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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz Many people prefer to avoid hospitals and nursing homes, but many Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduates have chosen these places to do ministry. About a dozen recent EMS graduates are pursuing chaplaincy roles as their ministry field, partially due to the Clinical Pastoral Education program at EMS. CPE gives students opportunity…
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General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline With just over two weeks to go, we are beginning to see which bills are going to succeed this session, and which are going to fall just short. Out of more than 3,000 bills that are introduced, only about 30 percent of them are enacted into law….
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] Raise your hand if you thought Virginia Tech would win more than four ACC games this season. C’mon. Seriously. I didn’t know that the Hokies would win a single game. I mean, you lose guys like Zabian Dowdell, Jamon Gordon and Coleman Collins in one fell swoop,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to “The SportsDominion Show” ACC Basketball Monday interview with Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg. Virginia Tech is back on the good side of .500 in ACC play, which means that the Hokies have to be considered part of the equation when it comes to the NCAA Tournament. Seth Greenberg…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to “The SportsDominion Show” ACC Basketball Monday interview with UVa. coach Dave Leitao. At first glance, Mamadi Diane is the odd man out in Dave Leitao’s latest rotation. Diane has been relegated to the bench for Virginia’s past three games, a 75-74 loss to North Carolina and a 79-74…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon quickly reshaped the priorities of Congress, the president, and the Department of Justice. We immediately began working on securing our own country by coordinating our national anti-terrorism efforts, increasing information-sharing among our intelligence agencies, and strengthening our…
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General Assembly Report by Rob Bell With the worsening budget numbers, the House of Delegates released its biennial budget. Unlike the governor’s budget, the House budget does not cut $220 million in school construction and lottery money that was going to local schools. These cuts would have cost my four local school divisions over $3…
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Story by Scott German N.C. State outscored Virginia in the second half 42-40, however, it was far too little to overcome a horrendous first-half performance by the Wolfpack in dropping a 78-60 Atlantic Coast Conference matchup to the Cavaliers in John Paul Jones Arena. Virginia’s second straight ACC win was fueled by Sean Singletary’s 21…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring an interview with Virginia Tech hockey player Michael Hultberg. Show Length: 10:09. Virginia Tech’s 5-3 win over Virginia in the Feb. 17 Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League regular-season finale for both schools set up a UVa.-Tech rematch in the first round of this weekend’s…
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General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline This past Sunday was “Budget Sunday,” the day that the House and Senate appropriations committees released their amendments to the two-year budget that the governor introduced last December. Legislators, lobbyists and other groups with a stake in the budget waited in line for hours to get copies…
