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Tournament MVP Wright ties school record with 10 steals Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Marriott Cavalier Classic Most Valuable Player Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) scored 19 points and tied a school-record with 10 steals to lead the Virginia women’s basketball team to the tournament title with a 63-54 win over in-state foe Liberty Tuesday night….
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Column by Eleanor LeCain Submit guest columns: [email protected] In March 2003, I traveled to Afghanistan to facilitate a leadership training for a group of Afghan women who were hoping to help lead their country away from the abyss that had been Taliban rule. Afghans I met – men and women – were grateful that…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns and letters: [email protected] You remember the way it was on Christmas. You thought the day would never come. December was a year, not a month. While waiting for Christmas you were not quite sure what was happening. Yet, your imagination was able to put all the pieces…
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Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com James Madison junior guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) scored a game-high 32 points to lead the 25th-ranked Dukes to an 85-67 win over Longwood in women’s basketball Monday evening at the JMU Convocation Center. JMU improved to 8-1 while Longwood dropped to 4-9. Evans scored JMU’s first eight points,…
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Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com My studies in history and political science at the institution that is now Old DominionUniversity were eye-opening, exciting and fulfilling, but my resulting bachelor of arts degree did not provide me any specific career training. That is why I entered a master in education program at the University of…
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Column by Randy Forbes www.forbes.house.gov Stay in Washington for a couple of weeks, and you’re bound to hear the phrase “on message.” Generally, the phrase is a reminder when speaking to the press or the public to keep your comments aimed in a singular direction. In the epicenter of national and global political debate,…
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#7 Blue Devils hand JMU first loss Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com James Madison junior guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) scored 31 points but the No. 24/25-ranked Dukes lost 79-65 at No. 7 Duke in women’s basketball Friday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium. JMU, which lost for the first time in eight games, now has…
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Battle brewing between progressives, centrists over direction of party Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The 2001 election that ushered in the Democratic Decade in Virginia gave power in Democratic Party circles to the centrists in the mold of Mark Warner and Tim Kaine who led the mini-revolution that fall. The model that they laid out…
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Column by Susan Shaer Submit columns and letters: [email protected] A flu pandemic is nasty, brutish, and a global danger. All U.S. senators and other leaders agree, and leap to keep everyone safe and healthy. Another nasty, brutish and global danger, which additionally is outrageously expensive and out of synch with today’s defense needs, is…
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Staff Report ACC sports: www.theacc.com University of Virginia senior Monica Wright has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by the league office. Wright, the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, scored 30 points for the 19th-ranked Cavaliers and tied a career-high with nine steals…
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