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Computers Promote Syntax Error

by: Kevin Bost Ask a non Twitter user what they think about twitter.  More likely than not, they will say something negative about the service.  Go on, give it a try!  I tested this theory a few weeks ago on two unsuspecting VIC students… “What do you think about twitter?”  a: “Uh… I don’t know, [...]

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All This Fiddle

by: Edison Jennings Marianne Moore wrote a poem often cited in support of crackpot aesthetic theories, including my own. This handy little poem is titled “Poetry,” appropriately enough.  Anyway, Moore begins her poem by telling us that she “too dislikes it,” with ‘it’ meaning poetry.  Now that’s an odd thing for her to say, considering [...]

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Upcoming – VIC Choir Concert

Thursday, April 29th  – Features Global Sacred Music This coming Thursday, April 29th, the Virginia Intermont Choir will present their spring concert. The program is built around sacred music from different parts of the world and will include songs from Russia, Zimbabwe, Germany, and many other corners of the globe! Different members of the choir [...]

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Intermont Wins Third National Dressage Championship

Virginia Intermont’s dressage team took top honors at the Ninth Annual Intercollegiate Dressage Association National Team Championship with an overall team score of 37 points.
Intermont’s 4 person team scored three second place ribbons and one 9th to clinch the team championship over 11 other teams from colleges throughou tthe US.. IDA competitions field 4 member teams to ride in First Level, Upper Training, Lower Training and Introductory following tests created by the US Equestrian Federation.

Intermont’s Elizabeth Mirson started off the competition on a positive note scoring a combined percentage to 66.14% in First Level. She was followed by Gigi Good in Upper Training who won Intermont’s second reserve ribbon with a combined score
of 69%. Intermont scored a third second place in a row when Claire Almon finished her Lower Training test with a combined score of 68.48%. The last Cobra in the ring was Chelsea Dressler who finished in 9th place with 62.75.

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