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Angela M. Smith, associate professor of philosophy at Washington and Lee University, has been named the first Roger Mudd Professor of Ethics and the first director of the University’s new Roger Mudd Center for Ethics.
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Staunton City Manage Stephen F. Owen announced today the selection of Steven L. Rosenberg as assistant city manager. Rosenberg replaces James M. Halasz, who left Staunton to accept the position of Halifax County administrator last July.
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On a strong bipartisan vote of 14-4, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today passed U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner’s bipartisan CAMPUS Safety Act, which would consolidate federal campus safety efforts into the National Center for Campus Public Safety.
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Everyone has their elite little group of people who are influences on their lives. Your opinions could have been molded by theirs or you formed your own and learned later that you and them are on the same page; or even that you discovered them through researching your views or something along those lines. You feel personally insulted when someone says something negative about them, and you hold them in such high regards that you could call them your idol (or your god if you aren’t the religious type).
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Budget Committees, visited HDT Robotics today for a discussion about budget uncertainty and the need for Congress to finish FY2013 appropriations and pass an FY2014 budget.
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that a proposed alternative energy facility in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia might improve health risks related to water quality but contribute to air pollution.
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The number of guests and volunteers surpassed member attendance at ERSC on Feb. 28 as Nita Gibson and Nancy Hess, dressed in Civil War era attire, offered a very thorough oration and slide show about “Women in the Home Front in the Civil War.” This first-time program was widely advertised in two local newspapers (The Valley Banner and the Daily News Record), in addition to email and word of mouth notifications.
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Promethean Homes, a custom builder serving Augusta County, recently learned that their model home received a HERS Index Score of 34. That makes it the most energy efficient house in the Shenandoah Valley.
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The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center today released its report on college completion, which shows Virginia’s college students finishing their degrees at an impressive rate, far above the national average.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine today announced additional members of his Virginia and Washington, D.C.,-based Senate staff.
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