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Months after earning their undergraduate degrees from Eastern Mennonite University in 2011, Jessica Sarriot (Silver Spring, Md.), Larisa Zehr (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and William C. Morris (Charlottesville, Va.) headed 2,000 miles south to work alongside Colombians seeking to emerge from decades of warfare and destitution.
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James Madison baseball head coach Spanky McFarland on Tuesday announced the 55-game schedule for the 2013 season, which will include 30 games at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
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The James Madison football team, led by redshirt junior running back Dae’Quan Scott (Staunton, Va./Robert E.Lee) and redshirt-senior quarterback Justin Thorpe (Richmond, Va./Varina), turned in a dominant first-half performance as the Dukes grabbed a commanding 28-0 lead over visiting Alcorn State going into halftime before coasting to a 42-3 win on Saturday night at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field.
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A new “signature” show takes the stage of WTA’s Gateway on Friday, September 7. The performance is the creation of The River City Boys who have been delighting area audiences with their musical style. The Boys approached the Wayne Theatre Alliance with a proposal to combine their singing with other area talents, not unlike the vaudeville shows the Wayne Theatre was designed to offer. Their proposal was readily accepted.
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James Madison men’s basketball filled out the remainder of its 2012-13 schedule as the Colonial Athletic Association unveiled the 18-game conference slate this week.
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WTA’s Gateway will begin its second fall season in September with the addition of four new series. Joining the “Signature Shows” at the venue will be the River City Boys’ Jamboree, the Custin Jazz Night, the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge’s Family Performances and a monthly history lecture. The new series will expand the variety of entertainment WTA’s Gateway has brought to the area.
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After finishing 10th last year, Old Dominion makes its first appearance in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll preseason top 10 at No. 6
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Augusta Health received an affirmation of its A1 credit rating with a stable outlook from Moody’s Investor Services, a leading provider of credit ratings research and risk analysis
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The Virginia athletics department will present two new 30-minute installments of the popular “Building of a Program” television show the weeks of Aug. 20 and Aug. 27 on Comcast SportsNet
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Kobe Bryant threw down the gauntlet with a comment before the London Olympics that the 2012 USA basketball team was better than the famed 1992 Dream Team that rolled to gold in the first Olympic competition to feature NBA players
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