Heather Maggs of Girls Fight Back demonstrates the use of household items as self-defense weapons with the help of NOVA student Kirsten Morck at the Annandale campus.

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…

Are you looking for new ways to create your next class presentation? Are you interested in using multimedia tools to design class projects with a difference? Do you just need an outlet to hone your hidden creative talents? NOVA Annandale Library’s Multi-media Center has the equipment and software you need to create websites, videos, sound recordings, presentations, and more. To that end, the Center – located next to the library’s information desk in the CG building room 300 – is stocked with a wide variety of media equipment—such as digital cameras with tripods, video recorders, MP3 players, Kindles, and Edirol sound recorders—to help stoke those creative fires. All you need to do is present your NOVA ID at the information desk to gain access to both the equipment and the software.

Rep. Gerald E. “Gerry” Connolly will be the guest speaker at Northern Virginia Community College’s 45th Commencement on Sunday, May 15. Approximately 6,000 students are graduating this spring and eligible to participate in the ceremony that begins at 2 p.m. in George Mason University’s Patriot Center. The event is open to the public.

After several days of harsh rains and muggy skies, the sun finally broke through on March 13 to witness men, women and children gather together at Paddy’s Steakhouse and Pub in Stafford, to celebrate an important not-quite-holiday in March. Not St. Patrick’s Day, St. Baldrick’s Day.

Match the opening line to the novel and author

Portraits of prominent American women painted by Rosemary Gallick will be on display at Northern Virginia Community College’s Woodbridge campus from March 7 to April 5 to commemorate Women’s History Month.

The fourth-floor gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. Admission is free.

Gregg Allman recently released his first studio album in 14 years, and it’ll be the last sold at Borders Books and Music in North Stafford.
After the company announced last week it was closing 30 percent of its stores nationwide, the location at Stafford Marketplace has marked down all of its merchandise by up to 40 percent.