Dixie Chicks’ film causes controversy
By Jess Novak, staff writer

Love them or hate them. Disrespect or admire them. But no one can claim that the Dixie Chicks aren’t brilliant for the performance they’ve put on following that fateful comment by lead singer Natalie Maines at a concert in England where she declared she was “ashamed the President of the United States was from Texas.” With that, the best-selling recording female act in history was not only banned from various country radio stations, but the three women had their lives threatened by angry fans. More...

New and Improv’d
By Megan Williams, contributing writer

“The most gratifying thing about being in New and Improv’d is the groupies,” said sophomore Martin Makris during one of the comedy troupe’s bi-weekly meetings. This kind of response is to be expected from one of the campus’s premier comedy groups. More...

Death of homosexual student depicted in new production
By Adam Lowe, contributing writer

Matthew Shepard is found dead in his hometown of Laramie, Wyo. And there are six different sides of the story. This ill-fated tale of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard’s life will be retold by JMU’s School of Theatre and Dance in Moisés Kaufman’s “The Laramie Project” this week. More...