Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Isaac Rowlingson, staff writer Hundreds of baby boomers gathered round, lounging out after a lifetime of hard work. Their kids are grown and have moved off someplace doing something for some reason. Now hitting retirement age, many of them made the pilgrimage to the Misty Mountain Music Festival nestled in the rolling hills of Crozet, […]
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Charles Stish, assistant editor On Sept. 7 at 7 p.m., PVCC’s Main Building reverberated with soft, melodious music comprised of drums, a piano, and voices singing in Japanese. Anyone intrigued by this musical composition and curious about its origins would have followed the music to the North Hall Meeting Room, where PVCC’s Japan club hosted […]
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Deadra Miller, staff writer The Piedmont Student Launch Team (PSLT) landed in Huntsville, Alabama, earlier this year with a 9-foot handmade rocket to compete with other community colleges and universities alike in various categories at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Representing the only community college in Virginia, entered into the competition and working with […]
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Callista Bandy, staff writer Staunton, Virginia, is a city like any other in the valley with restaurants, entertainment, and family owned stores. However, as of last year towards the end of September, Staunton transformed into a Harry Potter fans dream. Last year, the festivities (then known as Queen City Potter Party) were only one day, […]
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Grace Kinsman, staff writer On Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 12-12:45 p.m., the Bolick Student center was the place to be for the Eat and Meet Career Information Series presentation. Three representatives from Virginia’s police department sat down to be interviewed in front of a curious audience made of PVCC students and faculty. Each panelist spoke […]
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Charles Stish, assistant editor Arguably one of the most impactful and important technological innovations within the past 30 years has been the internet. Through this new communicative medium, the world has experienced the advantages of mass communication as, whether it be social, business, educative, or financial, people can perform almost every aspect of their daily […]
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Charles Stish, assistant editor Despite Wednesday, Sept. 6 being cold and dreary, the air inside PVCC’s Bolick Student Center was warm and bright as students and faculty reveled in the joyous festivities that were part of the Student Government Association’s (SGA) Welcome Back Social. Going from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Welcome Back Social […]
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Anna G. Agee, staff writer As students filed into the North Hall Meeting Room, at PVCC, Doug Smith, a co-host from National Public Radio and “Your Weekly Constitutional,” stood at the front of the room a few more remarks about our first amendment with a stack of miniature Constitutions. His co-host, Stewart Harris, was running behind. Connie Jorgensen, Assistant […]
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Ray Petree III, staff writer John Lennon’s words, echoed by Stevie Wonder’s rich and powerful voice, reverberated through the crowd at Scotts Stadium: “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you will join us, and the world will be as one.” A message so powerful, that it […]
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Jake DeLaurier, staff writer While most people might not want to think about another election until at least 2020, from Sept. 25-29 seven clubs at PVCC worked to inform and register students for this November’s gubernatorial election. These clubs were LBGT+, Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), Black Student Alliance (BSA), Student Government Association (SGA), Virginia21 […]
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