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Greek For a Week



Fraternities and sororities joined this past week for JMU’s annual Greek Week events to “Celebrate Our Past, Cheers to Our Future,” raising close to $8,000 for Mercy House. More...

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Earth Week Sprints Off with 5K Tree Run

Marsh Fork Elementary is nestled between a coal cleaning plant and a dam where chemicals and coal waste run rampant. The Web site of Pennies of Promise, a grassroots campaign to bring attention to the Marsh Fork Elementary students affected by the neighboring coal plant in Coal River Valley, West Va., says the plant’s coal silo stands 225 feet away from the school. More...

Class to Spring Clean in National Forest

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SLIDESHOW: Fire Downtown

SLIDESHOW: Slices of Life at JMU

SLIDESHOW: Highway Accident Kills Two

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Opinion

Gadfly: Bill Clinton Tarnishes His Presidential Legacy

This time last year, Hillary Clinton seemed hesitant to rely on her husband — and our former president — to build her political support. Doubtless he worked behind the scenes, taking advantage of the party’s powerful ties to the Clinton name, but he respectfully kept out of the limelight and didn’t pull focus from the actual contenders. More...

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New Voices of Campus

By Ashton Smith and Erik Landers, The Breeze

• 2009 Class President Macon Hollister

New Senior Class President Macon Hollister plans to make several changes next year including going back to a few classic JMU traditions. More...

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Sports

Houck Hurls Six Innings in Win

In Kurt Houck’s sophomore season he went 4-8 with an 8.30 ERA. On Sunday, the junior matched his win total from last year with more than a month remaining in the season. More...

Playoff Hunt is Worthy of Attention (commentary)

A&E

From WXJM to CNN, Jim Acosta Returns to JMU

Jim Acosta, JMU alum (’93) and CNN correspondent, was covering Hurricane Katrina when the building he was reporting from began to flood. As the floodwaters rose, so did he and his crew. More...

‘Street Kings’ Proves a Refreshing Return to Traditional Action Flick

Greek Organizations and VSA Share Artistic Abilities with Community

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