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Luke Hartman, vice president of enrollment at EMU, saw the footage of resource officer Ben Fields flipping over a black student’s desk and tossing her across the classroom in a South Carolina high school.
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The American Conservative Union announced the results of its ratings from the 2015 meeting of the Virginia General Assembly. Del. Steve Landes received an 87% rating for the 2015 General Assembly Session and holds a lifetime ACU rating of 89%.
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Hans Hermann Hoppe and Lew Rockwell — the gray eminences of the paleo-libertarian world — cry out “But what about the rooaaads?”
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Can text messages help assuage the phenomenon of “summer melt,” when students, mostly lower on the socio-economic spectrum, fail to enroll in college even after they have been accepted?
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Gavin Grimm, a transgender male student in Gloucester County, Va., today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to stop his school district from enforcing a discriminatory policy that segregates transgender students from their peers and requires them to use “alternative private” restroom facilities.
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The Virginia Department of Health is helping tobacco users get ready to quit by sharing tips and resources during Countdown to Quit Day. The countdown kicks off Oct. 20 and offers a different tip on VDH’s Facebook and Twitter platforms each day through Nov. 19.
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Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones will speak at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy on Tuesday on the topic of “The New Virginia Economy.”
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It is tempting to dismiss “design thinking” as a buzzword that is tossed around business media and corporate boardrooms with little effect. Talking to the faculty members who have brought the concept to the University of Virginia, however, one quickly realizes the potential behind the publicity.
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On Friday, Sept. 11, veterans at James Madison University will have a new safe haven on campus. The school’s Student Veterans Association chapter will officially be opening a space in Wilson Hall for any current or retired U.S. Military members to use as a quiet place to study, collaborate or socialize.
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A federal court in Virginia today ruled against a transgender male student who sought a preliminary injunction to resume using the boys’ restrooms at Gloucester High School when school begins this fall.
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