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The Virginia athletics department has released the renderings for its indoor football practice facility. The University received the renderings from the Washington, D.C.,-based Bowie Gridley Architects. The facility, also available for use by other Virginia athletics programs, will be located on one of two existing football practice fields behind the McCue Center and University Hall….
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Isabel Castillo, who holds a ’07 degree in social work from Eastern Mennonite University, is recognized in the November issue of The Atlantic as one of the “21 brave thinkers of 2011.” Castillo’s life was summarized in magazine by Jose Antonio Vargas, a former Washington Post reporter who identified himself as an undocumented immigrant to…
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A dozen SSC members made their way to Shenandoah Caverns last Thursday for their fall trip. They participated in the “Senior Day Out” held there; even though touring the caverns was not on the agenda for the day, three seniors paid a little extra to see the underground sights. Other members enjoyed the gift shop…
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The ACLU of Virginia has asked Mayor Dwight Jones of Richmond to reconsider his decision to toss Occupy Richmond campers from a Downtown Richmond public park. In a letter faxed earlier today, ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Kent Willis notes that the Richmond police had originally told demonstrators they would be allowed to remain overnight….
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The Waynesboro Cultural Commission announed Tuesday that it has released the Call For Entries for its 2012 Waynesboro Short Film Competition. The competition is open to all Virginia residents in two age categories: Youth 20 and under and Adults 21+. Submissions should be no longer than 16 minutes in length (including credits). All genres of…
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The anniversary performance of the Radio Hour will feature Emma Leigh and the River City Boys at the Friday, Oct. 21 performances at the Gateway. Joining them will be the Boogie Kings, Marsha Howard and Chapter Tree of Night Hawk and Murder Down on the Farm by Bob Crawford. The River City Boys will have…
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If you live in the 25th Virginia Senatorial District, Creigh Deeds has earned your support for another term. We all know that Creigh fell a little short wishing to be our governor. But please do not judge our man by that miserable gubernatorial campaign that was run for him out of a temporary White House…
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QUESTION: You’ve already faced teams that have two of your former bosses this season, Coach Laycock and Coach Groh. You have Coach O’Brien coming in this week and former colleague Al Golden later in the year. Have you ever gone through a season like this in terms of similar story lines? Does that change anything…
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The Tim Kaine Senate campaign announced today that it received $1.3 million in donations during the third quarter. In the six months since he declared his candidacy on April 5, 2011, over 8,500 unique donors have contributed to Tim Kaine’s Senate campaign. The campaign has raised approximately $3.55 million year-to-date and has approximately $2.55 million…
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In this column I made the assertion a couple of months ago that the Commonwealth of Virginia was shirking its responsibility in funding its share of public school K-12 budgets. I wrote that the state has a responsibility under the constitution to fund 55 percent of the cost of public schools but is providing only…
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