NOVA received an A+ in a recent survey of community colleges’ use of technology to enhance the student experience and increase educator effectiveness.

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.

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?

Streetcars may one day whisk passengers to NOVA’s Alexandria campus, if current plans hold up.

Planners are working on a streetcar line that would run from the Pentagon City Metro station, down Columbia Pike, and end at NOVA.

The Alexandria campus would be a central part of this new system. A control center, rail yard, and repair shop at NOVA could be part of the new line, according to Dr. Jimmie McClellan, the dean of Arts and Humanities at the Alexandria campus and a board member for the Northern Virginia Streetcar Coalition. Classes in streetcar repair and operation could be offered as well.