The Mace & Crown

Old Dominion University hosted the third annual Sustainable Living Fair at Webb Center this past weekend. The fair was created by two local businesses, Five Points Community Farm Markets and Green Alternatives, to educate and inform Hampton Roads about sustainable living practices. Local businesses and organizations displayed invigorating eco-friendly ideas to ODU students and viewers [...]

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With eight months of newfound sobriety under his belt, Russell Karchner has been working nonstop to prepare for his art show. He put finishing touches on an acrylic piece that was used as part of his collection of works, alongside fellow Norfolk painter, Ryan Yates. Together, Yates and Russell hosted their event, “You Can’t Quit [...]

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The Naro Expanded Cinema hosted Veer Magazine’s Local Music awards Wednesday night. Fans and musicians from Hampton Roads gathered to celebrate each other during a night of awards and great live performances. Musicians, bloggers, venues and prominent individuals in the homegrown music community all accepted awards. Jeff Maisey, editor of Veer Magazine, organized the event [...]

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Dear Monarchs, One of the major initiatives of the eighty-first session has been to engage the student body in innovative ways. The REP ODU campaign is an example of how we have used fashion and eye-popping colors to attract attention to the various events which we have hosted, such as bike safety day, the state-senate [...]

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Trian Illiadis traveled to a few continents to attend Old Dominion University and play basketball.  So far neither he nor the university is regretting that decision. The 6-foot-3-inch senior from Australia is averaging 8.5 points per game as well as being one of the leaders in the Colonial Athletic Association in assists at 2.4 per [...]

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The Pope approved the male enhancement pill, Viagra. He has approved the pill for Catholics under the following situations, as stated by the catholoicnewsagancy.com, “the Viagra medicine has only one purpose, to facilitate the marital act, then it can be taken licitly only by married people who are open to life.” It can also be [...]

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The day started off very well for both men’s and women’s tennis at Old Dominion University. The Monarchs beat the Retrievers 6-1 while the Lady Monarchs beat the Lady Retrievers 4-3. “We did pretty good, we got on top of the guys pretty quick,” Alfredo Rodriguez said.  Rodriguez is a junior at ODU.  Rodriguez played [...]

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In the spirit of Black History Month, one Old Dominion University professor who enlightens students on African-American studies is Dr. Kideste Wilder Bonner. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree and proceeds to earn her doctorate from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Dr. Bonner’s research interests included policing, race, ethnicity, inequality and criminal justice [...]

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Alpha Phi held their Huggy Pillow Event, a co-sponsorship with the Civics Engagement Center, on Valentine’s day.  During the event, heart shaped pillows were sold for three dollars and donations were taken to continue making the pillows. All proceeds went to the Alpha Phi Foundation, which is made up of comprised of Cardiac Care, Scholarship, [...]

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The internet meme phenomenon is finally catching on to Old Dominion University students. Though the phenomenon has been around the internet for quite some time, students are finally banding together through Facebook to voice their opinions, crack jokes and relate to others. An “official” Facebook page with the tagline, “The original place where ODU students, [...]

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