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Any spots around Blacksburg to see sunrise? Thanks!
Does anyone know which company manages the apartments that are above businesses on N. Main?
Thanks in advance
As I write this (1:03 am), there is ambulance outside of Pritchard
I’m trying to grow out my hair to shoulder length, but I don’t really trust super cuts to cut it right or give me good advice on care. Wondering where I should go?
Hello Hokie!
Are YOU an insecure partner in your relationship? are YOU scared your gf/bf/nbf will cheat on your at a halloween party? If so, this might interest you! For a mere 10$ an hour, I will stalk your significant other at whatever halloween party they attend as a wallflower with a fully masked anonymous Black Noir costume! I will report back to YOU (my client) what your significant other is doing every 5-10m via text. I will NOT talk to them at all, so they will not suspect a thing! I will also not send pictures but if you ask for proof and throw in an extra 2$ I can try. However, once they leave the party, that is out of my jurisdiction. REST ASSURED you WILL know if they leave with someone of the opposite gender!
dm me here for details! I am unfortuneatly booked for saturday night, but free the whole night on friday!
I am requesting this class for a human systems elective and was wondering if anyone would be willing to say how they liked the class when they had it. Hadn’t found anything on reviews for it.
Does anyone know when the decision for transfer will come out? I know it will be early November and usually on Fridays.. but it won't be tomorrow right? Ugh I am so nervous. Thank you!
Anyone going to JMU this weekend that can give me a ride? Will pay for gas.
I may need to take this class but cannot find any info about it. Has anyone taken it and knows what the workload is like and what they do in class exactly?
I'm living with three roommates in the Hunter's Ridge apartments, and during our first month, we were running the AC nonstop and leaving lights on 24/7. As a result, our utilities bill (electricity, water, sewer) was $67 per person. However, in response, we barely ran the AC at all for the following month and made a group effort to turn off lights when we exited a room, but our bill is now $77 per person. This seems quite high, and I genuinely don't know why the bill is that high, especially since we seemingly used our utilities less. Does anyone have any insight as to why this may be the case?
Hey guys, I lost two rings last night somewhere between the Drillfield and the Hokie Grill side of Owens. One is a gold bow with a red gem in the middle and the other is gold with cz’s. If anyone has seen them could you please reply to this post to let me know. Thanks so much.
If you're looking for something to do for Halloween (tonight), here's a few ideas in Blacksburg and throughout the New River Valley:
1. Halloween Special: 20% Off Your Meal & Wine with Costume
Zeppoli's, Blacksburg
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 11:30 AM - 8:30 PM
Guests who dress in costume will receive 20% off their meal and wine purchases.
Come dressed in your costumes on Halloween and receive 20% Off Your Meal and Wine. For dine-in only and cannot be combined with any other offer.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=819844
2. Spooky Jazz and Bites with Gin n' Tonic in Concert
Gillie's, Blacksburg
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Admission:Â Free
Gillies restaurant presents "Spooky Jazz and Bites" featuring musical guest Gin n' Tonic. Come by in your scariest costume to trick or treat (we will be handing out fresh cookies from Bollos cafe), have a drink or eat dinner while listening to some classic jazz tunes.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=819839
3. Fort Vause in Concert
Continental Divide (Inn at Virginia Tech), Blacksburg
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Admission:Â Free
Fort Vause is a collection of musicians based in Montgomery County, VA that performs in a variety of configurations. Depending on how they divide up, the band can play bluegrass, old time, gospel, traditional country and even what some folks call folk music.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=818648
4. Halloween Silent Disco
Rising Silo Farm Brewery, Blacksburg
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Admission: Free
Silent Disco Headphones: $10.00,
Purchase of Dinner Entree: Free headphones with purchase of dinner entree.
Dress in your costumes and enjoy a Halloween-themed Silent Disco Dance Party featuring your choice of haunting hits, funky classics or EDM on the airwaves. Headphones are $10 each or free with a purchase of any dinner entree. There will also be a costume contest with prizes awarded at 8:30PM.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=819488
5. Hollo-Ween Bash
Moon Hollow Brewing, Blacksburg
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Admission:Â Free
Wear your favorite costume to celebrate the occasion and receive 10% off your tab while enjoying a spooky music set from the band Hutcheson Drive from 6:00-9:00 PM. The band Hutcheson Drive, composed of Virginia natives, is a multi-genre group of dedicated musicians that play with fervor and conviction that evokes a feeling like no other. They will have candy, decorations, specialty drinks and great vibes.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=819753
6. Thursday Night at the Planetarium
Radford University Planetarium, Radford
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Admission:Â Free
Join Radford University Planetarium at 7PM for a tour of the current nighttime sky along with a special planetarium show. All ages are welcome.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=818641
7. Haunted Prison NRV - Haunted House
Haunted Prison NRV, Fairlawn
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 7:00 - 10:00 PM
General Admission: $25.00
Military, Teachers & First Responders with ID: $20.00
Fastpass: $40.00 (Line Skip),
Visitor's Pass: $5.00 (No Prison, Just Yard Entry)
Dare to enter Haunted Prison NRV, the New River Valley’s newest haunted attraction in Radford, VA on a special night. Once a place of confinement and sorrow, this forsaken fortress now beckons thrill seekers who dare to enter where the Corrupted still rule. As night falls every weekend in October, the prison’s shadowy cells come alive with the eerie echoes of the pain from its grim past. The Guards and even the Warden can’t save you as you navigate through the abandoned cell blocks where the deranged lurk.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=818935
8. Haunted History Tour
Alexander Black House & Cultural Center, Blacksburg
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Admission:Â $20.00
ake a tour of historic downtown Blacksburg with a ghostly twist! You will learn both the history and lore of the buildings at each location. On this 60-90 minute tour, renowned ghost tour guide T.J. Prosalenti, who has given more than 160 tours throughout Richmond, will take you to six locations (The Alexander Black House, The Lyric Theatre, Thomas Conner House, The Donaldson Brown Hotel (GLC), The Municipal Building and Kent Square). The stories at each stop will range from 5-10 minutes in length. Advance ticket purchases are required.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=819342
9. Drez's Bon Voyage Boo-Bash with Costume Contest and Music from Phat Boyz Band
Macado's, Blacksburg
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 7:00 - 11:00 PM
Admission:Â Free
Join 105.3 The Bear and longtime DJ DreZ in his final hooray at Macado's Blacksburg from 7-11PM. There will be a costume contest with prizes featuring $500, concert tickets and more along with live music from country, rock & dance band Phat Boyz Band.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=819845
10. Women's Soccer: UVA vs. #12 Virginia Tech (Final Home Game & Blackout Game)
Thompson Field, Virginia Tech
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Admission:Â Free
Watch the #12 ranked Virginia Tech Women's Soccer team compete against ACC conference and in-state rival the University of Virginia in the final regular season home game. All fans are encouraged to wear black to this match for the annual Blackout Game. Black t-shirts will be given away while supplies last.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=785493
11. Halloween with The Red Ferns and Cherry Moon
The Milk Parlor, Blacksburg
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Ages 21 & Over: $5.00, Ages 18-20: $7.00
The Red Ferns are a five-piece Blacksburg, VA based rock band. They enjoy covering songs by The Eagles, The Allman Brothers, and The Grateful Dead. The Ferns have mainly been a cover band, but they are working on developing their own sound and their debut album. Cherry Moon is a Blacksburg-based, psych-rock band inspired by 70s psychedelia, 80s synths, and 90s grunge. Costumes are encouraged. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the music starts at 8:00 PM.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=819788
12. Late Night Horror Series: Original Halloween
Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 10:00 - 11:35 PM
Admission:Â $5.00
The Lyric Theatre concludes their Late Night Horror Series featuring the classic horror film the original "Halloween". The 1978 classic horror film "Halloween" stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis and Tony Moran and is written and directed by John Carpenter. The film is rated R. Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Link:Â http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=819477
And, if you're looking for family friendly Halloween events, there's over 30 included on NextThreeDays page of Halloween events at: http://www.nextthreedays.com/TaggedEvents.cfm?T=2024NRVHalloween
Thanks for reading and have a great & safe Halloween!
When dining services asks us how they’re doing:
Trying to make some at home.
If you aren't already registered, VA offers same-day registration in order to vote! You're still perfectly capable! This will probably be one of the most influential elections in U.S. history, so every vote matters. With VT being such a large cluster of people, you wouldn't think that your vote matters, but it DOES.
Edit: VA has a very real possibility of becoming a red state this election. Our county is one of the deciding factors in that, believe it or not. SWVA is majority red. It is only due to VT and Radford students. Outside of campus, you'll find mostly republican votes. So yeah, your vote as a student at VT has a big impact.
Edit 2: Regardless of your party affiliation, it's important to vote! Young generations rarely do, but for this election, young people are likely going to be affected most.
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I'm a senior and gonna apply to VT's business school during RD. I want to ask two questions: how difficult is it to get admitted to the business college? and more specifically, I want to pursue accounting - what are the outcomes/experience like?
Basically if it's worth to come here to pursue an accounting degree. I'm OOS (nd I heard it's easier to get in at the expense of money?) though. Stats wise I currently have a 1280 SAT and a kinda mid 3.5 GPA but I think I could bring that a bit higher before I apply.
what can i do with a girl in blacksburg! like where should i take a women and have fun!
For almost 15 years, there has been a wide selection of user flairs to choose from in this subreddit. Using custom CSS, it was possible to display flair images such as a HokieBird or the VT logo. Unfortunately, reddit ended support for custom CSS when they dropped "new reddit" back in 2017. Since then, they were only visible to people using old reddit. To everyone using the mobile app or new reddit, you'd see something like "VT - edit this text with your major/year".
Anyways, all of the flairs have been converted to the new flair system! You can pick one of them on the sidebar. They're also editable, so you can change the text to show your major, class year, or anything else you want. The old flairs are still available for now, although in the future we'll run a script to migrate everyone using them and delete them.
I also added a few new flairs, but besides that everything was carried over exactly as it was on old reddit. If you have any suggestions for new flairs, drop a comment and we'll consider adding them!
TL;DR: Flair images are available for anyone using new/newer reddit or the mobile app. Also pls comment if you want new flairs, they haven't been updated since 2016!
Like the title says, will people still be wearing costumes out this Saturday?
I've been having trouble attempting to do my course request ( yes- I'm super late) cause they're mostly all major locked. I'm still gen enge, and change of major hasn't opened yet I believe. How do I go about this?
Thanks in advance.
Probably best to avoid the area.
From listening to the online scanner, it sounded like Christiansburg PD chased a female suspect through Ellet Valley. She then turned onto Harding toward Bburg. She got spike-stripped near Harding and Owen (next to the graveyard). The cops tried shooing onlookers back into their homes and she took off again making it all the way to Main Street before finally being apprehended.
Sounds like she was taken into custody without serious incident.
Glad nobody was hurt.
Is anyone else’s HokieSPA not loading? I was doing course request and now it keeps saying there was an internal server error.
I was just wondering if I will have my associate's in mechanical engineering. I will get it in Florida, but right before I get my associate's, I will apply here. Does my GPA count from the associates or my high school? I went from high school to the military and am a bit older (27). I was just wondering what you guys had to get in here if any are currently enrolled.
Anyone know what happened? I heard vague details at work but don't see a campus notice.
So I am a bio major and I want to take a class that has a lot of interaction with the animals on surrounding farms. This may be a dumb question but is there a class for this?
I lost my 2nd generation Apple Pencil somewhere on campus. Most likely at Pamplin Hall, or somewhere outside. I found out that my bag has a hole at the bottom so it might've slipped out while commuting. If anyone finds it please let me know (missing since Wednesday 30/10/2024)
Description: White 2nd generation Apple Pencil. It has tiny black dots and stains towards the middle/base and the tip is a slightly brighter shade of white. The tip proportion is slightly bigger than the pen because I recently got it replaced.
I've sent out a claim to crowdfind but I'd really appreciate any help whatsoever!