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Liberty Anderson, staff writer “It is the sweetest thing in life, art and free food,” said Beryl Solla, chair of visual and performing arts and professor of arts. Join PVCC on Friday Dec. 7 from 6-9 p.m. PVCC’s 12th annual Let There Be Light. Let There Be Light is PVCC’s biggest event and always becomes […]
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Callan Shore, staff writer Throughout history, it has disproportionately been the older generations who have turned out to vote on election days, especially for the midterm elections. Younger people have tended to not make the effort to vote or to not understand the importance of voting. In the 2014 midterms, only 20 percent of people […]
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Ryan Foresman, staff writer PVCC hosted Giving Tuesday on Nov. 27. from 12-5 p.m. The idea behind Giving Tuesday was to promote giving after the sales of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Pizza was given out as donations where received The money raised during Giving Tuesday will go towards scholarships, the PVCC food pantry, and […]
Continue ReadingShawn Kochhar, staff writer Every year, PVCC hosts a dinner for students, administrators, and donors to meet and have a reception. Scholarship & Alumni Association Coordinator Silvia Dowell, who arranges the event, took over in 2010 when it was a lunch-in during school hours. In 2013, she changed it to a dinner at night to […]
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Montana Mitchell, staff writer As the end of the semester approaches, it can start to feel impossible to keep up with the snowstorm of school work. Studying becomes tedious, class readings become unbearable, and attending class feels like trying to run a marathon after barely running a mile. Students become low on energy and time, […]
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Deadra Miller, online editor Unleashing one’s “super leader” was the theme for 2018’s Student Leadership Conference held at Founders Inn near Virginia Beach. This year revolved around figuring out our superhero identity and using it in leadership roles inside and outside of school. There were 28 different workshops that student leaders could attend taught by […]
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Aleena Haidari, staff writer Have you ever wondered how would it be like to live in a different planet? Did you know that by 2033, human beings would be able to orbit Mars and return back to Earth within three years? If you are fascinated by the mysteries of space and interested in learning more […]
Continue ReadingMontana Mitchell, staff writer Plastic bags are one of the most used items on this planet while also being one of the most toxic materials. Without proper disposal of plastic bags, they can be extremely harmful to the environment. Plastic bags take 10-1,000 years to decompose, and as they do, they slowly release toxic chemicals […]
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Kaytlynne Gentry, staff writer The latest PVCC One Book, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, by Elizabeth Kolbert, a journalist and environmentalist, starts out focusing on amphibians and their introduction to a bacteria called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidisthe (BD) and how it was introduced/spread by humans. In chapter two, the key theme is that earlier scientists did […]
Continue ReadingRyan Foresman, staff writer PVCC Free Movie Friday occurred Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. It featured the film Crazy Rich Asians. Students and community members filled the relatively large theatre in the Dickinson building. The movie night was hosted by PVCC ‘s Student Art Club. Crazy Rich Asians is a romantic comedy directed by Jon […]
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