Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Albert Einstein is far more than just a name, it is an adjective. To be called Einstein is synonymous with intelligence. He was so brilliant and so dedicated to his craft that his name alone designates genius. Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany, and died thousands of miles away on April […]
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The wave of regular applications is over and the transfer students are close to follow. During the next three months colleges and universities will be veraciously reading applications and determining who the next generation of students will be to represent their institutions. When the final words are typed and the applications are submitted there can […]
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Robert Heiston sat along the Downtown Mall enveloped in an old paperback book. His hands were worn and cracking, reddened and slightly purple from the February cold. Heiston has been living on the streets of Charlottesville since Dec. 2013. He was born over an hour north of the city in Luray, Virginia, on June […]
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The Veterans Celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 11, went as most celebrations do: there was food, drinks and mingling. The event started at 12 p.m. in the North Mall meeting room and lasted several hours. Veterans from PVCC and veterans from the community attended. Jason Corral, the local director for Concerned Vets For America (CVA), gave […]
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Since he was young, Brad Stoller has been a fan of the cult classic movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. “I go way back with this show,” said Stoller, “I took my first date when I was thirteen years old. It had just come out, and I had no idea what it was…I took her […]
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Rachel Mayo’s hands were shaking slightly as she rested against a concrete wall outside of Zocolo. Last March, she and her husband were evicted from their home, and with nowhere else to go, moved to the streets. Mayo stays in Charlottesville because she feels it is the easiest place to be homeless. “Everybody takes care […]
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