August 2010 News Links

NOTE: Dates are when the links were posted to the website. Some publications recycle or delete past content, thus older links may not work or may go to conent that differs from the headline posted here.

WHSV-TV [8.31.2010]
Impact of the Economy on JMU Majors

Daily News-Record (subscription required) [8.31.2010]
Block Party Tame

WHSV-TV [8.30.2010]
JMU Students and Staff Say Visible Change at Weekend Parties 

WHSV-TV [8.30.2010]
Harrisonburg Officers on Party Patrol

Daily News-Record [8.30.2010]
Thoughts At Week’s End McDonnell’s Visit, JMU

The Wall Street Journal [8.30.2010]
Underground Dreams: Beer, Hugs and Weddings

SF Gate/San Francisco Chronicle [8.30.2010]
Day in Pictures

The (Fresno) Business Journal [8.30.2010]
Fresno State drops in list of merchandise sales

WHSV-TV [8.27.2010]
Police Crackdown on Unruly Behavior by JMU Students

Daily News-Record (subscription required [8.27.2010]
JMU, Police Prepare For Major Off-Campus Party

Daily News-Record (subscription required [8.27.2010]
JMU Tears Down S. Main Experimental Theater

Daily News-Record (subscription required [8.26.2010]
The 'Burg Can Be Very Accommodating

The News Leader [8.25.2010]
It's the message that counts

Richmond Times-Dispatch [8.25.2010]
College presidents to seek more leeway on tuition

Competitor.com [8.25.2010]
Running 101: Dealing With Post-Run Muscle Soreness

WHSV-TV [8.25.2010]
JMU Freshmen and Parents Make Changes Due to Economy

WHSV-TV [8.25.2010]
Northern Valley School Districts Getting American History Teaching Grants

Daily News-Record (subscription required [8.25.2010]
First-Year Dukes Pour Onto Campus

Daily News-Record (subscription required [8.25.2010]
Students Greeted By ‘New Culture'

WHSV-TV [8.24.2010]
JMU Orientation Sessions Prepare New Students

The Daily Press [8.24.2010]
Giovanni, Sanchez to give talk, reading at NSU

Richmond Times-Dispatch [8.24.2010]
ACLU of Virginia challenges ban on alcohol advertising in college newspapers

Richmond Times-Dispatch [8.23.2010]
Booze: JMU & ABC

The Daily Press [8.23.2010]
The culture of alcohol on campus is hard to change. Good for JMU for trying.

National Geographic Channel [8.23.2010]
Hunt for the Somali Pirates

WHSV-TV [8.23.2010]
Family and Friends Remember Brian Carderelli

Daily News-Record [8.23.2010]
A Marriage, No Divorce: JMU City Have To Work It Out

The Washington Post [8.23.2010]
New JMU policies aimed at changing 'negative alcohol culture'

WNCT-TV, Greenville, N.C. [8.23.2010]
Va school uses alert system for alcohol message

The News Leader, Staunton [8.23.2010]
JMU cracking down on underage drinking

The News Leader, Staunton [8.20.2010]
JMU students combine art, science in The DNA Dance

WHSV-TV [8.20.2010]
JMU Students React to Letter from Rose

The Washington Post [8.20.2010]
JMU changes reporting policy on drinking

The Chronicle of Higher Education [8.20.2010]
Wake Forest and James Madison Take Aim at Binge Drinking

WDBJ-TV, Roanoke [8.19.2010]
James Madison University cracking down on underage drinking

WHSV-TV [8.19.2010]
JMU Looks to Change Alcohol Culture on Campus

Richmond Times-Dispatch [8.19.2010]
JMU president seeks to change 'negative alcohol culture'

Richmond Times-Dispatch [8.19.2010]
JMU announces crackdown on underage drinking

The Virginian-Pilot [8.19.2010]
James Madison cracking down on underage drinking

The Chronicle of Higher Education [8.19.2010]
James Madison U. Aims to Transform Its 'Negative Alcohol Culture'

Daily News-Record (subscription required) [8.19.2010]
University Outlines Plan To Shed Party Reputation

Macon.com  [8.18.2010]
Georgia College ranked 32nd among Best Regional Universities

Daily News-Record (subscription required)  [8.18.2010]
Fees Up, Lower Than Most

Daily News-Record (subscription required)  [8.18.2010]
Colleges: Presence Buoys Local Economy

Richmond Times-Dispatch  [8.17.2010]
Va. colleges among top-ranked schools

WESH-TV, Orlando, Fla. [8.17.2010]
Local Schools Rank On Best Colleges List

Sun Gazette, Washington, D.C. area  [8.16.2010]
GMU Honored for No Gap in Graduation Rates

WHSV-TV [8.13.201 0]
UVA Proposes Notification System Among Colleges

Virginia Business [8.13.2010]
Virginia schools ranked in ‘Best Colleges’ list

The Patriotic Vanguard, Sierra Leone [8.13.2010]
Stevens meets with Bunce Island Coalition members

Daily News-Record (subscription required) [8.13.2010]
Three New Residential Properties For JMU

Northern Virginia Daily [8.12.2010]
Frederick schools get history grant

Madison County Eagle [8.12.2010]
MC's Jodi Dugan Beantown bound

The Washington Post [8.11.2010]
GMU, Towson among 11 schools with no race 'gap' in graduation rate

The (Staunton) News Leader [8.11.2010]
Selfless victims of war (Editorial)

Rocktown Weekly (subscription required) [8.11.2010]
Reid Elected President Of Honor Society Board

Fredericksburg.com [8.11.2010]
Lost, to us (Editorial)

Madison County Eagle [8.11.2010]
JMU, EMU grads among 10 killed

WHSV-TV [8.11.2010]
Obama Bringing Change to Colleges

The Washington Post [8.10.2010]
Slain aid worker Brian Carderelli found beauty in daily Afghan life

Richmond Times-Dispatch [8.10.2010]
JMU grad gunned down in Afghanistan

The (Waynesboro) News Virginian [8.10.2010]
JMU, EMU grads among 10 killed

Fox, D.C. [8.10.2010]
Virginia Man Slain in Afghan Attack Documented Aid Work

WHSV-TV [8.10.2010]
Church Remembers Local Aid Worker Killed in Afghanistan

WDBJ-TV, Roanoke [8.10.2010]
Victims In Afghan Humanitarian Attack Have Ties To Virginia

Associated Press [8.10.2010]
Photog, nurse slain in Afghanistan remembered

Washington Examiner [8.10.2010]
Shenandoah Val ley man killed by Taliban in Kabul ambush

(Staunton) The News Leader [8.10.2010]
JMU grad killed in Afghanistan

Daily News-Record (subscription required) [8.10.2010]
‘A Man Of Integrity:' Second Humanitarian With City Ties ID'd In Afghan Attack

Daily News-Record (subscription required) [8.10.2010]
Student's Altruism Rewarded

Richmond Times-Dispatch [8.9.2010]
JMU grad among aid workers killed in Afghanistan

Richmond Times-Dispatch [8.9.2010]
New Virginia Chamber leader is all about jobs

Associated Press [8.9.2010]
Sketches of 10 people slain in Afghan aid attack

WHSV-TV [8.9.2010]
JMU Graduate Said To Be Killed in Afghanistan Shooting

Washington Business Journal [8.2.2010]
Local schools make Princeton Review list

The Chronicle of Higher Education [8.2.2010]
Diploma Decor