New Major Announced for Fall ’08
By Kate McFarland, contributing writer

The writing and rhetoric studies and technical and scientific communication have decided to merge between the current departments to create a writing major that will be offered next fall. The writing major has yet to be named. More...

Expo Exposes Energy Efficiency
By Anna Young, The Breeze

It might take an hour to cook two Bagel Bites using a solar box, but it uses less energy than a microwave. A solar box, made from a Chanello’s pizza box, served as a homemade, eco-friendly microwave that generated one watt of energy from the sun every hour. Two Bagel Bites were baking in the box as a demonstration of how people can use other forms of energy in their everyday lives. More...

Army Pays Students for Credit
By Jacqueline Quattrocchi, contributing writer

During Leaders Training Course, participants stay in barracks with 50 to 60 people sleeping in one room, or “bay.” Individuals are fed in a cafeteria and eat anything from spaghetti to hamburgers to roast beef. Particpants are allowed outside communication, and there are usually a few personal days, all while receiving college credit. More...

JMU Holds its Inaugural Middle East Conference
By Katie Thisdell, The Breeze

Members of Team al-Sadr approached Team Iran to begin negotiations about how to do what was best for their Shi’a constituents. As they whispered in the front of the room, Teams Israel and America worked on their own deliberations in the back. More...