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Tuesday, March 13 7:30 p.m., Debate, Cole Hall, Bridgewater College Topic: “The American Way of Higher Education – Does It Need Reforming?” Debators: Claudia Dreifus and Richard Hersh – Dreifus is a veteran New York Times reporter, academic and co-author of Higher Education? Hersh has served as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and…
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The career politician who has represented the Sixth District of Virginia for the past 20 years, and who hopes to do so for the next 20 years, has hit a speedbump. He faces a constitutional conservative challenger who lives and works in our great Shenandoah Valley. In order to determine which Republican will be elected…
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Fueled by 14 three-pointers and a 57% field goal percentage, the #7 VMI Keydets upset the #2 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, 85-68, in the quarterfinals of the Advance Auto Parts Big South Basketball Championship, contested Wednesday in Asheville, N.C. The Keydets now advance to the conference semifinals for the fourth time in six years, where they…
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David Duffett and Travis Clark each drove in four runs as Bucknell posted a pair of five-run innings to defeat James Madison 13-6 and claim three out of four games in the non-conference weekend series on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. BU improved to 4-2 overall while JMU fell to 2-5-1. …
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Big innings carried Bucknell to a doubleheader sweep, fighting from behind to top James Madison 8-6 in the opener and taking game two convincingly 22-6 in non-conference baseball action on Saturday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. Bucknell improved to 3-2 for the season while JMU dropped to 2-4-1. The Bison used a…
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A balanced offensive effort tallied 20 hits and senior left-hander Sean Tierney (Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill) surrendered one run in six innings as James Madison defeated Bucknell 12-1 on Friday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.; JMU improved to 2-2-1 overall while Bucknell dropped to 1-2. Each member of the starting lineup recorded a…
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James Madison hitters piled up 14 hits and sophomore right-hander Trent Cundiff (Roanoke, Va./Northside) tossed two innings of shutout relief to lead the JMU baseball team to a 13-7 win over Longwood at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park on Wednesday. The Dukes won their home opener for the fourth consecutive year to improve to…
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WTA’s Gateway will present its first evening devoted exclusively to traditional bluegrass music on Friday, Feb. 24. Featured will be Allegheny Blue and Blue Mountain Sunrise. Performance will begin at 8 p.m. at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro. Blue Mountain Sunrise has been playing to the enjoyment of Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel fans in…
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The buzz in conservative media is that former Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, a Democrat, now regrets that she voted for Obamacare. Dahlkemper is Roman Catholic, and she says she didn’t realize that Obamacare would force “all private insurers, including Catholic charities and hospitals, to provide free coverage of contraception, sterilization procedures, and the “week-after” pill.” Sixth…
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The jobs situation seems to continue to be getting better, with Friday’s announcement that unemployment fell two-tenths of a percent in January, to 8.3 percent. But it’s not getting better fast enough, says Fifth District Republican Congressman Robert Hurt. “A drop in the national unemployment average is always good news. However, the jobless rate remains…
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