The USS Wisconsin provided the backdrop for this morning's campaign kickoff for Senatorial candidate Mark Warner. Here are some photos. As always, click to enlarge. AP writer Bob Lewis did a decent job covering the event in his article here so I won't repeat it. According to Lewis, there were about 350 people there, which … Continue reading Warner kickoff in Norfolk
Day: May 5, 2008
RIP Mildred Loving
Just a bit over a month shy of the 41st anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, we learn that litigant Mildred Loving has died. Loving and her white husband, Richard, changed history in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their right to marry. The ruling struck down laws banning racially mixed marriages in … Continue reading RIP Mildred Loving
Opinion, please: should professor lose job for giving too many Fs?
Sunday's Virginian Pilot had a story about a Norfolk State University professor who lost his job because he refused to increase the pass rates for his students. At the end of this semester, Steven Aird will lose his job as an associate professor of biology at Norfolk State University for giving out too many F's. … Continue reading Opinion, please: should professor lose job for giving too many Fs?
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