Review: “The Artist”

Michel Hazanavicius reinvigorates old silent films with the five-time Academy Award winning film “The Artist,” the story of 1920’s silent film star George Valentin. The flick’s primary action revolves around Valentin’s career dying as the age of talking motion pictures rises. At the heart of the movie is rising movie star Peppy Miller, who harbors […]

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PVCC favors club athletics due to economy, equality

As another Virginia community college joins the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), some former student-athletes on the grounds of Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) find themselves asking the question, “Where are PVCC’s school teams?” If other community colleges are capable of having intercollegiate sports teams, then why does PVCC fail to have them? The answer is simple: money and equality. PVCC is one of 23 schools in the Virginia […]

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Workforce Services to offer 46 new courses

The halls of the main building, Kluge-Moses and Dickinson hum with activity as students at Piedmont Virginia Community College acclimate to busy spring schedules. This semester, however, many students are setting their sights on the building at the bottom of the hill. PVCC’s Workforce Services, located in the Stultz Center for Business and Development, is offering 46 new opportunities for students this spring. These courses and programs come as […]

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Singer Whitney Houston passes away at 48

On Saturday, Feb. 11, the music industry lost an icon. Singer and actress Whitney Houston was found dead in the bathtub of her fourth floor room of the Beverly Hilton Hotel at 3:55 p.m in Los Angeles. The cause of death for the 48 year-old pop superstar is currently unknown. Houston made her first splash on the music scene in 1985 when she released her original self-titled album. The album initially […]

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