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Virtual Recruitment for Greek Life has been one of the many ways sororities and Fraternities have adapted to COVID-19. Reporter Keagan Hughes interviewed, Alexandra Benc, Chapter President of Alpha Phi, Shelby Baker, a sophomore sister in Zeta Tau Alpha, Bridgette Shallow, a junior in Alpha Delta Pi, and Charles Weismann, a Brother in Sigma Nu. Alexandra Benc went into detail about how although the chapter bonding between sisters was lost because they could not physically meet in person, they still found other ways to make sure that the PNMS, potential new members, would still get that intima...

by staff |  February 26, 2021 Racial-justice, COVID-19 and higher-education concerns dominated conversations as William & Mary students lobbied Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and other elected state officials during the 2021 Road to Richmond event on Feb. 10, conducted “virtually” for the first time this year. Underpinning cautious optimism on addressing specific issues, however, was the reality of the toll exacted on the economy by the COVID-19 pandemic. In his opening comments, Northam suggested the commonwealth was “...

House votes to require in-person school starting this summer Matt Jones, The Daily Press © Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot/The Daily Press/TNS In preparation for the re-opening of schools in Virginia Beach, Julie McGuire arranges her students' desks in her Landstown Middle School 6th grade social studies classroom Monday, February 1, 2021. The House of Delegates passed a bill Wednesday mandating in-person instruction by July 1 across the state. Virginia is on its way to setting a July 1 deadline for schools to start in-person learning. Gov. Ralph Northam has said that h...

744 views BILLS STILL ALIVE Don’t let the long list fool you. While the majority of the bills we’ve been following have either passed both chambers or seem well on their way to doing so, some of the most impactful bills are now dead, and others have been amended into meekness.  The entire category of Utility Reform got emptied out into the dumpster in Senate Commerce and Labor, which also killed Jeff Bourne’s “right to shop” bill that would have opened up the renewable energy market. They are all now found under “Dead and Buried” at the end.

Virginia lawmakers kill bill requiring officers render aid, report wrongdoing Andrew Ringle By: Capital News Service and last updated 2021-02-16 21:44:27-05 RICHMOND, Va. -- A Senate committee recently killed a bill intended to minimize police misconduct and incentivize accountability among law enforcement. House Bill 1948, introduced by Del. Mark Levine, D-Alexandria, required law enforcement officers to report misconduct by fellow officers. Another part of the measure, which some opponents called too subjective, was that on-duty officers provide aid as circumstances objectiv...