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[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.

Headline, Thoughts, Web Features »

[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…

Events, Headline, Thoughts »

[5 Apr 2011 | One Comment | ]
NOVA Community Chorus to Perform Beethoven’s Ode to Joy

It will be my joy this April and May to sing a piece of music with the NOVA Community Chorus that has been my very favorite since I was in sixth grade. I have been looking forward to singing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy since I found out last semester that we would be singing it this spring, but it has been a dream of mine to perform it in front of an audience since I first began singing along to it in my youth.

Headline, Off Campus, Thoughts »

[10 Mar 2011 | No Comment | ]
Quoth the Raven

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door -
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; -
This it is, and nothing more.”

(Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven)

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[7 Feb 2011 | No Comment | ]
Shop Smart with Your Holiday Gift Cards

If you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or just about any other national holiday in the month of December, chances are that you’ve got a wallet stuffed with gift cards. They’re as useful as currency, but unfortunately consumers tend not to spend them as carefully as their own cash, sometimes missing out on good deals or forgetting about the gift cards entirely in all the hustle and bustle life can bring. This article is aimed to help all of you post-holiday shoppers get the most bang for your gift card buck and ring in the new year with high style.

Annandale, On Campus, Thoughts, Web Features »

[18 Dec 2010 | One Comment | ]
Annandale Writing Center Enables Student Success

Tutors offer free one-on-one help for every part of the writing process to students working on writing assignments for any course. Tutors assist with brainstorming topics and ideas, pre-writing, outlining essays, developing thesis statements and supporting body paragraphs, essay organization, transitioning, MLA and APA citations, understanding and applying grammar concepts, revising, editing and proofreading strategies. Also, the center helps with writing assignments in all subjects. So whether a paper is for English or nursing, whether a student is just getting started or almost done, the Annandale Writing Center can help improve the paper, a person’s writing abilities and academic success.

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[22 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
Plastic bottles are recycled into pens

The B2P is one of a long list of useful items that can be made from recycled water bottles, including car bumpers, life jackets, rope, t-shirts, carpet, the ever-present yet undeniably handy reusable shopping bag, and even lumber for homes and decks.

Featured, Tech, Thoughts »

[21 Nov 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Technology Addiction Takes Hold of Americans

Many of us touch upon at least one piece of technology per day, and in this fast-paced, high tech world we live in, it’s an inevitable foundation in our lives. But when recent studies show that 7 percent of teens would rather lose their job than their phone, organizations and protest groups started to take a second look. Now ranked as influential as gambling addiction or kleptomania, technology addiction has taken the American population in its grip, having detrimental affects on our populations health and intelligence level. How can we collectively stand up to this addiction and cope with the immediate demands that require technology in our everyday lives?