
Chris Graham: America, you need to get over yourselves
Poll: 71 percent think signers of the Declaration of Independence would not be happy with how America has turned out. Seriously – five in seven of you honestly think this?

Poll: 71 percent think signers of the Declaration of Independence would not be happy with how America has turned out. Seriously – five in seven of you honestly think this?

Students in Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley seeking a fast track to a career in information technology will have more options at National College in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg (www.national-college.edu) this fall, thanks to the introduction of new programs and a thorough re-design of existing program curricula. New programs include career training in network administration and software development & engineering.

Virginia athletics director Craig Littlepage announced Monday (July 1) that Mark Bernardino will retire as the Cavaliers’ head swimming and diving coach effective today.

The countdown is over. Today, July 1, 2013, Old Dominion University begins a new era in its athletic history as a member of Conference USA.

James Madison head swimming and diving coach Samantha Smith has announced her retirement from coaching on Friday.

The new Robins Center is roaring – with the sounds of construction workers and equipment – as the much-anticipated renovation project for the home of Spider basketball has swiftly moved into high gear.

Longwood University first-year men’s basketball head coach Jayson Gee has announced the appointment of Andy Farrell as a new assistant coach. Farrell previously served as the director of basketball operations and assistant recruiting coordinator at DePaul University from 2011-13 after one year as the Blue Demons’ video coordinator (2010-11). He was also the video coordinator at Clemson University (2008-10), following a year as a graduate assistant coach and assistant to the video coordinator at Virginia Commonwealth University (2007-08).

A 5-4 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court handed down today has struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The court, split along ideological lines, ruled that Congress had used obsolete reasoning in requiring several Southern states to get federal approval for voting rules changes affecting blacks and other minorities.

Republican lieutenant governor candidate E.W. Jackson is calling attention to the harm he says has been done to the black family over the last five decades as a result of the War on Poverty.

The ACLU of Virginia expressed disappointment with a federal court decision that dismissed a complaint filed by a pregnant inmate against the Rappahannock Regional Jail Authority. The plaintiff in the case, Tiarra Fain, claimed that jail officials violated her Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment by keeping her restrained while she was in labor and after childbirth.
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