Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
I have lived in the Charlottesville area for my 19 years of life. I am now a college student, and though I may sound ridiculous, but my age terrifies me. In the past six years, five females have gone missing from this area. UVA is going through a major federal investigation due to unreported rapes. […]
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As an Iranian woman who lived in the Middle East and the USA, I have so much to say about gender equality. I have seen two sides of this world, and they are not so different from each other. Contrary to what you see in the media, Iran is not like Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan. […]
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The Hannah Graham case has really hit home since I am in Charlottesville practically everyday; I’m a student at PVCC and work at Urban Outfitters. It didn’t really start to get to me until the surveillance videos of Hannah were released. It was disturbing to see a young girl stumbling and in a very vulnerable […]
Continue ReadingChapped and soot encrusted youthful faces, with eyes that tell stories of innocence lost, look out at silent nights disturbed by the rough and rugged rambling of trains chugging along the tracks to a destination far away. Emptied bottles lie abandoned by the tracks, an eerie reminder that someone was once here. To many, this […]
Continue ReadingI am depressed. Not literally at this moment, while I write these words, but in general. I am one of approximately 15 million Americans who suffer from clinical depression and yet, by some sardonic twist of irony, my diagnosis, by its very nature, makes me feel all alone. But, I am not alone. At least, […]
Continue ReadingOn Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, a fourteen-year-old girl climbed into an armored van, rode a short distance to an idling helicopter and boarded. Veiling her face behind a green cloth to hide her identity from potential attackers, she was flown away from the jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan that had been her home for over three […]
Continue ReadingAIDS, PETA, gay rights and Kony 2012 are just a few of the causes to which celebrities are donating their time and money. Celebrities have shown that by employing their “star power”, they can lend a much-needed boost to causes while enhancing their own public images. Some are genuine in the work they do, respectfully […]
Continue ReadingDuring a Feb. 25 meeting with tea party members in Mich., potential Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum drew a conclusion more alarming than his Google search results: President Obama is a “snob” because “he wants everybody in America to go to college.” Santorum was referencing a statement the President made during a 2009 joint session […]
Continue ReadingTurn on the news and the first thing many viewers see is coverage of the Occupy Movement; whether it is violence and tear gas in Oakland, Cali., arrests in Richmond, Va. or minor incidents over structure permits right here in Charlottesville, there are a myriad of perspectives to be heard. But, seeing these events unfold […]
Continue ReadingLate in the night on Wednesday, Oct. 5, my iPhone started buzzing furiously on my desk. I took my eyes off my iMac and looked at the smaller Apple device now showing over a dozen new messages; the news I saw came so hard and swift that for a moment I contemplated whether I would […]
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