Bookstore joins book-renting market
By Danielle Strickler,August 30, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Even though some of the advertisements for the University Bookstore’s new textbook rental program are claiming to save students up to 50 percent, not all students are ready to give up their allegiance to Chegg, Amazon and other online outlets. Elio DiStaola, director of public and campus relations for Follett, the company that supplies the bookstore’s textbooks, believes rentals can be the most cost-effective option for some students. “If [students] don’t intend on keeping... Read more »
Tanners Get Burned with New Tax
By Danielle Strickler,April 22, 2010
HARRISONBURG — Students who fake and bake may pay more due to the tanning tax that is part of the Health Care Reform Act. The tax, which will take effect July 1, will help offset the increased costs of the healthcare legislation. The Breeze contacted 15 tanning salons and businesses that offer tanning in the area. Most did not yet know how the tax would affect their customers. “With any business, you try to absorb the cost as much as possible without having to make customer’s pay, but with... Read more »
Census Forms Due Today
By Danielle Strickler,April 1, 2010
HARRISONBURG Va. — The census is due today and if the forms are not returned, then someone will come to count the residents in homes beginning May 1. The 2010 census was mailed to homes in mid-March for every resident across the nation to fill out. Students on campus have not yet received the forms from the Census Bureau, but forms have been mailed to each off-campus residence and should have been returned. According to Kevin Meaney, associate director for housing with the Office of Residence... Read more »
City Plans Animal Rights Mediation
By Danielle Strickler,March 25, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — The Rockingham/Harrisonburg SPCA, an activist group, Citizens for Animal Welfare, and the Shenandoah Valley Spay and Neuter Clinic plan to discuss their differences about animal rights through a mediation session proposed by the city. Mayor Kai Degner sent a letter to the SPCA, the SVSNC, Citizens for Animal Welfare and Rockingham County inviting each group to participate in a voluntary mediation session with a professional mediator to resolve differences. “The opportunity... Read more »
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 »
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