Bridgewater College March 2012 events

Tuesday, March 13  7:30 p.m., Debate, Cole Hall, Bridgewater College Topic: “The American Way of Higher Education – Does It Need Reforming?” Debators: Claudia Dreifus and Richard Hersh – Dreifus is a veteran New York Times reporter,  academic and co-author of Higher Education? Hersh has served as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and…

Senate passes watered-down ultrasound bill

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The State Senate voted 21-19 on Tuesday to pass an amended version of legislation mandating that women seeking abortions in Virginia first undergo an otherwise medically unnecessary ultrasound procedure. Critics called the original version of the legislation, which had mandated an invasive transvaginal ultrasound be performed, “state rape.” State Sen. Janet Howell, D-Fairfax, called the…

To kill or not to kill: Death penalty topic of debate at Bridgewater College

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Bud Welch, whose daughter, Julie Marie, was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995, and Jeff Jacoby, a long-time proponent of the death penalty, will debate “The Death Penalty” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. The debate is sponsored by the Anna B. Mow Endowed Lecture Series…