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Virginia Insight
4:02 pm
Mon February 20, 2012

The Quest for Better Children’s Mental Health

Across Virginia,  thousands of children have been diagnosed with a variety of mental health conditions like Autism... Bi-polar... Schizophrenia... Depression.

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The Spark
11:44 am
Fri February 17, 2012

The Cairo Rooster

Bob Bersson debuts a new occasional feature on The Spark, short, creative non-fiction, with his story “The Cairo Rooster.”

The Spark
11:35 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Jeff McCormack

Jeff McCormack’s long relationship with plants includes starting Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Garden Medicinals and Culinaries, co-founding Virginia Plant Savers, and being lead author of Bush Medicine of the Bahamas,  an ethno-botanical study of the native uses of medicinal plants on San Salvador Island.

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The Spark
11:30 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Laura Taalman

JMU Math Professor Laura Taalman talks about the joy(?) of higher mathematics and Sudoku.

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The Spark
10:01 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Won’t You Celebrate With Me

JMU student Shanell Dowling reads “Won’t You Celebrate With Me” a poem by Lucille Clifton,  in honor of Black History Month.

Virginia Insight
4:22 pm
Thu February 16, 2012

Occupy: Who? What? Where? Why?

Who makes up the Occupy movement in Virginia?

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The Spark
12:22 pm
Fri February 10, 2012

Urban Renewal XVIII

Kirsten Warne

To honor Black History Month, JMU student Kirsten Warne reads Major Jackson’s poem Urban Renewal XVIII.

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The Spark
12:10 pm
Fri February 10, 2012

Stan Driver

Stan Driver picking hops

Hop grower Stan Driver talks about his fantastical vines, and the burgeoning Virginia hop-growing business.

Blue Mountain Brewery Hops

The Spark
12:02 pm
Fri February 10, 2012

Painter Todd Kenton Yoder

"Blues Man"
1 of 2 Images

Realist painter Todd Kenton Yoder talks about his approach to painting and his desire to tell a story with his work.

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The Spark
11:54 am
Fri February 10, 2012

Ellen Butchart

Ellen Butchart

When Staunton’s Ellen Butchart unexpectedly lost her job working on the creative side of Rosetta Stone, she responded by going back to school for an MBA in sustainable business.

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