More and more colleges and universities are doing away with their ACT or SAT requirements as they search for ways to put âmore emphasis on the whole student.â Likewise, fewer Hampton Roads students are taking these tests once required to get into their choice schools. Princess Anne High School senior Kerah Howeth has taken on as leadership roles in band throughout her high school career, from wind ensemble to leading a brass choir. Even if she were not planning on studying music, it was that experience that would show universities that she was a well-rounded student and better reflected who she was as a student. Read more in the Sunday Main News section 
The owner of the party bus that crashed last month in York County, killing three people, says it was friends and family she lost in the fatal crash. Towanda Futrell, owner of Futrellâs Party Adventures, LLC, was among the 23 passengers on the bus when it collided with a tractor trailer on Interstate 64 and crashed into a guardrail. Speaking out for the first time since the Dec. 16 crash. âThe trauma is real,â said Futrell, who is recovering from a broken right ankle, a sprained left ankle, and injuries to her face and jaw that she sustained in the crash. âBut we keep going, we keep each other going,â she said, indicating her family who survived the crash. Futrell, 41, spoke from her Norfolk home, seated in her living room surrounded by family â her daughters, Tanija Futrell and Tyquira Rogers; her nephew, Darrell Rogers; and the father of her grandson, Antonio Hardee. All five were on the bus, and recounted harrowing details from the crash and its aftermath. Read more in the Sunday Main News section When Robert Roman and Claus Ihlemann recently entered a rehearsal for the Virginia Operaâs production of âFellow Travelers.â The Travelers,â the actors, directors and musicians looked at the couple holding hands and wondered who they were. Then Linda Sands, the operaâs director of development, gestured toward them. âThis production would not be possible without their support and enthusiasm,â she said. Roman and Ihlemann paid most of the costs of âFellow Travelers,â which will open Friday at Harrison Opera House in Norfolk. The businessmen, who own Norfolkâs Decorum Furniture store and Palace Shops & Station, spent $15,000 to ensure that the operaâs story of suspicion, prejudice and bigotry toward the LGBTQ community would be performed in Hampton Roads. Read more in the Sunday Break section A landmark nestled in the heart of the Olde Towne district of downtown Portsmouth illustrates how Hampton Roadsâ rich history provides opportunities for contemporary arts, culture and business. âMy hopes are that Cambridge Hall will serve as an event hall for the citizens of Hampton Roads and eventually a music school for children in the near future,â said owner Ed OâBrien, a district agent for New York Life in Norfolk. The doors of the historic and iconic building at 441 Washington St. are open to the public again after a stint of dormancy following its century of existence as a school. OâBrien acquired and renovated the building with the prospect of bringing music and education back into its halls for the first time since 1991. Read more in the Sunday Work & Money section
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