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Often found years ago playing solo gigs in front of drunken college kids at Longwood College’s campus in Virginia, Pat McGee is now working on establishing himself among prominent contemporary singer/songwriters. His band formed in early 1996 and has been touring since. From McGee’s 1996 recording From the Wood, it was clear that McGee was an extremely talented young troubadour, blending folk influences from James Taylor and Paul Simon with his own acoustic rock sound and incredible vocal capabilities...
...Supreme Court that ruled on the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case was “one of the most intensely splintered courts in history,” according to University of Virginia School of Law Professor Michael J. Klarman...
Freshman third baseman Virginia Fritsch, who has been one of Harvard’s most lethal offensive weapons this season, stepped to the plate. In her eighth at-bat of the game, she bludgeoned a single to right field, scoring the speedy Stefanchik and tying up the score. But with two outs, it looked like even more extra innings could be in the works...
...common to the area. It was founded in 1996 by former Navy SEAL Erik Prince, who saw a growing need for private security work by governments overseas and private firms. Since then, the company has trained more than 50,000 military and law-enforcement personnel just south of the Virginia border, near Norfolk, at its 6,000-acre facility, which it calls "the finest private firearms-training facility in the U.S." The facility boasts several target ranges and a simulated town for urban-warfare training. It is so advanced that some of the U.S. military's active-duty special...
Leading the charge for the freshmen has been third baseman Virginia Fritsch, last week’s Ivy Rookie of the Week. In seven games the Los Gatos, Calif. native went 12-21 with a home run and 10 runs batted in. On the season Fristsch has a smoking .392 batting average, with a home run and 14 RBI. But she has been spectacular not just at the plate—Fritsch also has a perfect fielding percentage, having not made an error in 37 chances at the hot corner...