Christopher G. Miller: Choosing clean water in Virginia

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Column by Christopher G. Miller Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Over the past 50 years, the cities, towns, and suburban neighborhoods of Virginia have grown dramatically, adding millions of new people, new shopping malls, and the roads and parking lots that go with them. The storm sewers and other facilities we have were not built…

Turnovers mar EMU in loss at Bridgewater

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   Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Still trying to find a consistent offensive flow, the Eastern Mennonite women took on rival Bridgewater on the road Tuesday night. The Royals controlled the game for a spell in the second half, but then couldn’t convert on their chances and lost 51-48 to the Eagles. Both teams struggled…

Bridgewater knocks off #7 EMU

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   Staff Report Bridgewater College sports: www.bridgewater.edu Bridgewater College senior Dominic Trawick scored a career-high 36 points Saturday night to help lead the Eagles to an 89-83 victory over seventh-ranked Eastern Mennonite in front of a packed house at Nininger Hall. Both teams were forced to dodge foul trouble throughout the contest as a total…

EMU women knock off Bridgewater

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  Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Bridgewater had a three-game winning streak over EMU. The Royal women were 8-0 on the season with the best start in school history. Something had to give. As it turned out, Eastern Mennonite decided to take, as the women grabbed the lead early and took a double digit win…

VMI adds water polo to women’s sports

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  Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com Virginia Military Institute athletics director Donny White announced Monday that the Institute’s intercollegiate athletic program will add water polo to sports sponsored for women’s athletics. Plans will proceed to hire a coach by July 1, 2010 with competition to begin during the 2011-12 academic year. The addition of Water…

Bridgewater College Equestrians host ‘Horses’ Christmas’

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  Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] The Equestrian Club of Bridgewater College will host the eighth annual “Horses’ Christmas” at the Bridgewater College Equestrian Center in Weyers Cave, on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. The BCEC is located off of U.S. 11 on Burketown Road, between Weyers Cave and Mount Crawford. This year’s theme…

Waterpipe smoking dangers noted in VCU study

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   Staff Report VCU news: www.vcu.edu Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants – carbon monoxide and nicotine – as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher published in the December issue of…

Bridgewater College announces two major construction projects

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Staff Report Two major construction projects – one of which will significantly improve two existing student residence halls and the other will provide new village-style student housing at Bridgewater College – have been announced by the College’s board of trustees. The first phase of both projects will get under way in February-March 2010 and be…