social issues.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia has received an unsolicited proposal pursuant to the Public-Private Transportation Act for the financing, design, and construction of a new interchange along U.S. 460 at Odd Fellows Road in Lynchburg.
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What’s it like to be an English bulldog? More people are finding out, say integrated health specialists Dr. Michael Gelb and Dr. Howard Hindin.
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The U.S. Senate voted 68-32 today to pass an immigration reform bill that among other things will offer millions of undocumented immigrants a path to legal status. Virginia’s two Democratic senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, joined the majority vote in favor of the legislation, which will also step up the enforcement resources to be sent to the nation’s southern border.
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The United Way of Greater Augusta impact funding to local programs and services for 2013-2017 will be over $528,000 is direct dollars.
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The Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) presented the organization’s Distinguished Service Award to two statewide legends in the field of athletic communications. Rich Murray of the University of Virginia and Dave Smith of Virginia Tech received the honor at VaSID’s annual meeting on June 6 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland.
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The SWAG Writers (Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Virginia Writers Club) Reading Series continues with a reading by novelists Betsy Ashton (Smith Mountain Lake, VA), Mollie Cox Bryan (Waynesboro, VA), and Sarah Kennedy (Lexington, VA).
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One of the marvels of the human race is that we were able to make a transition from eating what we could hunt or gather to a systemized method of producing food at will. We call that agriculture.
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