Wm. Christian Stephens wcstephens@radford.edu On April 15, the suspect in Friday’s shotgun assault at New River Community College, located at the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, made his first appearance in court. The assault resulted in a wounded New River Community College worker and a student. Classes were canceled Monday and today, and counselors [...]
Audrianna Perkins aperkins3@radford.edu This weekends Relay for Life hosted by Radford University rose over $23,000 helping the fight against cancer. The American Cancer Society has been raising money to fight cancer for over 100 years. Relay for Life, an American Cancer Society event saves more than 350 lives a day. Relay for Life first got [...]
Audrianna Perkins aperkins3@radford.edu More than 1 million people will lose their life’s to cancer this year in the United States, imagine being able to say that you lowered that number and saved people’s lives. You could by participating in Relay for Life; the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is a national event that saves [...]
William Roethlisberger wroethlisber@radford.edu In keeping with the trend of improvement and making changes here at Radford and after four years of fundraising and planning, this week in 2011 Radford University hosted the first home game against the VMI Cadets in the newly remodeled baseball stadium. President Penelope Kyle in her speech thanked everyone involved in [...]
Meghan McNeice mmcniece@radford.edu Starting Friday April 5, the 12th Annual International Guitar Festival kicked off at Radford University. The weekend long musical milestone was held in the Covington Center for visual and performing arts. The theme of this year’s celebration was based on the importance of Spain and Italy. Because the earliest and most music [...]
Rehn West rwest@radford.edu “We have to feed what I call the content beast” explained Virginia Sowers, an alumnus of Radford University and editorial content manager for Child Fund International. Tuesday night, Sowers spoke about her extensive career with Child Fund International to a crowded auditorium of Radford students in the new COBE building. Sowers also [...]
William Roethlisberger wroethlisber@radford.edu This past Saturday Radford’s college of Visual and Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Department of Visual Merchandising put the work of some of the best and brightest student fashion designers on display in the annual fashion show in Preston. A panel of judges drawn from the local fashion community including Radford [...]
William Roethlisberger wroethlisberger@radford.edu Late march in Radford is a time of change and renewal s we sough off the heavy coats and drear of your mountain winters and enjoy the warmth and sunlight that early spring promises year after year. And in the spirit of this change on this week in 2000 there was a [...]
Meghan McNeice mmcneice@radford.edu Former Radford University student and beloved sister of Alpha Sigma Tau, Katherine Warrington was killed in an automobile accident just after midnight Sunday morning. Warrington was in the car with David D’ augustine, Michael Lee Phillips and cousin Samuel Schindler. Police believe speed was a factor in this accident. The group was [...]
David Yarbrough dyarbrough@radford.edu Will Dada Maheshvarananda be remembered in the future for his role in trying to change the world? A self-described “revolutionary activist monk,” he has been all over the world inspiring and sharing his knowledge while also advocating a unique post-capitalist model known as Prout. In 2006 Dada founded the Prout Research Institute [...]