Hundreds to Volunteer During Spring Break
By Danielle Strickler,March 4, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — About 400 students are participating in Alternative Spring Break programs next week, both on domestic trips and internationally. They will be volunteering with all types of organizations. Other students though are staying closer to home during their week-long break, instead of traveling abroad. “I would rather go on a ASB trip as opposed to a spring break trip because I feel that you can save money by doing fundraisers, and you are also helping people,” said Laura Monger,... Read more »
Fundraising Extends 40 More Days
By Danielle Strickler,March 1, 2010
30 For 30 Benefit Dinner To Be After Spring Break HARRISONBURG, VA. — Forty more days will be added to the 30 For 30 Travay pou Chanjman campaign. Originally scheduled to end March 2, the Haiti relief project has extended its deadline to April 22 to meet its goal of $30,000 in 30 days for three charities working directly in Haiti with earthquake relief. The three organizations are Partners in Health, Haiti Outreach Foundation and Fonkoze. So far, members have raised about $8,000. “We have made... Read more »
Professors Turn to Alternative Methods
By Danielle Strickler,February 12, 2010
Saturday Classes Scheduled for Three Weekends in February HARRISONBURG, Va. — With back-to-back snowfalls blanketing campus and cancelling classes, makeup days have been scheduled for the next three Saturdays this month: Feb. 13, 20 and 27. Some professors are exploring other means to teach students missed material. Sharon Cote, a professor in the English department, is trying to see if her students would be willing to come in on Friday, rather than on Saturday, so that students would not have... Read more »
Tech Now Tells Parents After First Strike
By Danielle Strickler,February 8, 2010
JMU Last Changed its Policy in 1999 to Tell Parents After a Student’s Second Minor Offense HARRISONBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech recently updated its policy of notifying parents of students’ alcohol- or drug-related offenses for students under the age of 21, but JMU has no plans to change its notification policy, which has been in effect since 1999. At JMU, the Office of Judicial Affairs notifies parents about behavior after an underaged student’s first major alcohol or drug violation or after... Read more »
Nurses-to-Be Learn the Future of Healthcare
By Danielle Strickler,January 28, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — As the demand for nurses increases across the country, JMU’s competitive nursing department has tried to prepare more students for careers. About 600,000 new nurses are needed, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor. This does not include the 500,000 positions that will open as baby boomers retire, added Dr. Merle Mast, head of JMU’s nursing department. The nursing field allows good salaries, job security and varied but challenging career options, according to Mast. “Good... Read more »
Celebrating the Dream
By Danielle Strickler,January 21, 2010
Former Civil Rights Leader Believes the Fight Against Violence Starts With Oneself HARRISONBURG, Va. — Reverend James Lawson, a former friend of Martin Luther King Jr., believes that even today if we are to follow and honor King’s dream, then we need to start a nonviolent movement of change starting with ourselves. That was the message he shared Monday evening during the Center for Multicultural Student Services’ 23rd annual MLK celebration. More than 400 people attended “A Timeless Dream:... Read more »
Gus Bus Ninth in Contest, But Might Lose Its Program
By Danielle Strickler,January 21, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — After finishing in ninth place in the Clorox “Power a Bright Future” contest, the local Gus Bus may have to come off the road and close its doors to helping local children in low-income neighborhoods. In order to win $10,000, money the program was counting on to stay on the road, the Gus Bus had to finish in the top five in the competition. More than 3,000 votes were cast on a Facebook application through Jan. 17, according to Pat Kennedy, director of early literacy initiatives. The... Read more »
Students Consult the Witnesses of a Dream
By Danielle Strickler,January 19, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — It’s been more than 45 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech, but a group of students wanted to learn more about that time period from residents in a local nursing home. “I would like to learn their point of view on civil rights and how much things have changed since that speech,” student volunteer Zachary Lane said on what he hoped to learn from the reflections Friday. JMU’s 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week, organized... Read more »
Throwing Illiteracy Under the Bus
By Danielle Strickler,January 14, 2010
HARRISONBURG, VA.— Up to 25 school children take a ride on the Gus Bus for help with reading and homework each day. While visiting 40 neighborhoods, low-income and English-as-a-second-language students get the help they need to excel in school. The Gus Bus is now one of 50 finalists competing in Clorox’s Power a Bright Future grant contest. Five winners receive $10,000 and a feature in People magazine. Anyone can vote daily through Jan. 17. Through the Reading Road Show mobile literacy... Read more »
30,000-Troop Surge Upsets Students
By Danielle Strickler,December 3, 2009
HARRISONBURG, Va. — In a 35-minute speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama announced his plans to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. Citing a clear reference to Sept. 11, 2001 as one of the reasons America entered Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama plans to bring the war in Afghanistan to an end and clean up what he said the United States started with the 2001 invasion. By sending in new troops, he said it will accelerate the transfer of responsibility to Afghan forces. Obama hopes to have half... Read more »
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