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For Yates: A Mixtape & Love to an Extremely Brilliant Norfolk Cat

By Rashidi Barrett

His name is Ryan Yates, an artistic behemoth and Hip Hop cultural liaison/ contributary made from spare parts of grumpy old men, a pack of camels, a pair of 88′ Jordans and oozes talent by accident whilst maintaining a humble attitude about it all.

Infocomics: May Edition

By Sylvia Liu

Check out the latest infocomics from Slyvia Liu.

Funny Cause They’re True: ODU Memes #monarchproblems

By Sarah Schmader

ODU students express their grievances on the ODU Memes page. #monarchproblems

Laser Pointers May Now Only be Used to Torment Cats, Not Aircrafts

By Leah Small

Laser pointers now outlawed in Va. as they could cause aircraft pilots to blindly crash into the earth.

Top 20 Reasons Brad from The Pushers Loves his Mom

By The Pushers

20. Mom painted smurfs on my school lunch bags until I was seventeen.
13. Mom unfortunately still refers to my nether region as “Piglet.”

Letter to the Editor: EPA Stopping Polluting Industries from Running Amok

By Chloe Chen

Moreover, this proposal signals to other polluting industries that they will not be able to affect public health in an unbridled manner as they may have in the past.

Letter to the Editor: Negativity Threatens to Push our Best out of Politics

By Mike Rau

But as much as Molly Ward loves serving the public, I’ve seen the toll that the lies, the hateful language and the personal attacks have taken on her. No one should have to tolerate these things – much less someone of her sweet nature and unassailable moral character.

Skye Sings Bye Bye Blackbird (Morning Voice, Morning Light)

By Skye Zentz

Sugar sweet.

Dance Review: Lula Washington Dance Theatre

By Jaime Simpson

Throughout the piece, footage of military troops and planes was displayed on the backdrop. This dance was incredibly moving; at the end, with all of the dancers marching slowly in salute, I had tears in my eyes.

Marijuana Reform Proposals not Dank enough for Richmond in 2012

By Amir Vera

Virginia remains very strict concerning marijuana laws.

Local Music Video: Robert McFarland’s “California”

By Jesse Scaccia

“King Neptune was the Roman god of water and sea and with this CD I hope to at the forefront of the sound of VA Beach music.”

From the D’pt of Sad News: Bibliophile Bookshop Closing June 1st

By Jesse Scaccia

“And now I have to let go of something that will not resurge in my lifetime — the Used and Rare Book Business.”
- Uwe Wilken, owner, Bibliophile Bookshop

Review: Generic Theater’s Cabaret

By Jaime Simpson

Cabaret is partly playful and over the top, and also somber and heart wrenching.

Using the Energy of the Wave: Preview Interview, Gallim Dance

By Jaime Simpson

“It is emotional and powerful … it looks at how people recreate the idea of home.”

Op-ed: Making our City Governments More Transparent

By Jesse Scaccia

editor’s note: this piece originally ran on my campaign site. It saddened me when this Tweet came through my feed from Virginian-Pilot reporter Patrick Wilson: Norfolk City Council needed to talk about public records. So they met in secret. Top secret legal stuff. Then there was a link to this story: “Norfolk council meets privately [...]

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