Ty Cooper, Host of Sept. 9’s Open Mic Stand, Hosts Two More Upcoming Events
PVCC’s Open Mic Stand, hosted by Ty Cooper, is a free public event where anyone can sign up to perform an hour before it starts. The last Open Mic Stand was held Sept. 9, and I’m grateful to not have missed it. You had to be there, is all I can sincerely say. I asked […]
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Combating misinformation in the digital age
For the Fall 2021 semester, PVCC’s One Book Program has taken aim at misinformation and fake news. And the selected book, The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread, by Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, is available for every student and staff member on campus to read digitally, a first for the One Book Program. […]
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The Suicide Squad reaches new heights of wonderful, brutal insanity
On Aug. 5, James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad was simultaneously released in theaters and on HBO Max, starring an ensemble cast including Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, Sylvester Stallone, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Daniel Melchior, Peter Capaldi and David Dastmalchian. The Suicide Squad sees a team of misfit superpowered criminals, designated “Task Force X,” dispatched on […]
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Explore Student Art with PVCC
Each semester, PVCC assembles a collection of student art to showcase the hard work and dedication of students taking various art classes. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it has become a bit more complicated for students to take in-person art classes or have their works displayed in their usual gallery in […]
Continue ReadingPerforming in a pandemic: the changing nature of ballet in 2021
In response to the restrictions of COVID-19 safety guidelines, ballet companies have shifted towards digital performances that viewers can watch from home. I sat down with Cody Davis of the Richmond ballet company to talk about how COVID-19 has affected her ability to perform. One of the biggest changes was performing in a mask. Davis […]
Continue ReadingGodzilla vs. Kong: Exactly what you expect and all the better for it
On March 31, Legendary Pictures released the latest entry in their Monsterverse shared universe Godzilla vs. Kong, starring Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, and Demián Bichir. As the title suggests, the film pits the fearsome reptilian kaiju Godzilla against the noble giant ape King Kong. A research team led by […]
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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Finishes Debut on Disney+
Over the course of March and April 2021, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier premiered on Disney+. This latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is composed of six episodes following Anthony Mackie as The Falcon and Sebastian Stan as The Winter Soldier as they work to thwart the Flag Smashers, an organization that has […]
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Inspirational PVCC professor Bruce Robinson retires
Instantly recognizable by any PVCC student or faculty member for his distinctive neatly-trimmed, starting-to-gray beard, his warm smile and prominent position as the Phi Theta Kappa honor society faculty adviser, Bruce Robinson has been a valued member of the community ever since he began working at PVCC in 1979. Now, after 42 years of teaching, […]
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Introducing The Panther10 Podcast
“How do we continue to tell students when they’ve had to enroll at a distance — who may have never set foot on campus — that we are still here and that we still care?” This was the question that Student Development Instructor Meg Foster and Director of Academic Support Services Todd Parks were pondering […]
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