Editorial Cartoon
By The Breeze,March 4, 2010
Snowball Case Delays
By The Breeze,February 25, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — The two students charged with felonies for allegedly throwing snow-style “missiles” at vehicles will appear in court April 7. Ryan William Knight, 21, made his first court appearance Monday morning in Rockingham County General District Court. Charles Joseph Gill, 21, is charged with the same felony but did not appear in court, because his case had already been pushed back. The men allegedly threw snowballs and shovels full of snow at a snowplow and an unmarked police car... Read more »
Editorial Cartoon
By The Breeze,February 25, 2010
SunTrust Robbery Suspect Captured
By The Breeze,February 22, 2010
LaTray Nabbed While Napping, Police Say HARRISONBURG, Va. — The man accused of robbing Harrisonburg’s SunTrust Bank in December is now in jail. Gary LaTray, 51, of Syracuse, N.Y., was captured in West Virginia on Wednesday. LaTray is wanted in Harrisonburg for robbery, leaving a hoax bomb, making a bomb threat and entering a bank armed with the intent to commit larcerny. On Dec. 1, LaTray allegedly demanded money from the SunTrust Bank on South Main Street and deposited a box he claimed had an... Read more »
Teen Gets Life in Prison
By The Breeze,February 22, 2010
Killed Student in Dec. ’08 HARRISONBURG, Va. — The teenager convicted of killing JMU student James “Jim” Smith and his mother Jean Smith in December 2008 will spend life in prison. Xavier Pinckney, 18, was sentenced Friday to life without the possibility of parole for the Dale City murders. He was convicted in September of capital murder but could not be sentenced to death because he was 17 at the time of the slayings. Jim Smith, 19, a former member of Exit 245, had returned home the night... Read more »
After 36 Years, Provost to Retire in June
By The Breeze,February 18, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Doug Brown, a senior vice president and provost, will retire at the end of June after 36 years of employment at JMU. In 1974, Brown joined the JMU faculty as a professor of psychology. From 1992 to 1994, Brown was the head of the psychology department before being appointed to associate vice president for academic affairs in 1994. Brown was appointed vice president for academic affairs and provost in 1997 and has held the position since. Under Brown’s leadership, JMU expanded... Read more »
JMU in Talks to Purchase Rockingham Co-op Land
By The Breeze,February 18, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Rockingham Cooperative on West Grace Street is hoping to sell the property to JMU by the end of the year, which would put the university another step closer to fulfilling its Master Plan. JMU and the cooperative have been in negotiations over the 8-acre property in the past year, but they are still working out final terms and conditions. The land is assessed at more than $600,000. ”The university can confirm we’ve been in ongoing negotiation with Rockingham Co-op,” university... Read more »
Editorial Cartoon
By The Breeze,February 18, 2010
Student Paper’s Online Policy Under Fire
By The Breeze,February 15, 2010
Funds Will Not Be Taken An issue with online comments had threatened funding for Virginia Tech’s student newspaper, but a school official said Friday that would not happen. The controversy began after a Tech advisory group objected to the Collegiate Time’s anonymous comment policy for its Web site. The Commission on Student Affairs, comprised of students, faculty and staff, said the comments could be homophobic, racist or otherwise offensive and it asked the paper to change its policy. Advocacy... Read more »
Local Plasma Found Smuggled in Poland
By The Breeze,February 15, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va.— Eleven tons of smuggled blood plasma discovered in Poland came from the United States, including from Harrisonburg’s BioLife Plasma Service. The stolen plasma came from several different facilities within the United States. Originally destined for Austria, officials said the truck transporting the plasma was stolen when the driver made a rest stop in Germany. It was taken across the border into Poland where police recovered it Wednesday. The truck’s contents were valued at... Read more »
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