Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Next semester, PVCC will offer a new literature class, English 225 Reading Literature: Culture and Ideas. The class is being taught by the Professor of English Dr. Nicole Oechslin. “This is an updated version of my all-time favorite literature course,” she said. “There is a specific theme. It focuses on non-western cultures and postcolonial ideas […]
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The Latin Ballet of Virginia danced their “Alma Latina” at PVCC’s V. Earl Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center on Oct. 15 paired with live music by Richmond’s Kevin Davis & Ban Caribe Ensemble. Award-winning flamenco dancer and choreographer Francisco Mesa “El Nano” joined the artists to showcase the various rhythms and movements of the […]
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Elizabeth Phan, staff writer The 16th Korus Festival, located at Tysons Corner Center near Washington D.C., was held on Oct. 6 and 7. The Korus festival is a Korean Festival that aims at celebrating Korean culture, food, and music. The festival is free to enter and anyone is welcomed. With over 30,000 visitors, 50+ vendors, […]
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Jesus Duran Reyes, staff writer Screenwriter and director Martin McDonagh, added another dark comedy to his resume, along with seven Oscar nominations in his fourth featured film. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is the story of an ambitious mother of two, Mildred Hayes, played by Frances McDormand. She is a fearless woman willing to […]
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Isaac Rowlingson, staff writer The racing Tabla drums of Debu Nayak rumbled and popped like a thousand bubbles in a sea of color. The Sarangi, a North Indian stringed instrument translating to “a hundred colors,” sang in the bowed hands of its master practitioner Pankaj Mishra. The singer was Dr. Pooja Goswami Pavan, who holds […]
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Joe Fowler, Assistant Editor After months of growing tension over the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota, the major news networks started covering the plight of the Lakota Sioux and their efforts to protect sacred land. Karen Allen, a concerned citizen living in Charlottesville, mentioned that major media outlets labeled the Sioux and […]
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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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