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'It was disheartening': Stolen flags spark fear in Jewish community at Virginia Tech


‘It was disheartening’: Stolen flags spark fear in Jewish community at Virginia Tech
Leaders believe it is related to the on going conflict in the Middle East
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech’s largest Jewish organization has been the target of vandalism for the second time in a year.
Leaders with Hillel at Virginia Tech believe it may be directly caused by the current conflict in the Middle East.
The organization has been a home away from home for the university’s Jewish population for decades.
“There’s been, you know, a few instances where students are being criticized directly, you know, within the campus and so we’ve been a resource for them,” Executive Director Hillel at Virginia Tech Susan Kurtz said. ....

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COVID Companions collaboration benefits students and the community


COVID Companions collaboration benefits students and the community
Published Saturday, May. 8, 2021, 12:05 am
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Kirin Anand places the Amazon Fire high-definition tablet on the front steps of a house and rings the doorbell. Then he walks back to his car and makes a phone call. His COVID Companion answers and, after a brief conversation, she opens the door to retrieve the new technology on her doorstep.
The companion looks out at her street and sees Anand, a biological systems engineering major at Virginia Tech. The two wave an enthusiastic greeting to each other before Anand starts his car and pulls away. Half an hour later, he will call his companion again to make sure she is acclimatizing to the tablet. Together ....

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Montgomery Co. sheriff, others blast 'systemic failure' in state mental health admissions


CHRISTIANSBURG — Montgomery County Sheriff Hank Partin was joined by five other sheriffs and the police chiefs of Christiansburg and Blacksburg Wednesday as he laid into the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services for what he termed a “systemic failure” in admissions to state mental health hospitals.
“The folks that are in crisis, that need help – they aren’t receiving help,” Partin said at a news conference called at the county Public Safety Building.
Specifically, Partin and his fellow law-enforcement leaders took the state to task for delays in admitting people held on Temporary Detention Orders, which are issued when someone is found to be a danger to themselves or other. ....

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