Commemorating King
Julian Bond was the first one to comment on the bird whizzing around Wilson auditorium Monday night as he gave his speech to hundreds of listeners. Awards were presented, the JMU Contemporary Gospel singers performed and welcome addresses were read, but no one acknowledged the fowl as it flapped in front of President Linwood Rose and skimmed the heads of the singers. More...
Are you smarter than a JMU professor?
By Katie Thisdell, staff writer
All four pens hit the paper simultaneously, and the writers scribbled down everything they could think of in 30 seconds. When the timer buzzed, the piece of paper was raised in the air to be collected for judging. Eighteen teams competed Tuesday at the “Are You Smarter than a JMU Professor? Trivia Night!” event. Six groups in the Alternative Spring Break held the program as a fundraiser for their trips. More...
Parking problems panic students
By Caroline Cournoyer, staff writer
SLIDESHOW: WXJM, Inside the Studio
Posted 01.17.08
AUDIO: This Week in History 6
Posted 11.08.07
SLIDESHOW: Barack Obama Visits the Commonwealth
Posted 10.30.07
Because I Said So: Searching in All the Wrong Places
By Kathryn Manning, staff writer
I was enjoying my Tuesday afternoon when I received an instant message from a friend delivering the sad news: Heath Ledger, my ultimate celebrity crush since the eighth grade, had tragically passed away. Immediately I turned on the TV to get the scoop, and sure enough, I was faced with the reality of another young, talented individual whose life has ended years oo soon. More...
Glass Half Full: Keeping us in, shutting us out
By Traci Cox, staff writer
Breeze Perspectives: To wed, or not to wed
By Rachael McDaniel, contributing writer
Darts & Pats (Submit your own!)
Vehicle strikes student on crosswalk
A JMU student is doing well, but a little sore, after being struck by an SUV on Tuesday afternoon near Memorial Hall. At about 2:15 junior Tiffany Martin of Chesterfield, 20, left class on the Quad and began walking toward her car parked near Memorial Hall. As she entered the crosswalk at Cantrell Avenue and South High Street, she said she never saw anything coming. More...
New sorority sought diverse group for charter class
By Katie King, contributing writer
JMU ranked 16th in nation for graduation rate
By John Sutter, staff writer
Web exclusive: Minor carbon monoxide incident
By Evan Dyson, senior writer
Young shoots to break record
By Matthew McGovern, assistant sports editor
They keep in touch over the holidays, but James Madison women’s basketball coach Kenny Brooks and his former assistant Krista Kilburn-Steveskey are on different sides now. Kilburn-Steveskey now coaches Hofstra, which lost four starters to graduation in 2007, like JMU. But Kilburn-Steveskey knows that the one JMU holdover from last season, senior forward Tamera Young, provides “breathing room” for a team that she feels will come together in the absence of freshman point guard Dawn Evans. More...
Yeah…I said it
By Tim Chapman, sports editor
Web exclusive: Dukes feelin' the Blues
By Tim Chapman, sports editor
Web exclusive: Young makes short work of record, from long range
By Matthew McGovern, assistant sports editor
From JMU to Dance War
By Sarah Moore, contributing writer
“Happy New Year! I’m having a great time … at an undisclosed location.” This was all the information that senior Daniel Bernier said he received this New Year’s from his older brother, Phillip, a JMU alumnus (’06). Phillip is not working confidential military missions, but participating is another kind of “war” and is currently only allowed five minutes a night of monitored phone calls. More...
Poet to give presentation on work today
By Kathryn Harvey, contributing writer
Student exhibit displays diverse talent
By Sean Santiago, staff writer
Web exclusive: JMU's definately got talent
By John Michael Triana, contributing writer
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