A bike crash during the first week of class? You got it!

Two bikers, one coming down the village, the other down past Mr. Chips, collided last week just before 8 am classes began. Neither was wearing a helmet. While both laid on the ground for many minutes afterwards, they did eventually get up and make their way to class after entertaining the

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Moving back to JMU has lost some of its fun as students have been hit with the shocking news that Liberty gas station on Port Republic has been closed. Liberty was known for its easy access to beer, chill employees, and a Blimpie that provided great hangover relief. 

Although the campus will all move on and recover from this loss, Liberty will

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Stay in school, do your homework, play with legos? That's right, JMU is starting a two year program for elementary school teachers and administrators centered on the use of legos as a learning tool.

This is a great idea for the educational development of children. Legos are entertaining, interesting, and fun. They can also be used to teach dest...

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While sitting around with friends recently, a current JMU student informed their listeners that  is is only a few weeks before the semester starts, which, according to this person, can only mean one thing: Time to start talking to those girls or boys who you want to get to know a little better.

Whether you call it planting the seed, networking

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Meet Basketball coach Dean Keener.  He's probably richer than you (if a $190,500 salary still beats the hourly pay from Massanutten, which, uh... it does).

Now, after another losing season on the court, there is talk that Keener might double his salary, which means he'll be paid about as much as the President of The United States. 

According t...

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A JMU regular season game will be televised on ESPN this season, sort of. ESPN 360 will be broadcasting JMU's first game @UNC this season online, if you can find the streaming service.

This provides a great opportunity for the Dukes to go up against a bigger school, one that is in Division 1-A instead of Division 1-AA. The problem though is th

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Stopping those who run red lights in Harrisonburg seems to not be a priority for traffic officials in Rockingham County as they have declined the opportunity to post camaras which would catch the traffic light runners. The city was allowed to install four camaras yet officials have decided to try alternative ways of stopping motorists.

While the

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