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Dear Future Residents: Mount Tabor
September 1, 2008
Some "future residents" have it easier than others. While most students opting to live off campus settled into their apartments in early August, others, such as sophomore Capers Gouger, had a very different experience: her new condo at Mt. Tabor Village w
Registration drives: Cause for legal concern?
August 29, 2008
All around the Virginia Tech campus and downtown Blacksburg, campaigners are hard at work registering students to vote in the upcoming election.
Students get out of Blacksburg
August 6, 2008
With the summer coming to a close, students prepare to return to school and reflect on their summers. While some students have taken advantage of some very nice rest and relaxation, others have really spent their summers with some incredible opportunitie
Steppin' Out offers entertainment
July 30, 2008
For 28 years, the Steppin' Out festival has marked the beginning of August and the beginning of fall. Music — exotic, sweet, or rowdy — fills the vendor-lined downtown streets. Food from restaurants will keep you full of energy to enjoy the friendly ca
Town traffic changes discussed
July 10, 2008
The Town of Blacksburg and the Virginia Department of Transportation presented plans for proposed changes to North Main Street and surrounding areas during a public meeting at the Blacksburg Community Center Wednesday.
Options abound for cheap summer entertainment
July 9, 2008
The summer may be half over, but there are still plenty of convenient, relatively inexpensive ways to pass the long days until the town and campus are repopulated.
Town gears up for summer operations
May 21, 2008
As any year-round Blacksburg resident can tell you, summers used to mean shortened operating hours, ample parking and brief waits for service at local businesses because of a reduced student population.
Rehash of noise ordinance in the works
March 20, 2006