Fundraiser will make hearts beat faster; The Free Lance-Star

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2012/032012/03052012/685943

(Stephen Farnsworth)

Virginia belongs at the top of the presidential-election calendar; http://www.washingtonpost.com; http://1click.indiatimes.com; http://schema-root.org; http://www.highbeam.com

The time has come to break the tyranny of Iowa and New Hampshire in the presidential nomination process, and Virginia is just the state to do it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/forget-super-tuesday–virginia-belongs-at-the-front-of-the-line/2012/02/29/gIQAdDlRnR_story.html

http://1click.indiatimes.com/article/03cVdI94pfaw3

http://schema-root.org/region/americas/north_america/usa/states/virginia/counties/fairfax/

http://www.highbeam.com/topics/silicon-valley-t10387

UMW opens Dahlgren campus; http://www.dcmilitary.com

Service members and employees onboard Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren can now pursue professional education opportunities at the University of Mary Washington’s (UMW’s) long-anticipated Dahlgren Center for Education and Research.

http://www.dcmilitary.com/article/20120302/NEWS07/703029965/umw-opens-dahlgren-campus

Signs for optimism; Virginia Business

The region’s economic growth currently isn’t fast,“but it is sustainable,” says Todd Gillingham of the FRA.

http://www.virginiabusiness.com/index.php/news/article/signs-for-optimism/

(Craig Vasey)

College: Will it still be (a) there and (b) good?; http://fredericksburg.com

THE National Council of the American Association of University Professors has endorsed the Occupy Wall Street movement and helped launch The Campaign for the Future of Higher Education in conjunction with the California Faculty Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the United States Student Association, and other concerned groups.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2012/032012/03012012/685937