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Graduating with a liberal arts degree and a minor in pre-law from Eastern Mennonite University in 2010, Karissa Sauder wanted to challenge herself in the legal field but maintain a foundation of peacebuilding and conflict resolution. She found that unique blend at Harvard. “Harvard Law School has a growing commitment to public interest work and…
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Secrecy, personal vendettas and radicalization are at the root of problems being experienced by the Occupy Charlottesville movement, which a founding member feels is on the brink of splitting apart at the seams. “It feels like chopping off a limb. The people there … I thought they were pretty good people. But I realize that…
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Bridgewater College tipped off its season Saturday evening with a 95-52 loss at Division I High Point University. The Panthers jumped out to a quick 16-4 lead and pushed the margin to 19 points before a 10-0 run by the Eagles cut the margin to nine. High Point closed the first half with a 12-3…
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DuPont Community Credit Union continued to demonstrate the availability of credit by once again growing total loans outstanding for the third quarter of 2011. The Waynesboro-headquartered credit union, which operates nine branches in the Central Shenandoah Valley region, reported 17.1 percent and 0.1 percent increases in total loans funded and outstanding balances over the previous quarter….
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The Fishburne postgrad basketball team raced out to a 21-point lead in the first 10 minutes against Wytheville Community College and cruised from there en route to a 112-94 win Thursday night. Not that the Caissons were fond of the cruise-in afterwards or anything. “That was a bad defensive effort. We’re really not supposed to…
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In college towns all across America, intercollegiate athletics – especially college football – play an integral role in the college atmosphere and spirit of a university. Unfortunately, the sordid revelations of the past week in Happy Valley have exposed the most despicable part of big-time college athletics, especially among powerful college football programs. In the…
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It’s become a second-Wednesday-of-November tradition at Fishburne Military School. “It means the program is progressing. We’re doing the right things. We have guys matriculating on to four-year schools and universities,” said FMS postgrad basketball coach Ed Huckaby, who saw 10 of his players sign letters of intent with Division I college programs on Wednesday. The…
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Opening Statement: It’s certainly an extremely important football game Thursday night, and I think we’ve had good practices. Now the question is going down there and playing well. To me there is no secret that when you play Georgia Tech you’re playing a team that’s very physical, very fast, well coached and it’s pretty simple…
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Like a volcano preparing to erupt, the Eastern Mennonite women’s basketball team has been steadily improving. With another round of talented newcomers bolstering the roster, seventh-year Coach Kevin Griffin is hoping this is the year it all comes together. “We have the talent to compete,” he said, “but I think seven of the top eight…
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Lobbyists are storming Capitol Hill, pushing a tax holiday that would give billions of dollars in tax breaks to less than 1 percent of American businesses – and stick the other 99 percent with the bill. But of course, they can’t say that. So tax holiday advocates are using a high-powered version of the email…
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