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Former sex slave tells story

By Kaelyn Quinn | October 25, 2012

Her trafficker handcuffed her to a door for two weeks. When Chong Kim escaped and ran into a shopping mall screaming for help, “people pulled their children away from me,” she told students gathered to hear her speak Wednesday evening in Clark Hall. Sigma Psi Zeta sorority hosted the event, where Kim shared her experiences as a survivor of sex trafficking in the U.S., in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month and as part of the sorority’s efforts to fight violence against women. Kim, a U.S.

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University aims to fuel economy

By Erik Payne and Alia Sharif | October 25, 2012

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has signed an agreement with Virginia’s public higher-education institutions and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to draw businesses to the commonwealth, Gov.

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State to reform regulations

By Racine Fraser | October 25, 2012

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced a regulatory reform initiative calling for regulatory agencies to examine their policies, remove unnecessary rules and streamline regulations, according to a statement from the Governor’s Office released Monday.

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JPJ hosts diversity career day

By Andrew D'Amato | October 25, 2012

University Career Services hosted a Diversity Career Day in the John Paul Jones Arena Wednesday to introduce prospective employers to students from colleges and universities in Virginia and Washington, D.C.

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StudCo denies paper CIO status, cites company's for-profit nature

By Emily Hutt | October 24, 2012

Student Council voted at its representative body meeting Tuesday evening to decline the The Black Sheep publication’s request for CIO status, which would have permitted it to receive funding from student activities fees. Copies of The Black Sheep, a student-run satirical publication, started appearing around Grounds this semester.

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State eliminates waiting list for low-income AIDS patients

By Katherine Ballington | October 23, 2012

Low-income Virginia residents suffering from HIV/AIDS no longer have to wait for their medication. Additional funding from the General Assembly helped the state’s AIDS drug assistance program (ADAP) reduce its waiting list — which peaked at 1,112 people last December ­— to zero at the end of August.

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Bruce Springsteen to perform free concert Tuesday

By Michelle Davis | October 22, 2012

Bruce Springsteen is set to perform a free concert Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion in support of the Barack Obama campaign. The Obama for America-hosted-event is part of the campaign’s effort to turn out voters across Virginia. “I’m here today because for thirty years I’ve been writing about the distance between the American dream and the American reality,” Springsteen said during a recent appearance in Iowa.

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Virginia Health Commissioner resigns in protest

By Olivia Patton | October 22, 2012

Virginia Health Commissioner Karen Remley abruptly resigned from her position Thursday citing the controversial abortion clinic regulations passed this year as her impetus. The Virginia Board of Health passed regulations in June that classify abortion clinics as hospitals, requiring them to abide by the same architectural standards.

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Voter registration chief trashes forms in Rockingham County

By Andrew Stewart | October 22, 2012

The issue of voter fraud resurfaced last week when Rockingham County resident Colin Small was arrested for attempting to dispose of completed voter registration forms. Small, a voter registration supervisor, worked for an independent private organization that the Republican Party of Virginia contracted to conduct voter registration. “The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office… made an arrest in the investigation of voter registration fraud that began on the afternoon of Oct.

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