Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Along with the New Year and new semester, Piedmont Virginia Community College has welcomed a new local business onto their campus this month. What used to be Mermaid Express has been replaced by Perk Up. They are offering a wider variety of drinks, snacks, baked goods, and many healthy alternatives such as hot teas, smoothies, […]
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The PVCC Volunteer Club has been revived. Former adviser Kim Hoosier’s close colleague, Dr. Todd Platts, volunteered as faculty adviser. After three preliminary meetings, officers were appointed, a budget submitted and three projects begun. Officers are Ashleigh Killiebrew, president; Yolanda Espinoza, vice president; Natalie Greene, treasurer; Arif Vega, secretary; and Asa Cohen, student government representative. […]
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It was 7:25 p.m. on a Saturday night, and the line was out the door of Dickinson and then some. Groups of music fans and life-long learners chatted while waiting for their tickets to be collected. The crowd shuffled into and eventually packed the auditorium. It was a full house. Despite the variety of people […]
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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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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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In his director’s notes for PVCC’s performance of The Rocky Horror Show, Brad Stoller mentioned the power of the original film in the wake of the Vietnam War. He wrote of the spirit of creativity, freedom and fun that the film encompassed. Forty years later, this message remained poignant: the audience sat in front of […]
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As the fall semester winds down, preparation for the spring semester becomes more urgent. While shuffling through the course catalog, students will find an abundance of courses to choose from. Some students may find that they are trying to satisfy their last requirements to graduate. The lucky ones might have free range to take some […]
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PVCC’s police officers showed their compassionate side Thursday, Dec. 3 as they responded to an incident at the Charlottesville Area Transit bus stop near the Main Building. Shortly after 8:30 a.m., three officers exited the west entrance of the Main Building toward the (CTT) bus stop where a man lay apparently unconscious near the rock […]
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The crowd in the ballroom erupted into a roar of “Commit!” “Commit!” The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Student Leadership Conference, held in historic Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, was attended by a delegation representing each community college in the state of Virginia. This year’s theme, “The Power of You,” represented the fact that each […]
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PVCC student Angela Nebel joined nearly 5,000 students and professionals who presented original research at this year’s Geological Society of America (GSA) convention. Nebel’s presentation, “The Anatomy of a Rock Slide,” documented her discovery of 500-million-year-old fossils near Sherando Lake, located outside of Waynesboro. Nebel was one of the few community college students at the […]
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