Colleges enlist parents to curb problem drinking (The Record and Herald News)
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:09:30 GMT
At Virginia Tech, where tailgating and raucous apartment complex parties are time-honored rituals, university officials are turning increasingly to Mom and Dad to curb problem underage drinking.
Jones (CBS Sports)
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:24:30 GMT
A water main break delays the Maryland-Virginia Tech game but does nothing to cool off Greivis Vasquez. The Terrapins senior scores a career-high 41 as Maryland downs the Hokies in double OT. The Virginia Tech fans verbally assault Vasquez, who fights fire with fire, Matt Jones says.
Thursday headlines from 13abc Toledo (WTVG-TV Toledo)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:35:37 GMT
Stabbing outside Mich. club, Findlay man behind bars for rape, drug raid at Toledo business...
Miami - Team Notes (USA Today)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:50:42 GMT
After a stunning performance in its ACC tournament opener, Miami has a rubber match against Virginia Tech in Friday afternoon's quarterfinals.
Environmental Engineers Receive Top Science Paper Award for Investigative Work (Newswise)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:34:23 GMT
An article in ES&T that contradicted years of government assertions that no residents in Washington D.C. had been harmed by years of unnecessary exposure to very high levels of lead in their potable water has received the Editor's Choice Award for Best Science Paper of 2009.
Shad Plank: Senate kills attempt to repeal one-a-month limit on handgun purchases (Daily Press)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:54:49 GMT
A Senate panel killed an effort to repeal Virginia's one-handgun-a-month limit on buyers Thursday afternoon ending the effort to roll back the 1993 gun control law for at least the next year.
Crime prevention seminar planned Monday in Clinton (Upper Marlboro Gazette)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:33:07 GMT
Members of the Henry A. Wise Dance Ensemble (from left) sophomore Danielle Morina, 15; freshman Melody Taylor, 15; and senior Rochelle Lewis, 17, all of Upper Marlboro, dance "The Zoo" as lions Friday during their performance of "Green Eggs & Dance," a Dr. Seuss-inspired dance performance.
Va. Tech students who took school bus for joyride get no time (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:14:31 GMT
CHRISTIANSBURG—Two Virginia Tech students who took a Montgomery County school bus for a joyride in the fall were able to avoid jail time and felony convictions. Alexander Telkowski, 20, of Pennsylvania and Aleksander Andreyev, 21, of Virginia Beach were found early Oct. 9 climbing out of a school bus in the parking lot of Gilbert Linkous Elementary School. They were charged with destruction of ...
Warriors shine at state track, swim meets (The Daily Progress)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:00:46 GMT
The Western Albemarle girls track team rode three event wins to a second-place finish to lead a strong group of Jefferson District athletes in last weekend’s Group AA meet at Liberty University in Lynchburg.
Colleges use parents to curb alcohol use (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:19:52 GMT
At Virginia Tech, where tailgating and raucous apartment complex parties are time-honored rituals, university officials are turning increasingly to Mom and Dad to curb problem underage drinking.This semester, the school in Blacksburg, Va., began noti ...
