Every year in April, alumni, faculty, students and friends of Virginia Tech participate in the "Run in Remembrance." It's not technically a 5K (3.1 miles) but instead a 3.2 mile race. The extra distance serves to honor the 32 lives lost in the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. This year, due to risks associated with COVID-19, the university has had to get creative in order to still honor the individuals that this event celebrates.

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Have you ever been playing Monopoly and thought that streets like Park Place and Boardwalk just don't sound like your neighborhood? And, sure, we love being the Top Hat but when have any of us actually seen a fancy hat lately?

What if, and this is just conjecture here, what if Monopoly had been created by a Southerner ... and for Southerners? The tokens would include a cowboy boot, glass of sweet tea, magnolia blossom and, of course, a fluffy biscuit. You could buy the deed for Bourbon and Peachtree streets and, instead of being trapped in jail, you'd get trapped in Walmart. Like real life.

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I know death and funerals are serious topics. There are those who would frown upon my writing a humor column about them, and whisper something behind my back that ends in, "bless her heart." But it's better to laugh now than to laugh the day of the funeral and make somebody's mama have a come-apart, know what I'm sayin'?

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