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Students assemble to reflect on Virginia Tech tragedy



A sense of eeriness loomed over the Festival lawn Wednesday night when students gathered to  light ceremonial candles as they had done just one year ago to pay homage to the 32 lives lost in the tragic Virginia Tech shootings. More...

Blacksburg vigils, memorials commemorate anniversary

Upon the conclusion of the candlelit ceremony at Virginia Tech last Wednesday, a moment of silence was broken when a student cried out “Let’s Go!” igniting the crowd to respond in an overwhelming Hokie chant. More...

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New Major Announced for Fall ’08

The writing and rhetoric studies and technical and scientific communication have decided to merge between the current departments to create a writing major that will be offered next fall. The writing major has yet to be named. More...

Expo Exposes Energy Efficiency

Army Pays Students for Credit

JMU Holds its Inaugural Middle East Conference

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SLIDESHOW: Fire Downtown

SLIDESHOW: Slices of Life at JMU

SLIDESHOW: Highway Accident Kills Two

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Opinion

The Real Story: America’s $50 Trillion Crisis

Thomas Jefferson once wrote that, above all other things, “the public debt is the greatest of the dangers to be feared.” Unfortunately, our elected officials in Congress don’t seem to share Mr. Jefferson’s concern. For years, our government has been spending money way beyond its means and as a result, we’ve built up almost $9.5 trillion of debt, which continually increases at a rate of about $20,000 per second. In addition, our government is committed to pay $40 trillion in Social Security and Medicare benefits to baby boomers when they retire, putting the bill near $50 trillion. More...

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Offense Sharp to a ‘T’ in Spring Game

“Offense wins.” Those bragging rights will be printed on T-shirts given to roughly half the JMU football team after the offense beat the defense 70-39 in James Madison’s spring game Saturday. More...

Softball Sweeps the Seahawks

A&E

T-Pain: Rapper, Entertainer Knows How to Put on a Show

When students filed into the Convocation Center to see T-Pain perform, most were surprised at how much of T-Pain they saw.  During one of his songs, the rapper, and his two sidekicks, J. Money and Tay Dizzle, dropped their pants to let the audience know the answer to boxers or briefs. More...

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Festival Fest Ends Earth Week on a High Note

Twelfth Night Takes the Stage

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By Justin Thurmond, The Breeze

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