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Column by David Cox It happened in Buena Vista. Then Minneapolis. I guess it was inevitable that 2008 political races would get downright mean. On Labor Day, when each year our very own BV becomes the political capital of Virginia, senatorial candidates Jim Gilmore and Mark Warner wasted no time in trying to flatten the…
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Story by Jim Bishop Fall semester 2008 enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University finds a small drop in undergraduate numbers, while graduate programs held steady, and the Adult Degree Completion Program had a significant increase. EMU has 185 first-year students enrolled the fall semester compared to 203 last fall. Traditional undergraduate enrollment – first-year through seniors…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Todd Patrick knows Waynesboro well enough to refer to the Waynesboro Town Center as the place where the old Outlet Village used to be. “I don’t know what it was, but something about the community always seemed attractive. The people were always nice, always cordial, just wonderful to be around….
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Moving Forward column by Chris Graham [email protected] This is one of the more difficult columns that I’ve found myself having to write. I’ve been troubled in recent days by a run of comments on our website advancing slurs on Barack Obama that have me wondering if what we do here at the AFP is even…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] “We have a strong set of standards and values on our team that reflect those of the University, and we do not compromise those values to win football games.” A pretty strong statement from a coach who spent the better part of a week castigating…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Peter Lalich won’t be making the trip with his UVa. football teammates to Connecticut this weekend. “We stand by Peter and in talking with him have made a decision which is best in the short term for him, the team, and our University. We have a strong set of standards…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] How do we describe Paul Galanti? Former POW-turned-Swift Boat critic of John Kerry? That would be one way. Another would be strong Mark Warner supporter who was appointed by Warner and then reappointed by Tim Kaine to serve on the board of the Virginia Department of Veterans’ Services. Galanti, who…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A Recovery Walk-A-Thon is set for Saturday morning at Beverley Manor Middle School west of Staunton to raise money and awareness of local substance-abuse recovery efforts. Registration begins at 9 a.m., and the walk starts at 10 a.m. Thie event is being organized by a community coalition that includes Valley…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Jason from Arlington did what a hundred sportswriters armed with notebooks and tape recorders and laptops hadn’t been able to do yet in 2008. He got Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer to talk about his anemic offense. “Now, I don’t care where we rank statistically. I think part of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] They are the ones who are the most affected by cancer and what it can do. They know how important it is to try to get ahead of cancer to beat it before it can do its damage. And they are starting to see the proverbial light at the end…
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