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	<title>The NOVA Fortnightly</title>
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	<description>Six Campuses, One Community, Every 14 Days.</description>
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		<title>Sounds of Scott Joplin Liven up Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a dull rainy day the sounds of Scot Joplin lit up the Alexandria’s campus library. In honor of Black History Month, Professor Harvey Jacobson played the sounds of that famous African-American composer and pianist.
Around 100 students gathered in the lobby of the library to hear the music on Feb. 23. “This was the first time a concert had been held in the library” according to Dr. Jimmie McClellan. While not the first time NOVA’s Alexandria campus has had a concert, the library seemed a fitting place for the late 19th century musical genius.]]></description>
		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/03/09/sounds-of-scott-joplin-liven-up-library/</link>
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		<title>Using History to Help at Risk DC Children</title>
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An African American History II class on the Alexandria campus recently had a special guest speaker, the co-founder and CEO Dr. Ayize Sabater of Mentors of Minorities in Education&#8217;s Total Learning Cis-Tem &#8211; also known as M.O.M.I.E&#8217;s TLC. Dr. Joseph Windham introduced Sabater, a former student of his at Morehouse College. Sabater spoke about how his non-profit organization is using progressive history to nurture at risk children of color and help them achieve positive educational outcomes in the District of Columbia.
Sabater was raised in Brooklyn, NY, referred to as “Crooklyn” ...]]></description>
		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/03/08/869/</link>
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		<title>Inspiration at Annandale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If one needed encouragement to counter balance the negative daily news regarding the employment and the economic downturn, the Ernst Cultural Center Theater on the Annandale campus was the place to be on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Author, entrepreneur and public speaker Jonathan Sprinkles was the special guest speaker on that afternoon.
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		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/03/08/inspiration-at-annandale/</link>
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		<title>Has the Stimulus Worked?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the US inches closer to being in default many are wondering if the multibillion dollar stimulus worked. That answer seems to depend on which side of the political spectrum one is on. Ask Obama and he’ll say yes, ask the congressional Republican leadership and surely you’ll get a no. However, there are clear facts that sort out the political claims.

First, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, colloquially known as the stimulus, must be evaluated for what it was created for. It was designed to save and create jobs. It was also written to create economic growth and increase accountability and transparency in government spending. Lastly, the stimulus was designed to be a multiyear spending package, designed to reduce the likelihood of a double dip recession.]]></description>
		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/03/05/hast-the-stimulus-worked/</link>
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		<title>Lacrosse Team Falls in Inaugural Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In their first ever game, NOVA’s men's lacrosse team fell to Mercyhurst North East College on Thursday at Old Redskins Park in Herndon, 12-6. 

After a quick opening goal by Mercyhurst, NOVA’s attackman Mitch Brown responded, scoring the team’s first goal to knot the game at one apiece.  Both defenses held strong as neither team managed a goal for the remainder of the opening quarter.  In the second quarter, the Saints tallied six unanswered goals to enter halftime leading 7-1.
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		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/03/03/lacrosse-team-falls-in-inaugural-game/</link>
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		<title>In Wake of Shooting, NOVA Undergoes Security Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northern Virginia Community College students probably won't see metal detectors installed anytime soon, but college officials are re-assessing security following a December shooting at the Woodbridge campus.

The college recently launched its Presidential Commission on Safety and Security and gave it until April 30 to review the adequacy of emergency resources put in place following the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre—the worst school shooting in the nation's history.]]></description>
		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/03/02/nvcc-undergoes-security-review/</link>
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		<title>Black Abolitionists: Revising Historical Stereotypes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the summer of 2009, Dr. Joseph Windham, Professor of History at the Alexandria campus, attended a Yale University seminar, Passages to Freedom: Abolition and the Underground Railroad. The course was taught by Professors James and Lois Horton, graduates of George Washington University and George Mason University. The seminar series offered at The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History was designed to help teachers bring new life into teaching history. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Windham led a lecture in the Bisdorf Building, sharing what he learned with NOVA students.]]></description>
		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/03/02/black-abolitionists-revising-historical-stereotypes/</link>
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		<title>Gaming Club Rooms Come to Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s better than playing video games at home, with all the lights off, just you and 5 million other people all connected by headsets? Playing with friends at school, that’s what. Video games have become more of a social past time than ever.
With such a drastic leap toward social gaming, why are some gamers still insisting on sitting alone in front of their consoles day after day, playing against opponents they don’t even know?
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		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/03/01/gaming-club-rooms-come-to-life/</link>
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		<title>Casting Light on Lifecasting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There I sat, my face covered in goop, my hair wadded up in a rubber bald cap and my chest covered in a barber's drape. No, this wasn't the result of a wild night out gone horribly awry, but art in progress. Lifecasting is an art form. It is also a lot of fun. The premise is simple: take a mold of someone's face, hand or other body part using a substance called alginate, pour some plaster into the mold, and voilà! You have art!
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		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/02/25/casting-light-on-lifecasting/</link>
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		<title>Snowmageddon in Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most students spent their snow break eating more than usual, According to an online poll at NOVAFortnightly.com. Behind that students evidently grew bored spending more time than usual &#8220;Twittering or Facebooking.&#8221; With the grass and mud starting to peak through the snow pack and memories of Snowmageddon I and II fading fast we&#8217;ve added a few pictures contributed by the staff of the Fortnightly. For the snow lovers voraciously ogling these pictures, we may have more snow as local meteorologists are calling for a possible blizzard on Thursday.
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		<link>http://novafortnightly.com/2010/02/24/snowmageddon-in-photos/</link>
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