Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Ray Petree III, staff writer After a tumultuous year in Charlottesville, where the city council has largely been the center of the attention, candidate Kenneth Jackson is calling for unity. After previously running for city council in 2004, Jackson made waves as a gay, black Republican, but he still fell short of being elected. […]
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Anna G. Agee, staff writer John McGuire’s story is fascinating. Being dropped off on the side of the road in Richmond at age five could have given him an excuse to do the bare minimum to get by in life. Instead, McGuire says he has felt the urge to overcome his own obstacles while helping […]
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Charles Stish, assistant editor In 2006, Al Gore published An Inconvenient Truth, the documentary which is arguably his most renowned work as it enlightened people worldwide about the horrors of global warming and pollution. Now, eleven years later, the former vice president of the United States has given the world his follow-up documentary An Inconvenient […]
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Grace Kinsman, staff writer On Monday, Oct. 16, from 12-1 p.m., the Women in STEM-H PVCC faculty panel discussion was in full swing in the North Mall Meeting room. The panel was made up of six women faculty members who have careers in a STEM-H field. STEM-H stands for science, technology, engineering, mathematics and health […]
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Skye Scott, assistant editor Music blared through the PVCC Bolick Student Center and down the main hallway for Casino Night Friday, Oct. 27. As students, faculty, and staff approached PVCC’s Main Building, they were greeted with a fog machine and creepy halloween decorations. However, the atmosphere changed greatly once inside the building. A big, sparkly […]
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Teriney Grooms, staff writer With the most active hurricane season on record drawing to a destructive close, it is hard not to feel the effect of those hurt the most in the violent storms. Puerto Rico, a United States territory since 1898, suffered the most damage first by Hurricane Irma and then by the […]
Continue ReadingJake DeLaurier, staff writer After waiting a year and a half, Rick and Morty fans were finally treated to the third season. Creators Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, and their team of writers have crafted yet another amazing set of ten episodes that are easily some of the best content on TV. Season three started on […]
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Isaac Rowlingson, staff writer Hundreds of baby boomers gathered round, lounging out after a lifetime of hard work. Their kids are grown and have moved off someplace doing something for some reason. Now hitting retirement age, many of them made the pilgrimage to the Misty Mountain Music Festival nestled in the rolling hills of Crozet, […]
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Charles Stish, assistant editor On Sept. 7 at 7 p.m., PVCC’s Main Building reverberated with soft, melodious music comprised of drums, a piano, and voices singing in Japanese. Anyone intrigued by this musical composition and curious about its origins would have followed the music to the North Hall Meeting Room, where PVCC’s Japan club hosted […]
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Deadra Miller, staff writer The Piedmont Student Launch Team (PSLT) landed in Huntsville, Alabama, earlier this year with a 9-foot handmade rocket to compete with other community colleges and universities alike in various categories at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Representing the only community college in Virginia, entered into the competition and working with […]
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