Focus | When is Lewis going to get some love?

Chris Graham

Thaddeus Lewis had just thrown his fourth interception of the season, and the situation looked dire for his Blue Devils. Virginia led 17-12 with eight minutes left, and Duke was struggling mightily in the red zone, to say the least. But Lewis was confident. “After the interception, just knowing that there was so much time…

Volunteer community search to begin Friday in Harrington case

Chris Graham

Dr. Daniel Harrington and wife Gil, parents of missing Virginia Tech student, Morgan Dana Harrington, announced today the organization of a volunteer community search party to help find their daughter. The 20-year-old woman disappeared Oct. 17 while attending a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. Morgan has long blonde hair, blue…

JMU: ‘One of toughest’ baseball schedules on tap for ’10

Chris Graham

A four-team tournament in Myrtle Beach, an extended trip to Florida, a home-and-away series with Virginia, 12 games against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams, and home night games for the first time in program history highlight the 2010 James Madison baseball schedule released Tuesday. “It’s one of the toughest schedules we’ve had at JMU,” commented head…

ACLU backs JMU student reporters

Contributors

The ACLU of Virginia has asked James Madison University officials not to discipline two campus newspaper reporters for entering a dormitory and interviewing students about a Peeping Tom incident on campus. Tim Chapman and Katie Hibson, editor-in-chief and a reporter for The Breeze, have been charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, and noncompliance with an official…

David Reynolds | Why Deeds lost

David Reynolds

Winning in life involves good timing, having the right friends and not forgetting to dance with those you came with. The same is true in politics. Creigh Deeds lost his lifetime dream yesterday, as well as an 18-point landslide election, because he forgot these three simple rules. First the matter of good timing and bad…

Tim Kaine | Build on successes

Chris Graham

Virginia has come a long way in the past eight years. Last night’s results may have been a disappointment but we can continue to expand upon the successes of Democratic leaders in Virginia. As we begin to rebuild we start with a remarkable advantage that we did not have eight years ago. Virginians have elected…