Chan Marshall’s performances have been known to be intimate, powerful, mesmerizing, and even a total letdown depending on what night you catch the soulful songstress. Marshall is a performer known to wear her emotions on her sleeve and has stated she sometimes suffers from horrible stage fright. But she has also been at it for almost two decades and [...]
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HIV/ AIDS: A Discourse on the Culture, Politics, & Economics of a Retrovirus.
National AIDS awareness month is a time where focused attention is drawn in on the who, where’s, why’s, and how’s, of the epic uncured disease of our time HIV/AIDS. Attitudes, perceptions, and scientific knowledge on the disease has developed significantly over the past 2 decades as drastically as the viruses’ ability to adapt in one’s body and ultimately become [...]
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A Pageant of Beauty and Excellence
What does Oprah Winfrey, Vanessa Williams and Diane Sawyer all have in common? Along with success, and confidence, they were each pageant queens. In fact, the very first beauty pageant was presented by the famous P. T. Barnum, in 1854 who’s brought us Ringling Bros. and Barnum in Bailey Circus that we still enjoy today. Since then, beauty pageants have [...]
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Controversial Abortion Clinic Regulations Cause VA Health Commissioner to Resign
Due to a controversial bill supporting abortion clinic regulations that were just passed by the VA General Assembly last month, Virginia’s Health Commissioner, Dr. Karen Remley, has resigned as of last Thursday. In her resignation letter to her colleagues she writes, “Unfortunately, how specific sections of the Virginia Code pertaining to the development and enforcement of these regulations have been and continue [...]
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Teen Domestic Violence
“I saw the women on TV,” Erica[1] said. “I used to say, ‘Ain’t no man putting their hands on me!’” But it’s different when you are in the situation.” Erica became a victim of teen domestic violence at the tender age of 14. But in the beginning, Erica, who was an honor roll student and a junior varsity cheerleader, said [...]
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