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'Armageddon' arrives: The sequestration at Tech
March 4, 2013
The dooms-day automatic spending cuts, commonly called sequestration, went into effect on March 1, not only taking away $85.4 billion from Virginia’s state budget, but potentially limiting job prospects for Virginia Tech graduates as well.
$10k grant explores food insecurity in the Montgomery County region
March 4, 2013
Blacksburg's Farmer's Market recently received a $10,000 grant that will be used to explore how the market can better serve the needs of low-income residents of the area.
New Interactive Classroom in Newman
March 4, 2013
Newman Library, in collaboration with the College of Science, has opened their first SCALE-UP classroom.
Pushing through: Savage gets 2nd chance after transferring from dead program
March 4, 2013
All athletes come to the point in their careers when they have to make a decision to push ahead or to call it quits.
March 4, 2013
Tonight the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team travels to famed Cameron Indoor Stadium, in Durham, North Carolina to face off against the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils. In these team’s last meeting the Blue Devils (25-4, 12-4 ACC) were coming off a disappointing 83-81 loss to Maryland. They proceeded to thrash the Hokies 88-56. The star of that game was senior guard Seth Curry who scored 22, despite the efforts of the crowd to rattle him with taunts based on his father, Hokie great Dell Curry. This time however the Blue Devils are coming off one of their best wins of the season over then #5 Miami, their key competitor in the ACC. The win also marked the return of forward Ryan Kelly from a two month absence due to a foot injury. Kelly went off against the Hurricanes finishing with a career-high 36 points, knocking down seven of nine three-pointers. Kelly also helped teammate and ACC player of the year candidate Mason Plumlee by keeping teams from being able to double team him. A key question for Duke will be just how much Kelly can contribute down the stretch. While it is unlikely he will be as effective as he was in his spectacular return, he is still a key cog on a national title contender. If Kelly can stay on the court, then the Blue Devils will again look like the consensus #1 they were in November. Meanwhile, the Hokies (13-16, 4-12 ACC) are coming off a senior night victory over Clemson, sending off star guard and lone senior Erick Green with one last win in Cassell Coliseum. Green was yet again the star of the night, scoring 29 points and raising his nation leading points per game average to an even 25. While Green wants to focus on the team, he is closing in on two impressive individual marks. First, if he can hold onto the national scoring title, he will be the first ACC player to win it since 1957. Second, he is within reach of the school record for points in a season. The record, set in the 1989-90 season by prolific scorer Bimbo Coles, is 785 points. With two games left to go Green has 725, leaving him just 60 points, or 30 points per game, away from Coles. While it is not a slam dunk, Green certainly has the ability to break it. The Hokies will also be using their last few games to begin to get an idea of what next year’s team will look like without Green to hold them together. To that end there was an encouraging sign against Clemson as Robert Brown broke out of his months-long funk to score 13. Tech will need Brown and fellow sophomore CJ Barksdale to become significant contributors next season and will be looking for both to make progress in these remaining contests. The stakes for both teams entering this contest are low, if not non-existent. The Blue Devils are a lock to make it into the NCAA tournament as a high seed, while the Hokies are not even on the radar for the CBI. However, this is one of the last remaining chances to see Erick Green play in a Virginia Tech uniform, barring a miracle run in the ACC tournament. And in an historic building like Cameron Indoor, anything can happen.
Overdone, overused: "21 and Over" lacks originality
March 4, 2013
“21 and Over” is essentially a remake of “The Hangover” for the college-age audience: a responsible guy is coerced into a night of debauchery by his friends, only to have events predictably spiral out of control.
Outdoor culture: Banff Mountain Film Festival comes to The Lyric
March 4, 2013
As a part of its world tour, the Banff Mountain Film Festival will come to The Lyric on March 13. Hosted by Blacksburg Blue Ridge Mountain Sports, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will feature some of the most notable films from the 2012 festival.
Catching a 'catfish': We're laying our own technological trap
March 4, 2013
Due to the overwhelming amount of access we have to technology, many of us have become private investigators. According the Wall Street Journal, the average person spends 405 minutes per month “stalking” others on Facebook.
Even NASCAR can change gender stereotypes
March 4, 2013
The last Daytona 500 should be NASCAR’s wakeup call. For years, NASCAR has been one of the most gender exclusive sports out. But two weeks ago, it featured a fresh face in the traditional lineup of drivers that the entire sport can learn from — Danica Patrick.