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This semester, PVCC presents the 2016 One Book Project, featuring the novel The Circle, by David Eggers. 2016 will introduce a live tweet component by which students can share their thoughts on the story as they read it, according to Assistant Professor Tamara Whyte, a member of the One Book Project Committee. “Readers will be […]
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Joe Fowler, Staff Writer The date was July 15, 2016. Citizens of the Divided State of Americana walked beneath half-staff flags. Social and mainstream media outlets preached words of division, pitting citizen against citizen. The streets filled with protesters, police, riot squads and gunfire. Amidst the chaos of the real world, a rift between the […]
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Joe Fowler, Staff Writer It was just past 3:30 in the afternoon on May 27 when I arrived at the dig site to meet my colleague, Rob Richmond. Archaeology became a trying trade in the new millennium. The internet obscured the truth in an opaque haze of media lies and conspiracy theories. But, there we […]
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Joe Fowler, staff writer Not long ago, the curricula of various schools taught much about Manifest Destiny, the 19th century idea that Anglo-Saxons possessed a kind God-given right to own any land they laid claim to in the area now known as the United States. With the intent of spreading liberty from “sea to shining […]
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Joe Fowler, staff writer I recently watched a YouTube interview with a long-time gamer. The gamer spoke the language of World of Warcraft. The gamer echoed many of the perspectives regarding the game shared by other players. Like many other players, the gamer grew up playing on a variety of gaming systems. Former adult film […]
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Joe Fowler, staff writer In 2010, the United Nations recognized that clean drinking water is a necessary human right, which serves as a “prerequisite for the fulfillment of other human rights.” Within five years of that proclamation, the citizens of Flint, Michigan received toxic amounts of lead and other materials, as corrosive water from the […]
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Joe Fowler, staff writer Past and present blurred together in the dark halls of the abandoned house on the hill. The year was 2004. My friend encouraged me to take her on a tour of the DeJarnette building in Staunton, Virginia. I had been a patient at the DeJarnette Center as a teenager for several […]
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After weeks of research into the events leading up to the chaos of 2016, I needed a break from the intensity of modern life. On March 25, I entered the Ante Room in downtown Charlottesville for Winter’s Ruin Metal Fest. Winter’s Ruin featured eight bands and several hours of heavy metal music. I arrived halfway […]
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Joe Fowler, staff writer Moviegoers sat in cushioned seats, reading or taking care of matters on their cell phones while awaiting a movie described as both a compelling period piece and incredibly terrifying. Yet, after 30 minutes in the Violet Crown Theater, no one had died. Attendees paid to see The Witch. Many reviews of […]
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Several seemingly hypnotized people swung, swayed, danced and played in the black room with florescent lights. Led by the random whims of their partners, the participants existed only for an outstretched hand no more than a foot from their faces. Tasked only to keep their faces level with their partner’s hand, attendees at the “Theatre […]
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