Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
I have always loved writing. Since I was a child, I wrote poems, short stories, and pieces of creative fiction. Even before that I would play games with my sister making up stories and strange lands together. However, for a long time I thought writing as a career was only for authors lucky enough to […]
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The Virginia Festival of the Book presented “Keep it Concise: Microfiction & Short Stories,” a discussion about the art of writing short stories on March 16 from 6-7 p.m. over Zoom. The event hosted three authors who talked about their new books and the craft of writing short stories. The authors included Kim Fu, a […]
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On April 13, at noon, the final student forum took place to help determine Dr. Frank Friedman’s successor as president of PVCC. Dr. Walt Tobin, the last candidate to come to PVCC, took open and pre-set questions for 50 minutes in the Bolick Student Center. He was wearing a suit and reddish bowtie, occasionally sipping […]
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The search for PVCC’s new college president has begun in person at PVCC. The first finalist to arrive at PVCC, Dr. Patrick Tompkins, spoke to students and faculty at the student forum. The event was April 4 and started at noon in the Bolick Student Center. The student center was arranged with neat lines of […]
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On March 3, PVCC launched its new recycling and trash disposal program. They are partnering with Waste Management, Inc., a waste disposal organization in Charlottesville, to set up recycling across the main campus. The Facilities Manager at PVCC Kim McManus wrote over an email that recyclable materials like “Paper, cardboard, glass, metal, and some plastics […]
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Many people discard a book if they are not drawn in by the first chapter or an article if the first couple of paragraphs are boring. Those first words stalking across the page are what sets the tone for the rest of the piece and what draws the reader in or makes them sigh and […]
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The University of Virginia Center for Politics organized a talk, “Crisis in Europe: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine,” held on Feb. 25 to talk about the recent events in Russia and Ukraine. As many people know Russia invaded Ukraine early Feb. 24 and have continued to wage war against Ukraine’s soldiers and civilians alike since […]
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The struggle with mental health takes many forms. People can be held in its tight grasp one day then feel like nothing is wrong the next. Everyone experiences it differently. According to John Hopkins Medicine over 25% of adults in America suffer from poor mental health and almost 10% struggle with some form of depression. […]
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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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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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