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Check out the Virginia Voter Guide, compiled by PVCC political science and journalism students! Learn about voting locations, candidate platforms, and why primaries are important. Click the link here: VirginiaVoterGuide
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Robert Heiston sat along the Downtown Mall enveloped in an old paperback book. His hands were worn and cracking, reddened and slightly purple from the February cold. Heiston has been living on the streets of Charlottesville since Dec. 2013. He was born over an hour north of the city in Luray, Virginia, on June […]
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Joe Fowler, staff writer Five hundred people gathered at the Harney County courthouse in Oregon on Monday, Feb. 1, according to the Oregonian, Portland’s major newspaper. On the 31st day of a standoff between a group of armed occupiers and officials in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, the paper reported that two groups of protesters converged […]
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With humble beginnings as a food pantry located inside a local Methodist church, Loaves & Fishes is now the largest of the Blue Ridge Area Food Banks. An ever-growing client base has led Loaves & Fishes to take many steps in order to continue meeting the needs of the community, beginning with its incorporation as […]
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Students of PVCC and members of the Piedmont community got a chance to go back to a time when things were simpler, stranger, and a lot more sensual with the Arts Department’s performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show that captivated the Main Stage from December 3-5th. Directed by Brad Stoller as he created his […]
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Free Movie Friday, sponsored by PVCC’s Student Art Club, is exactly as it may sound: a free and fun weekend event. At arrival, I was greeted by a volunteer and shown to the entrances of the theater. For my first visit, I was shocked by the size of the theater and the cinematic feel. The […]
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Somewhere in Albemarle county, at an undisclosed industrial location, hundreds of cars begin to arrive. From them, men, women and children of all ages, races, and ethnicities emerge. They are clothed warmly against the biting December chill, many wearing several layers in preparation for the work to be done. They shuffle into a warehouse, indistinguishable […]
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It was cold and dark night on Monday, Nov. 23, rain gathering in the hollows of the steep and winding gravel driveway leading to a quaint little school house where the Bluegrass jam session was being held by The Front Porch. Walking through the entryway into a homey room, full of colorful paintings of animals […]
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Imagine one morning your phone rings and the doctor on the other end of the line wants to perform tests on you and your family members. He is trying to clear up some confusion regarding the cells of your mother, who had passed away 25 years prior. This was a call received by Henrietta Lacks’ […]
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