Plans for constructing an all-organic, environmental friendly farm are currently underway between JMU and Rockingham Memorial Hospital. The project aims at creating a partnership between the university and RMH by developing a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified farm on ten acres of the hospital’s property. The LEED certification system is used nationwide for the construction and operation of high performance green buildings. More...
Mr. and Ms. Madison honored
By Katie Thisdell, staff writer
The nominees, decked out in their most spirited purple and gold attire, stood on the sidelines as the Marching Royal Dukes finished their performance during halftime at Saturday’s Homecoming Game, awaiting the announcement of this year’s Mr. and Ms. Madison. The announcer called each finalist’s name before declaring the winner. More...
Painting the 'Burg purple
By Vivian Yun, contributing writer
Small sorority brings in big bucks for breast cancer research
By Caroline Cournoyer, staff writer
Religion scholar visits campus, shares views on understanding culture
By Anne Dreyfuss, contributing writer
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SLIDESHOW: Barack Obama Visits the Commonwealth
Posted 10.30.07
AUDIO: Tim Chapman's interview with Gary Clark
Posted 10.11.07
AUDIO: This Week in History 5
Posted 10.4.07
Glass Half Full: Risky business
By Traci Cox, staff writer
Last Monday, high-altitude mountaineer Conrad Anker delivered an inspirational and humbling lecture at Memorial Hall. Anker reached the summit of Mount Everest last summer, ranking among the annals of the thousands of climbers who have suffered hypoxia, hallucinations and brain damage at the highest peak in the world. But Anker is more than just a crazy climber. He is a humanitarian, author, father and husband. More...
Because I Said So: Supporting our troops in all the wrongs ways
By Kathryn Manning, staff writer
Breeze Perspectives: Bourgault could ‘be the change’
By Peter Weems, contributing writer
Battle of the Sexes: Can men make it in the kitchen?
Two pieces by Tim Chapman, senior writer & Sarah Teach, contributing writer
Few people can boast taking a company from making $100,000 a year to bringing in $300 million. Harold Burson can. Burson, founder and CEO of Burson-Marsteller, the largest public relations agency in the world, visited JMU to discuss future concerns of the profession. More...
Contest sponsored to promote green efforts
By Cassie Potler, contributing writer
Shaken, not stirred
By Aimee Huynh, contributing writer
Walking in the coach’s shoes
By Tim Chapman, sports editor
Saturday was a very long day, as JMU football coach Mickey Matthews granted The Breeze almost full access to shadow him on game day against Richmond. From breakfast to the post-game news conference I received an in-depth look at the ups and downs of being a head coach in Division 1 college football. More...
Landers, offense sputter against Spiders
By Matthew McGovern, assistant sports editor
James Madison struggled to reach the red zone and fumbled one too many times Saturday against Richmond, as the Spiders snuck out of Bridgeforth Stadium with a 17-16 Colonial Athletic Association upset. JMU fell into a three-way tie with Richmond and Delaware for the CAA South’s top spot in a performance coach Mickey Matthews described as “ridiculous.” More...
A natural wonder
By Sean Youngberg, staff writer
Twenty-five minutes north of JMU in the charming little town of Luray lies a 400 million-year-old secret: Luray Caverns, a natural phenomenon that no human had laid eyes on until a little over century ago. Almost 130 years ago, four men went out searching to find what they believed to be a small underground cave. Armed with nothing more than their bare hands, a candle and hopes of a discovery they stumbled upon the largest series of caverns the eastern U.S.. More...
‘Real World’ stars urge students to vote
By Whitten Maher, contributing writer
“Real World” stars Jose Tapia and Robin Hibbard visited JMU Thursday for a “Rock the Vote” event in the Festival Ballroom. Tapia, from the Key West season, and Hibbard, from the San Diego season of MTV’s hit reality show, came to get JMU students fired up about voting. But despite the celebrity of the guests, the event was low key and the room was not packed. More...
‘SAW’ saga continues to bring fear, gore
By Justin Thurmond, staff writer
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