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

April 24, 2026April 24, 20260
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PVCC Hosts Documentary Screening and Discussion

April 24, 2026April 24, 20260
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A Taste of Tavola

April 23, 2026April 23, 20260
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Nettle Shirts Puppet Show Entertains the Deaf and Hearing

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The Legend of Vox Machina: Discovering the depths of D&D

February 19, 2022February 17, 2022Laurel Molloy, assistant editor

Heroes rise and fall throughout time and stories alike. A new group of heroes have come to television, and what sets them apart is the influence and history they carry. The Legend of Vox Machina released its first three episodes on Jan. 28. This animated series is based off of, voiced by, and directed by […]

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Creating Realms of Magic and Expression

February 18, 2022February 16, 2022Laurel Molloy, assistant editor

Art is different for everyone. Fenella Belle, associate professor of art at PVCC, tries to make it accessible for all. She said there are countless ways to take reality and make something unique and beautiful from it. Belle has had art around her for most of her life. Her mother was an artist and art […]

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Finding the Wider PVCC Community

February 17, 2022February 16, 2022Laurel Molloy, assistant editor

Most students and faculty are familiar with the steep climb up College Drive to PVCC, the bustling Panther Cafe, and the sites and people that wander around the main campus, but PVCC is not only located there.  PVCC has a large community extending across the main campus as well as satellite campuses. These satellite campuses […]

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The weekday offers a new take on skiing

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022Lillian Downey, staff writer

Anyone lucky enough to make it to Massanutten on a weekday will be facing freshly groomed snow, a serious lack of lines, and cheaper lift tickets.  People who ski or snowboard in Central Virginia are likely to have heard of Massanutten. If the name is not recognizable, then the description of the mountain on a […]

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Woman standing in a lecture hall, with arm outstretched making a dropping an item expression with her hand. Projector screen in the background with text that reads "Why every month is women's history month."

Teaching the History of the Majority

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022Jaume Plumb-Planas, assistant editor

Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle once said, “The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” But history, and more specifically women’s history, “isn’t about the female greats of American history in a female version of Carlyle’s history of great men. It’s about ordinary women and women activists and their multifarious, collective, organized […]

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FAFSA poster. Top and bottom in blue, top is titled Enter a raffle and win prizes on left, PVCC logo top center, Laptops are available for students. Center has an image of a pile of dollar bills with the text "Get help with the FAFSA over it." Bottom left says February workshop dates, with the dates listed to the right.

Financial Aid, an Important Part of Student Life

February 15, 2022May 6, 2022Gabriella Barber, staff writer

 Across the PVCC campus, students can see flyers that read “FAFSA” across them. The school has put effort into catching the eyes of students, but why? For one, this month is financial aid awareness month. Secondly, in order for a student to get financial aid, it is imperative that a student fill out the FAFSA […]

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Former Cville Mayor Mike Signer calls out snow days

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022Jaume Plumb-Planas, assistant editor

In the midst of one of the “Top 5 worst winter storms” according to Dominion Energy, former Charlottesville mayor Mike Signer took to Twitter and then the TIME magazine OP-ED section to complain about snow days, and to call out his Twitter critics directly.

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Zeta Tau Alpha thrives on sisterhood

December 21, 2021January 28, 2022Katie Austin, staff writer

Over the past two years, I have been intrigued by Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA). ZTA is a group of young ladies that become a unity of sisters to form an outstanding sisterhood place of comfort. That it is a place where people  can find more than pretty faces, glittery skirts, and pretty hair. Zeta Tau […]

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Four smiling bunnies wearing clothing ride in the back of a truck with vegetables. The two human leads are looking at each other in the front seat. Above it it reads, "The Garden was just the beginning." At the bottom of the image it says, "Peter Rabbit 2 Spring 2020"

Peter Rabbit 2: Runaway brings a childhood classic to life

December 21, 2021January 28, 2022Katie Austin, staff writer

Free Movie Friday is a place for college students that love the movies without paying for them, and also without snacks and drinks. Free Movie Fridays in the Dickinson theater at PVCC are offered once a month. In October, the movie was Peter Rabbit 2: Runaway, an amazing family adventure and the great expansion of […]

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15th annual Let There Be Light exhibition shines bright

December 19, 2021December 19, 2021Max Walpole, assistant editor

On Dec. 10, the grounds around the V. Earl Dickinson building on PVCC’s main campus resembled something out of a folktale. Billowing plumes of fire shifted hues from red to purple to green. Yellow lanterns hung from a tree like strange glowing fruit. Flowers flickered gently like candles. This was not a scene from a […]

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