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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie might as well have been written by AI

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PVCC Hosts Documentary Screening and Discussion

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A Taste of Tavola

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Nettle Shirts Puppet Show Entertains the Deaf and Hearing

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Power of the Small: Writing Microfiction and Short Stories

April 27, 2022April 26, 2022Laurel Molloy, assistant editor

The Virginia Festival of the Book presented “Keep it Concise: Microfiction & Short Stories,” a discussion about the art of writing short stories on March 16 from 6-7 p.m. over Zoom. The event hosted three authors who talked about their new books and the craft of writing short stories.  The authors included Kim Fu, a […]

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Editor’s Note

April 27, 2022April 26, 2022Laurel Molloy, assistant editor

I have always loved writing. Since I was a child, I wrote poems, short stories, and pieces of creative fiction. Even before that I would play games with my sister making up stories and strange lands together. However, for a long time I thought writing as a career was only for authors lucky enough to […]

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A woman sits and a man stands behind the RMC Events table. A banner for the PVCC Annual Job Fair hangs in the background.

PVCC Job Fair Offers Opportunities

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022Johnson Li, staff writer

On Wednesday March 30 at 10 a.m., recruiters and representatives from more than 80 companies filled the PVCC main building campus and outdoor space marked PVCC’s 37th Annual Job Fair. PVCC’s Annual Job Fair dates back to 1984. Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 Annual Job Fair had been canceled. PVCC’s career services […]

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Frank Friedman speaks to a group of students sitting in chairs on the student patio on a cloudy day

Attending the National Conference and being inducted into Phi Theta Kappa

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022Johnson Li, staff writer

Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is one of the biggest student organizations at PVCC. Alpha Epsilon Tau is the official name for PVCC’s chapter. This year, the PTK President Daisy Dudley and all fellow PTK officers, including myself attended the National PTK Catalyst 2022 held at Denver, Colorado. The event started on April 7 and ended […]

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Dr. Walt Tobin smiles at the camera in a suit and bowtie.

The Hunt for a New President: Dr. Walt Tobin

April 24, 2022April 21, 2022Carlos Banda Montes and Laurel Molloy, staff writer and assistant editor

On April 13, at noon, the final student forum took place to help determine Dr. Frank Friedman’s successor as president of PVCC. Dr. Walt Tobin, the last candidate to come to PVCC, took open and pre-set questions for 50 minutes in the Bolick Student Center. He was wearing a suit and reddish bowtie, occasionally sipping […]

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PVCC’s New President Dr. Jean Runyon

April 23, 2022May 6, 2022Kristofer Jones and Jaume Plumb-Planas, staff writer and assistant editor

With PVCC finalist interviews winding down, it was time for students to meet the third presidential candidate, Dr. Jean Runyon. The student forum was held on Monday, April 11, at noon in the Bolick Student Center. All were welcome, and refreshments and pizza were provided for those who attended the event. Runyon earned her bachelor’s […]

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A Conversation with Dr. Julie Leidig

April 22, 2022May 2, 2022Gabriella Barber and Lillian Downey, staff writers

On Wednesday March 6, Julie Leidig formally introduced herself to the PVCC student body as a candidate for the presidency of the college. While introducing herself, she went over her history at other schools, such as Northern Virginia Community College where she currently works. She is the provost, or a senior administrative officer on campus. […]

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Deliberating to Benefit the Future Generations

April 20, 2022April 19, 2022Shazila Nadia Muzafar Shah, staff writer

On March 25, around 25 students and faculty of PVCC gathered in the North Mall Meeting Room for a deliberative dialogue. The topic for this semester’s dialogue was “Youth and Opportunity: What Should We Do for Future Generations to Thrive.” Prior to this event, a group of students and faculty met in room M249 on […]

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PTK & SGA Present Strive for Service

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022Laurel Molloy
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Native Plants are Important to Wildlife and Humans Alike

April 16, 2022April 14, 2022Gabriella Barber, staff writer

On March 20 from 11 a.m. to noon, both Georgann Eubanks and Kat Maier stressed the importance of preserving and using different native plants. They stressed this in not only what they said, but what they wrote. They spoke at the Virginia Festival of the Book event that took place at the Riverview Farm in […]

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