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Column: The Strange and Curious Origins of Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 Brian Angus 0 Comments 2017, animal, animals, business, Catholic Church, Christ, christmas, Column, death, Dogs, events, Faith, family, festival, God, history, holiday, Increase, IT, Letter, love, Lupercalia, National, of, Pope Gelasius, power, Radford, Roman Emperor, single, St. Valentine, strange, the, Valentine's Day, Women, world

With all the love and chocolates that Valentine’s Day brings did you know the contrast from where the holiday started and where it is now is pretty extreme?

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Coming together for Unity Fest

April 12, 2018September 25, 2018 Van Faust-Stephenson 0 Comments Dance, diversity, festival, festival (type of conference), inclusiveness, live, music, poetry, SGA, unity, unity festival

This past Saturday, the second annual Unity Fest was held in the Dedmon Center.

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The Chinese Club’s Lunar New Year Festival

February 21, 2018April 6, 2018 Van Faust-Stephenson 0 Comments China, Culture, festival, lunar new year, New Year

It is now the year of the Dog, and Radford, along with many Asian families from the area, is celebrating the new year. Every year, for eighteen years now, Dr. I-Ping Fu and the Chinese Culture Club at Radford have collaborated to organize a show for both Radford students and Asian families of the New River Valley.