Hundreds of students chanted “Title IX excuses crime” throughout Virginia Tech’s campus during the Walkout for Survivors Against Sexual Assault on April 30, where protestors asked for reform on sexual assault proceedings and new Title IX at Virginia Tech.
Hundreds of students chanted “Title IX excuses crime” throughout Virginia Tech’s campus during the Walkout for Survivors Against Sexual Assault on April 30, where protestors asked for reform on sexual assault proceedings and new Title IX at Virginia Tech.
The Blacksburg Chinese School, a nonprofit organization that strives to promote cultural awareness and diversity in the town, is pitching an idea for a new cultural center space in Blacksburg. The school is hoping to build a new facility downtown that will be maintained by the community.
On April 9, Blacksburg Town Council approved an ordinance that allows residents to keep chickens in their backyard.
Blacksburg will soon be home to a brand-new mountain biking park. The Blacksburg Rotary Mountain Bike Skills Park will be located on the current Gateway Trail on Brush Mountain, off Meadowbrook Drive.
The Campus Kitchen at VT Engage has reached its goal in diverting over 132,000 pounds of uneaten food from Virginia Tech dining halls. This food goes to various charities across the New River Valley to help feed those in need.
On March 26, multiple nonprofits from the Town of Blacksburg gathered at the biweekly Blacksburg Town Council meeting to speak about their organizations and request funding.
Brick and mortar store Mish Mish has announced it will close up shop permanently later this summer. An icon for many businesses and essential for many Virginia Tech students, Mish Mish has served the Blacksburg community for 49 years.
The Blacksburg Town Council discussed adopting a new budget for the 2019–2020 fiscal year at its March 12 meeting. A public hearing for the budget is scheduled for April 9.
Members of the Blacksburg and Virginia Tech communities are resisting a request by American Campus Communities to rezone 3.8 acres of the Houston-Harrell Street neighborhood for student housing.
At the town council meeting on Feb. 26, a new proposal for the Old Blacksburg Middle School construction project was introduced. Several changes were made to the proposal, and the Blacksburg Planning Commission will meet on March 5 to vote on this proposal.
Virginia’s 12th district delegate Chris Hurst met with constituents on Feb. 25 at the Blacksburg Recreation Center. Monday’s town hall followed two others held in Giles and Radford/Pulaski where Hurst updated constituents on the General Assembly session that convened on Jan. 9.
Virginia Tech Housing and Residential Life and Recreational Sports has recently opened a new outdoor fitness park with the purpose to improve students’ wellness. University officials hope that this $120,000 park will get students to spend more time outside.
On Jan. 1, 2019, Cyril Clarke assumed his role as the executive vice president and provost at Virginia Tech. Previously, he served as dean of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine from 2013 to October of 2017, and he became interim executive vice president and provost at Virgi…
Virginia Tech will begin a renovation project on War Memorial Hall at the end of 2019. Working with CannonDesign, the university plans to create a more pleasant gym experience for students and bring one of the older buildings on campus into the future.
On Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, Science Olympiad at Virginia Tech hosted its second Science Olympiad Tournament, with over 200 high school students competing from counties across Virginia, as well as a school in Pennsylvania.
According to a Blacksburg Police Department press release, the “Carnival of the Mind” Hokie statue in downtown Blacksburg was reported stolen at about 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2019.
The Blacksburg Transit service has launched a new app in hopes of improving bus scheduling and ease of use for students and other passengers. Released on Jan. 16, this app is available for both Android and iPhone users and can be downloaded for free from the Google Play or App Store.
During the last Blacksburg Town Council meeting on Jan. 22, 2019, the consent agenda, which groups multiple town projects together, was approved.
On Jan. 8, Blacksburg Town Council held its first meeting of the year, and several ordinances were introduced and discussed. Two ordinances were passed.
With an enrollment of 250 majors and 200 minors, the School of Performing Arts (SOPA) at Virginia Tech makes up a relatively small piece of the 4,000-student College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. But among the various major and minor options, ranging from music technology to theatre pe…
