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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama will be in Harrisonburg on Tuesday for a Change We Need Rally on the campus of James Madison University. The rally will be held at the Convocation Center at JMU and will begin at 5:15 p.m. Doors will open at 3:15 p.m. The event…
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Staff Report Harrisonburg attorney Tom Domonoske was recently named as one of the first two recipients of the John Kent Shumate Jr. Advocate of the Year Award given out by the Virginia Poverty Law Center. Domonoske, a nationally-recognized lawyer in auto-sales fraud cases, was honored for his work with Blue Ridge Legal Services. Domonoske has…
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Story by Andrea Schrock Wenger Eastern Mennonite University’s dining hall went trayless beginning Wednesday, Oct. 22, joining hundreds of other colleges across the country eliminating wasted water, energy, food and time. “This is not new,” says Pioneer Catering director Bruce Emmerson. “It’s a trend that has been happening across the country for years. EMU students…
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Story by Jim Bishop Advances in medical technology, from antibiotics and chemotherapy to dialysis and ventilators, have changed not just how we live, but, often, how we die. Providers and patients confront decisions that never existed before. Mimi Mahon, associate professor in the School of Nursing at George Mason University, Fairfax, will speak on the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The approach of the Bush administration to foreign policy is a solution looking for a problem. Wesley Clark learned that on a visit to the Pentagon in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A former colleague who had worked with the retired general told him in late…
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Staff Report Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark will headline a town-hall meeting in Harrisonburg on Wednesday that will discuss Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama’s plans to restore America’s leadership in the world. Clark was the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe and NATO and commanded Operation Allies forces in Kosovo from 1997-2000. He ran for…
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Story by Jim Bishop A leading spokesperson for sustainable agricultural systems will address the next Suter Science Seminar at Eastern Mennonite University. John Jeavons, Willits, Calif., will speak on “Food and Our Future: Hope and Solutions through Biointensive Farming” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in EMU’s Lehman Auditorium. Jeavons has directed Ecology Action’s Mini-Farming program since 1972….
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Column by Joseph Fitzgerald Hundreds of potential first-time voters may have been disenfranchised by the Harrisonburg Registrar’s Office as part of a pattern that increasingly looks like an active campaign to limit voting by college students in the presidential election. The campaign began with unsubstantiated warnings to students about financial repercussions from registering; it is…
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Staff Report Kathleen G. Arthur, a James Madison University professor emerita, received The Award for Exemplary Achievement, the most prestigious award given by the Southeastern College Art Conference, in recognition of personal and professional development as well as longstanding service. Arthur has served the SECAC, a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote the visual arts…
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Story by Jim Bishop The Alumni Association of EMU honored three of its graduates Sunday, Oct. 12, for their work in reflecting the school’s vision, mission and values. Donald B. Kraybill, 63, of Elizabethtown, Pa., a 1967 EMU graduate with a double major in Bible and sociology, received EMU’s 2008 “alumnus of the year” award…
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