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Starting the night with a loud, sold-out crowd and a first-drive touchdown, JMU felt like it had momentum to carry it through the game. After going into the locker room at the half with a 14-point lead, the Dukes would not find the scoreboard again, dropping in overtime to Troy. 

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JMU women’s soccer (9-5-3, 7-1-2 Sun Belt) used a 77th-minute goal to tie at Georgia Southern (8-5-5, 3-4-4) 1-1 on Sunday. The Dukes secured the No. 1 overall seed in the Sun Belt conference tournament with the result.

JMU field hockey (8-8, 7-2 MAC) wrapped up its regular season with a 3-0 loss to No. 4 UMass (17-1, 9-0). The Dukes hung around for three quarters, but the Minutewomen scored two quick goals early in the fourth quarter to bury JMU 3-0.

Starting the night with a loud, sold-out crowd and a first-drive touchdown, JMU felt like it had momentum to carry it through the game. After going into the locker room at the half with a 14-point lead, the Dukes would not find the scoreboard again, dropping in overtime to Troy. 

The 39th year of the Virginia Film Festival (VAFF) was hosted in Charlottesville from Wednesday, October 21st through Sunday, October 25th. Screenings were shown at the Violet Crown and Paramo…

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Now, one way or another, students do eventually have to make a decision, but it need not be so early. There is absolutely no reason for housing contracts to push next year’s living situations so early. It’s JMU’s housing contracts that might be causing  a domino effect with other housing.  

The holiday runs on the macabre, the villainous and the grotesque, and that’s not inherently a problem. The problem emerges only when social media strips the ethical dimension from actual human suffering and gives it back to us, repackaged as “aesthetic” and “fun” content.

Sometimes hobbies start out relaxing but devolve into something that brings more stress than peace. If that happens, there’s no shame in taking a break or picking a new one. If you struggle with perfectionism, you’re not alone, and there are ways to practice letting yourself be bad at your h…

So why does JMU’s Career and Internship Fair seem to snub some students and not others? Some of this can be explained by how specific majors are overshadowed by those in the business and health science disciplines, which make up roughly 55% of the total student base at JMU.