Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Adult Student Life Club The mission of the PVCC Adult Student Life Club is to provide support and engagement opportunities that appeal to PVCC adult students. The PVCC Adult Student Life Club provides a forum for adult students to meet as peers, plan activities and gain resources meaningful to their life goals. The PVCC Adult […]
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Charles Stish, staff writer Once a semester, the clubs at PVCC come out and present themselves in hopes of attracting attention and gaining new members. The clubs set up in the main building with tables, sign up sheets, and sometimes elaborate displays of flags, banners, poster boards, and bowls of candy, hoping to attract new […]
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Skye Scott, assistant editor Piedmont Virginia Community College is the only Virginia college, and one of three community colleges nationwide, to earn a spot in the NASA University Student Launch Initiative. “NASA’s student launch program is an eight-month engineering project that challenges students at U.S. colleges and universities to design, build and fly high-power rockets […]
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E.W. Thomas held their tenth annual Christmas Open House on Dec. 1 from 3 to 6 p.m. “We wanted to thank the community for supporting us to show what we have at the store like custom cut meat, fruit baskets, and fresh flower,” said store owner Beth Thomas. At the Open House, the entire store […]
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Joe Fowler, staff writer Dr. Karenne Wood responded to a Facebook post during the holiday season. Her friend’s husband rescued a pregnant dog that someone had abandoned on the side of the road in early winter. Unfortunately, the family could not keep the expectant mother because of conflicts between the dog and the family cat. […]
Continue ReadingBrennan Tanner, Staff Writer None of us are quite the same, though we all are called by a single name, It is the six that we all do share, that causes some to believe us all the same. Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns, yet it never falls. First […]
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Ben Cozic, staff writer “Excelsior!” It is the well-known catchphrase of one of the greatest comic book writers in history, Stan Lee. Throughout his career, Lee created a wide variety of superheroes that have become household names in the comic book world, such as Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and the Hulk. Today, they have […]
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Jake Delaurier, staff writer Marvel Studio’s dominance over the superhero genre cannot be denied. In just a little over eight years, Marvel has produced 14 films with at least eight more on the way, multiple TV series, and countless studio imitators trying to capture their success. With the release of their latest film Doctor Strange, […]
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Skye Scott, staff writer Splendora’s Gelato Cafe, located on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, VA, held a fundraiser for Charlottesville’s only roller derby team, the Derby Dames, on Oct. 30, 2016. The Filipino Popup was held in an attempt to help the team raise money for their upcoming championship. “Well when the dames got into […]
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Sydney Pratt, staff writer For those who listen to the radio, they have most likely heard of the hot band Twenty One Pilots. While this band may not be for everyone, most people cannot help but sing along to their songs. They have a numerous amount of number one hits, but the most popular are […]
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