Virginia's Finest
By Kelly Fisher, a&e editor

The crowd will be cheering and purple and gold will fill the stands of Bridgeforth Stadium Saturday afternoon. It may be a JMU home football game, but the players won’t be the only ones taking the field. JMU’s famed marching band, the Marching Royal Dukes, will perform at home for the first time this year during JMU’s football game against the University of New Hampshire. More...

Dance Festival showcases professors, professionals
By Lindsay Casale, staff writer

It is not often that students get a chance to see professors doing things outside of their conventional cycle of activities. Lecturing, mentoring and chatting during office hours tends to be the extent of a student’s view of a professor’s day-to -day tasks. This weekend, a handful of professors from the school of theatre and dance will be reversing this norm while having some extracurricular fun and performing in the annual New Dance Festival, performed at Latimer-Shaeffer Theatre. More...

Painted Lady prides itself in offering more than just ink
By Anna Young, senior writer

South Avenue is home to one of the premier tattoo parlors in Harrisonburg, Painted Lady. Nestled on the corner, the white building is accented with purple and teal trimming, and looks more like a doll house than a tattoo place. More...

Unpredictable band surprises fans with 'Under the Blacklight'
By Katie Zanin, contributing writer

Rilo Kiley, who are known to be musically unpredictable, even out-do themselves this time around with their latest album, Under the Blacklight. More...