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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] Raise your hand if you thought Virginia Tech would win more than four ACC games this season. C’mon. Seriously. I didn’t know that the Hokies would win a single game. I mean, you lose guys like Zabian Dowdell, Jamon Gordon and Coleman Collins in one fell swoop,…
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Story by Jim Bishop A prominent pastor and community activist in Washington, D.C., will speak at Eastern Mennonite University as part of Afro-American History Month observances. Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, senior minister of Plymouth Congregational Church in the nation’s capitol, will speak 10 a.m. Friday in EMU’s Lehman Auditorium. His message, entitled “From the Past…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] Give ’em credit – it’s due, finally. Democrats have not fielded a candidate for the Sixth District seat in the United States Congress since 1998 – yes, a decade ago. But now they have two in Sam Rasoul and Drew Richardson, and though neither is exactly a…
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Column by Jim Bishop The clean-cut group, The Brothers Four, hit the music scene in a big way in 1960, and then quietly disappeared with the advent of folk-rock and the British invasion. Members Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland and Dick Foley formed in 1957 as fraternity members at the University of Washington in…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] He knew he could make a difference. He didn’t know how. “When I first moved to West Africa, it was about 11 years into a brutal civil war that most people here don’t know about because of the blood diamond issue. Tens of thousands of 7- and 8-year-old boys were…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Count me as being among those in the Virginia punditry who thinks that the main reason the Commonwealth is in play politically these days is because of Mark Warner. That having been established as a baseline, I’ve been interested, to say the least, at the thought of what people like…
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Story by Jim Bishop Crossroads magazine at Eastern Mennonite University won a major award this year from the southeast district of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Competing against dozens of magazines produced by larger institutions, Crossroads received a “special merit award” in the category of “magazine publishing improvement.” The other winners…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Ever heard of latte art? Yes, I’m talking about doing something artistic with an espresso. They have contests for this sort of thing, you know … “Latte art refers to the designs created when the barista pours the foamed milk into an espresso drink,” said Kathleen Stinehart, owner of Cranberry’s…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Nothing is more important to our future than ensuring a high-quality education for our nation’s children. Decisions concerning education should be made at the local level first by parents, and then by teachers and local communities. We also need to measure how much our students are learning in fundamental subjects like…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A big deal was made about Hillary Clinton crying the day before the New Hampshire primary that she had appeared at the time destined to lose to Barack Obama. Former vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro thinks it was way, way too much a big deal. “I have to tell you how…
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