Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
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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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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PVCC Police conducted two lockdown drills on Jan. 21. The main purpose of the drills were to test emergency notifications systems and to evaluate if students and faculty followed directions. “This is the first of many things we are trying to do to make this campus safer for everyone,” Campus Police Chief Chris Wyatt said […]
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President George H. W. Bush signed a joint resolution designating November 1990 as Native American Heritage Month, according to the Native American Heritage website. Though several states have designated days in in honor of Native Americans dating back to 1915, it was not until the resolution of 1990 that November became a month to honor […]
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Twenty-five thousand rabid music fans descended upon Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, VA, when Lockn’, a force of nature and annual music festival, arrived in a wash of rain, floods and tornadoes, the Daily Progress reported. Lockn’ arrived on Thursday, September 10. Even Lockn’ proved ill-prepared to handle Lockn’, prompting a postponement of festivities until […]
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