House Editorial: How safe is too safe?

Cho’s killing spree at Virginia Tech last spring left many questioning the safety of college campuses and the efficiency of university emergency protocol. Since then, schools have been planning and implementing emergency-response programs to ensure it never happens again. More...

Out of the Dark: VA House Bill 3202 brings chaos to Commonwealth
By Anna Young, opinion editor

If House Bill 3202 doesn’t hold any special significance for you, then you are clearly not a Virginian. If you are a Virginian and are still unaware of what House Bill 3202 has done to this fine Commonwealth, allow me to spell it out for you: Civil Remedial Fees. Now that should hit a nerve. More...

Through the Looking Glass: The Dukes are coming, the Dukes are coming!
By Sarah Delia, senior writer

By spending approximately two summers in the Harrisonburg area, I have been able to draw one assured conclusion: (not including that every square foot smells of dog food, Kline’s has the best icecream I’ve ever had or that the city’s epitaph of the pleasant and friendly was rightfully earned) as the amount of JMU students increase in population, so do the littered trails of colored solo cups. More...

Breeze perspectives : Low on the totem pole
By Kate Griendling, contributing writer

This summer, I joined the staff of “Good Morning America” at ABC News in Washington D.C. as an unpaid intern. Scratch that — my internship actually cost $3,000 in rent, $1,000 for school credit, and a handful of miscellaneous expenses from metro fares to parking tickets.   More...

Breeze perspectives: Animosity abroad
By Jamie Dunn, contributing writer

I spent the second semester of my junior year studying abroad, and I realized you do not need the diplomatic title and cushy office in order to take the responsibility of an ambassador to defend the United States’ international reputation. More...

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