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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Corey Ciocchetti, author of the book Real Rabbits: Chasing an Authentic Life will speak on “Chasing Authentic Success” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. In his programs, Ciocchetti encourages people of all ages to chase the truly important things in life such as a solid character, strong personal relationships…
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And we wonder why some people distrust government. AFP editor Chris Graham recounts an experience this week with an apparently busted water heater that turned out to be a lot more. (The water trail ends up at City Hall.) AFP Video. Length: 2:20.
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James C. Fell and Barrett Seaman will debate “The Drinking Age” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. In 1984, a national drinking age of 21 was established. Does the 21 and older drinking age really discourage underage drinking, or merely drive it underground, and result in riskier and more…
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Film lovers have known for some time that the early November forecast in Charlottesville was calling for some serious Funny Business. On Thursday, at a press conference at the University of Virginia Art Museum, new Virginia Film Festival Director Jody Kielbasa explained why. The 22nd annual Virginia Film Festival, set for Nov. 5-8 at venues…
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