JMU romps past Murray State
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James Madison (1-2) pulled away from Murray State (0-3) midway through the first half and went on to post a 71-51 win in women’s basketball Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.
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Bennett adds two guards to UVa. on Signing Day
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Virginia men’s head basketball coach Tony Bennett has announced the signing of guards London Perrantes (Woodland Hills, Calif.) and Devon Hall (Virginia Beach, Va.) to National Letters of Intent with the Cavaliers.
Virginia Tech professor to speak on Shenandoah National Park at BC
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Dr. Katrina Powell, director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Virginia Tech, will speak on “Place, Identity, and Eminent Domain: Letters from Shenandoah National Park” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
Quinnipiac drops JMU women to 0-2
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Quinnipiac rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to beat James Madison 65-60 in women’s basketball Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.
Valley Conservation Council awards ag mini-grants
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Valley Conservation Council, through its Resource Conservation and Development Program, is pleased to announce its mini-grant recipients for Agriculture Sustainability and Vitality in the Shenandoah River Watershed.
Mark Obenshain: What do these oysters have to do with your constitutional rights?
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Oysters have been harvested in the Chesapeake Bay from time immemorial. In fact, the Bay’s very name is an Algonquian phrase that can be translated “great shellfish bay,” and as early as 1612, English settlers were praising the Chesapeake’s oyster beds.
Governor reports on Sandy impacts
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Superstorm Sandy began affecting portions of the Commonwealth late Saturday, and snow and rain associated with the system continue in parts of the state.
Frank Knapp: Stop the spin on small business
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As someone who advocates for thousands of small businesses, I know they want fact, not spin. Unfortunately too often we hear inaccuracies and misinformation about how government policies affect small businesses. Ending the Bush-era tax cuts for the richest 2 percent of Americans is one policy where small business has been caught up in a whirlwind of spin.
Earth Talk: Greening professional sports
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Professional sports, like many other pursuits, are getting greener every day. While pro leagues and teams have traditionally been the last to go green, it has all changed in recent years. Maybe it’s the fact that wasting less saves money. Or that going green generates good public relations. Or that it’s just the right thing to do. Whether it’s any or all-of-the-above, professional sports certainly have never been greener.
Succumbing to EMU’s magnetism, once, twice, thrice
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If Joelle Hackney had had her way when she was 18, she would have started college 2,400 miles from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), at Humboldt State in Arcata, California. But by the summer after her 2001 graduation from Stuart’s Draft High School in Augusta County, Va., Humboldt’s steep tuition and other logistical considerations forced her to put that dream on hold.
