Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Kelechi Emeonye, staff writer Anthropology is a three-credit class (SOC 210) that will only be offered from 7-9:45 p.m. on Tuesday nights next semester starting Jan. 8. Anthropology is based on “the study of humanity and takes many forms, some study of which overlap with sociology, psychology, biology, medicine and history,” said Adjunct Assistant Professor […]
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Skye Scott, assistant editor Dr. Leonda Keniston has replaced former Dean of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences Cliff Haury, who retired in June 2017 from PVCC after more than 40 years of service. Keniston started her career as a sociology professor at John Tyler Community College (JTCC) before continuing as the chair of humanities […]
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Grace Kinsman, staff writer On Friday, Dec. 8, from 6-9 p.m., the V. Earl Dickinson Building will be lit up for the Let There Be Light event. This event is held annually on the longest night of the year, this year will mark the 11th celebration. The special night is spearheaded by two dedicated art […]
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Charles Stish, assistant editor One of the newest student organizations on PVCC’s campus this semester is Earth Guardians. According to their website, “Earth Guardians began as an accredited high school in Maui, Hawaii in 1992, focusing on environmental awareness and action in its core curriculum.” Their goal was to teach students and youth about […]
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Anna G. Agee, staff writer The Writing Center at PVCC is a student service located in the Main Building in room M617. PVCC students come to the Writing Center from over 100 different classes. Professor Jenny Koster is an English professor at Piedmont and coordinator of the Writing Center. The center’s tutors are experienced […]
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Skye Scott, assistant editor This year, PVCC participated in the All-in Campus Democracy Challenge along with 301 other colleges and universities in the United States. Other Virginia colleges that participated were James Madison University, Virginia Commonwealth University, The University of Virginia, and George Mason University, not including Washington D.C. colleges. PVCC was the only community […]
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Charles Stish, assistant editor In 2006, Al Gore published An Inconvenient Truth, the documentary which is arguably his most renowned work as it enlightened people worldwide about the horrors of global warming and pollution. Now, eleven years later, the former vice president of the United States has given the world his follow-up documentary An Inconvenient […]
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Teriney Grooms, staff writer With the most active hurricane season on record drawing to a destructive close, it is hard not to feel the effect of those hurt the most in the violent storms. Puerto Rico, a United States territory since 1898, suffered the most damage first by Hurricane Irma and then by the […]
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Skye Scott, assistant editor On Monday, Sept. 11, PVCC held a faculty run teach-in to address student concerns on the rallies that recently occurred in Charlottesville. The teach-in explored the history of the confederate statues, the sociological aspect of hate groups, the psychological reasoning around racism, and the political aspects of the rallies. As students, […]
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Grace Kinsman, staff writer As I sat in my seat on Friday night, anxiously waiting for The Big Sick to begin, a couple spoke to a PVCC student about the event. The couple were two Charlottesville residents who had just recently heard of the exciting Free Movie Friday. The excited student told the couple that […]
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