The Mace & Crown

Author and poet Natalie Diaz will be speaking live at the Old Dominion University Virginia Beach Higher Education Center on Thursday, April 19from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.  The event will be streamed live to the ODU Tri-Cities and Peninsula Centers. Diaz, a Mojave and Pima tribe member, was born and raised on the banks [...]

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As a staff we want to thank everyone who came out and supported Carniv-ALL. It was a fun for us to meet with students while also making a little bit of money for our organization. This week we are going to be holding interviews for paid positions on our Editorial Board. The open positions are [...]

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Investigation of a suspected meth lab at Christopher Newport University has led to two students being banned from campus. The university administration has not released the names or any other information regarding the two students. “It’s unfortunate schools can’t evaluate common sense when accepting students,” said ODU senior Chris Knight According to the Virginian-Pilot, police [...]

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Good Friday brought a miracle to Virginia Beach when an F/A-18D naval jet crashed into an apartment complex and did not result in any casualties. Nine people were injured, including the pilots, and of those nine, seven were taken to the hospital. Sentara Healthcare said that six suffered minor injuries and were released but  one [...]

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One of the biggest issues in America is the increasing rate of student drop outs. More than 7,000 students drop out of school in America each day.  Approximately one million students fail to receive a high school diploma each year. Four out of 10 dropouts receive some kind of government assistance and are eight times [...]

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Dear Monarchs, I had the distinct pleasure of serving as a judge for Greek Sing this past week and truly enjoyed serving as judge. I would like to congratulate the Fantastic Four for their truly inspiring performance and victory at this event.  This was part of a series of Greek Week events that have brought [...]

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The Mace & Crown has made changes to the editorial board effective immediately. David Bakhshaee will no longer be the Editor in Chief of the student newspaper. Some issues transpired leading to a vote by the Editorial Staff of the newspaper last Thursday. A statement from the Editorial Board was released Friday. “The Mace & [...]

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Readers of the Mace & Crown, Some changes have happened within our newspaper this week. We have decided to change Editors in Chief. After much thought and deliberation, David Bakhshaee has been removed from his position. We wish him the best of luck and success with all of his future endeavors. We felt that we [...]

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Prestigious author and Malkin professor of public policy at Harvard University Robert D. Putnam spoke Thursday night to a packed room at the Ted Constant Center. Putnam’s lecture addressed the growing metamorphosis that religious attitudes have undergone in recent decades. Promoting his newest book “American Grace: How Religion Unites and Divides Us,” Putnam spoke primarily [...]

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For most students, summer is a time for lounging around the pool, soaking up some rays and maybe enjoying a drink or two before it‘s back to school for more boring lectures and cramming for exams. However, Emily Uperti, Cassi Patterson, Becky Holgate and Jacob Richardson aren’t like most students.  This summer, these four seemingly [...]

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