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[3 Oct 2011 | 2 Comments | ]
Your Money Pays for Student Activity Fee

Did you know that you pay not just for your subjects but also for a student activities fee?

Fashion_Beauty_Style, Featured, Headline, Thoughts »

[21 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]
The Hidden Perks of In-Store Retail Shopping

For customers of all demographics, there are perks and benefits to shopping in-store that you may not have taken advantage of — possibly not even realizing these perks existed.

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[20 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]
JewelMint or Bank Robbed: The Inside Scoop On Retail Subscription Services

Countless shoppers have signed up for these monthly style subscription retailing sites, only to find after not reading the fine print that they have accrued hidden fees charged to their credit cards.

Featured, Thoughts, Web Features »

[12 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]
My Life After 9/11: Growing up Muslim in America

A lot of what I heard that morning didn’t quite register. I had emigrated from Saudi Arabia just two years before, and I was still struggling with English.

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[12 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]
What’s Under That Hijab?

The events of 9/11 have created a national feeling of fear. Sometimes it’s invisible. Other times it is wrapped around you like a thin sweater you can forget you have on.

Off Campus, Thoughts, Uncategorized, Web Features »

[29 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]
Honor Flight: Helping Our WWII Veterans

Several times each semester, NOVA’s Community Relations Coordinator Ken Balbuena gathers NOVA volunteers to help greet the Honor Flights of the rapidly-decreasing generation of World War II veterans.

Downtime, Featured, Music, Off Campus, Thoughts, Web Features »

[23 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]
Flow in the Dark Plays Whitlow’s

Flow In The Dark are not your run-of-the-mill cover band.

Annandale, On Campus, Politics, Thoughts »

[22 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]

Northern Virginia Community College once again played host to an appearance by President Barack Obama…

Books, Featured, Headline, Tech, Thoughts, Web Features »

[25 May 2011 | No Comment | ]
Do eBooks Beat Paperbacks?

An eBook can be one of many different file types, ranging from Microsoft Office documents (*.doc) to electronic publications (*.epub) to a portable document format (*.pdf). You can view eBooks on any number of devices, like the iPhone, any phone running the Android Operating System and even your computer.

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[9 May 2011 | No Comment | ]
Newspapers: Bringing Us Together

Colonial-era papers were not simply open in their support or opposition to a given politician or policy, but often came into being for that express purpose. As the editor of a paper in Danbury, Conn. put it two centuries ago, “A despicable impartiality I disclaim.” So no, bias is not new.

And yet…