What candidates and issues are young voters concerned about? A consistent issue is the war in Iraq, although student political leaders have differing opinions on whether or not it will be a deciding factor in the 2008 election. More...
Smooth flight
By Kaleigh Maher, news editor
After spending years in the airline business, Shenandoah Regional Valley Airport decided they’re going to need a bigger plane. Effective Tuesday, all flights between Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Shenandoah Regional Valley Airport will be on a larger aircraft. More...
University plans student enrollment expansion but curbs parking
By Megan Williams, assistant a&e editor
Most of the time the roads around campus are empty, but between classes cars sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic. “It’s like the campus is breathing,” said Aaron Smith-Walter, the transportation demand manger. “When students are in class it’s breathing in, but when classes let out, it’s like a big exhale.” More...
Veterans’ stadium to be torn down and reconstructed
By Ashley Hopkins, news editor
AUDIO: This Week in History 6
Posted 11.08.07
SLIDESHOW: Barack Obama Visits the Commonwealth
Posted 10.30.07
AUDIO: Tim Chapman's interview with Gary Clark
Posted 10.11.07
Out of the Dark : Seasonal sanity for saleBy Anna Young, opinion editor
The cold weather and the colorful trees remind me that the holidays are creeping up more quickly than I would like. The holidays are a time for family, friends—and the frenzy of buying gifts for them. I haven’t even started devising my plan to fast two days before Thanksgiving so I can feast on my mom’s baked macaroni and cheese and green bean casserole, and already the TV blares with commercials yelling at me to “save before the holidays!” More...
Through the Looking Glass: Ignorance isn’t bliss
By Sarah Delia, senior writer
The majority of our mothers and fathers encouraged us as children, and now as young adults, to step forward and to tell the truth. Neglecting to do so, whether it be a seemingly little white lie or matter that is more serious, always seems to come back to haunt an individual or group who withholds the truth. Such is the case regarding the incident in Jackson Hall on Oct. 28 when an “alleged” group of people was supposedly found sleeping in a classroom in Jackson Hall by an unsuspecting janitor. More...
Breeze Perspectives: Lessons from a global hitchhiker
By Laura Byland, contributing writer
Web Exclusive: SGA and Madison Equality work to reap support for ENDA bill
By Robert Burden, contributing writer
Darts & Pats (Submit your own!)
With the system used today across the country, it takes anywhere between eight and ten years and over a half billion dollars to develop a drug and gain FDA approval. More...
Newest provosts appointed
By Vivian Yun, contributing writer
Game Update: Dukes take Towson
By Tim Chapman, sports editor
Madison needs win on Senior Day
By Tim Chapman, sports editor
After dropping two straight to Richmond and Delaware in games 8 and 9, the formula has been simple for JMU football: beat William & Mary and Towson or forget about the playoffs. The Dukes (7-3 overall, 5-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association) took care of part one of the two-week challenge with a 55-34 dismantling of the Tribe (4-6, 2-5) and will try to finish the deal with another struggling team in the CAA South Division. More...
‘It’s redemption time’
By Matthew McGovern, assistant sports editor
James Madison women’s soccer coach Dave Lombardo scrawled every first-round NCAA tournament matchup on his notepad, and when “James Madison” showed up on the television screen, the private room at Ham’s Restaurant erupted in celebration Monday night. More...
‘Baro’ Breaks it Down
By John Baranowsky, athletic correspondent
The power of choice
By Whitten Maher, contributing writer
Judson Laipply, whose unique performance entitled “The Evolution of Dance” is currently the all-time most watched video on YouTube, visited JMU Monday night to speak to students and, of course, perform his routine. The Festival Center Ballroom was packed. Ann Simmons, coordinator for JMU’s Office of Health Promotion said that the room was set for 900 seats. However, including the students standing at the back of the room, attendance neared 1,000. More...
Lend your ears to Theatre II’s ‘Julius Caesar’ this week
By Lindsay Casale, staff writer
JMU’s Theatre II is known for producing experimental shows, but this weekend it will be tackling a classic, and a Shakespearean one at that. Director Natasha Solomon will lead a cast of 10 performers in recreating ancient Rome through Shakespeare’s powerful rendition of “Julius Caesar.” More...
Sawhill Gallery opens doors to alumni
By John-Michael Triana, contributing writer
Flashback to the eighties Saturday night
By Jess Novak, senior writer
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