Collegiate Times

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Our Best of Blacksburg 2025 poll is open now! Vote for the restaurants, coffee shops, entertainment avenues, shops and services you want to see win! The poll will be open until March 30. Click the link below to vote 🔗

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LIFESTYLES: “The plant sale is not the only upcoming opportunity for folks to get out and engage with the Garden. This summer will feature the annual Gala, as well as the Simply Elemental art show.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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SPORTS: “The Hokies (25-5) overpowered the Lancers (6-19) in both games with a mix of timely hitting and solid pitching.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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NEWS: “Student protesters with Students for Justice in Palestine at VT marched from the Pylons on Virginia Tech’s campus to the Blacksburg Municipal Building on March 19.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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OPINIONS: “History remembers RFK Sr. as a beloved and compassionate man. His son has harnessed this powerful history for a strategic political position.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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SPORTS: “But, in a repeat of that Cardinal matchup, the Hokies (7-4, 2-3 ACC) ultimately fell to the Tar Heels, 21-9, on Thursday, marking their third ACC loss of the season.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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LIFESTYLES: “Virginia Tech students and professors gathered to hear Glenn Davis Stone, a professor at Washington and Lee University, give a lecture on agricultural theories and practices earlier this month.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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LIFESTYLES: “Sometimes, putting down roots at Virginia Tech means planting a tree — or thousands. On March 22 and March 23, The Big Plant will be coming back to Blacksburg for the seventh time.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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NEWS: “The strategy plan claims that “the community is unsatisfied with the current state of North Main Street." However, this statement contrasts the narrow vote from the town council at 4-3.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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Welcome back from Spring break, Hokies! Check out this week’s issue, with a lifestyles story on The Big Plant returning to Blacksburg. Click the link below to read more 🔗

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SPORTS: “After an 18-2 rout turned into a shocking 7-6 loss in Friday’s doubleheader, Tech wasn’t fazed, coming out on top a day later.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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OPINIONS: “Want to have a big impact in just two seconds? View trash as something worthy of respect.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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SPORTS: “Yet, despite the offensive explosion in Game 1, the Hokies (14-4) couldn’t complete the sweep. They run-ruled Game 1, 18-2 but fell short in Game 2, 7-6.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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Happy Tuesday, Hokies!

Check out this week’s March Madness issue, featuring a news story on the protest at the opening of the Innovation Campus, as well as lifestyles pieces covering sports. Click the link below to read more 🔗

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LIFESTYLES: ‘“We all like to make the most obnoxious noises to distract the other team, like barking. Our cadre go crazy with us so it’s fun to just let loose and scream for the fun of it,” Dougherty said.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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NEWS: “On Friday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m., the Virginia Tech Students’ United Front (VTSUF) held its “ICE Off Our Campus” protest in front of Burruss Hall.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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LIFESTYLES: “There is a lot of fun to be had with sports at Virginia Tech, and there are some things students do not want to miss out on before graduation.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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“In a lopsided 21-5 loss at Thompson Field, Virginia Tech struggled to keep pace as the Eagles dominated from start to finish.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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“However, behind every practice, gameand road trip, there are 10 students who rarelyfind themselves in the spotlight yet play apivotal role for the men’s basketball team’s dailyoperations.” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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LIFESTYLES: “How does one keep in contact with the people they’ve known for many years on campus? Beyond that, how does onemake new friends post-grad?” Click the link below to read more 🔗

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