A diminutive Geraldine Ferraro shared a secret with a packed ballroom at UVA’s Newcomb Hall on Wednesday night, September 13. During her 1984 campaign for the vice presidency, she stood on an important platform. Specifically, a box. “It really made a difference,” the former Democratic congresswoman said with a laugh. Ferraro delivered a keynote address […]
A Charlottesville-based religious organization called Clergy and Laity United for Justice and Peace (CLJP) plans to ditch the dogma in a new public outreach program that kicks off Wednesday, September 20, with a forum on “The Role of Religion in Politics”—the first of many planned public events to expand the group’s discussions beyond their monthly […]
A spike in the number of traffic fatalities around the state this year may make 2006 one of the deadliest in recent memory. And while accidents can happen for different reasons, fatal accidents have a common denominator: safety belt use. According to a 2005 Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles report, of 750 fatalities from […]
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors met for a work session on Wednesday, September 13, and debated two contested methods for regulating rural development in areas that include the Mountain Overlay District (MOD): clustering and phasing. The latter took the bulk of the hour, and neither method was passed. Supervisors broke into two camps early […]
Not the world’s liveliest date: “Everyone is a bit nervous the first time they meet their cadavers,” says Dr. Melanie McCollum. This semester, 140 first-year medical students and a handful of graduate students enrolled in Dr. Melanie McCollum’s “Gross Anatomy” course and lab at UVA. Gross Anatomy is a requisite course for students in the […]
The defense counsel for the University of Virginia argued to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Dena Bowers on Wednesday, September 6. After hearing arguments from both defense and plaintiff, the court adjourned without a decision.Bowers, who used to work in UVA’s Human Resources division, sat behind her attorney, Deborah Wyatt (”spelled like […]
During the past seven months, the state of Virginia nabbed high honors from Forbes magazine and the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) for its business climate and legal fairness, respectively. This made Governor Tim Kaine proud, and he praised both rankings in a speech to the Senate and House Finance Committees on August 28.But what’s […]
For every second of media coverage devoted to high-profile women’s issues like emergency contraception (and Senator Hillary Clinton’s political ambitions), Geraldine Ferraro is partly responsible. And Charlottesville citizens may have the opportunity to thank, commend, or disagree with her in person next week, when the woman with even more historical hype than Hillary comes to […]
On August 29, the American Community Survey released the economic portion of its 2005 census results. As C-VILLE reported two weeks ago, Charlottesville met ACS’ population requirement for 2005 results for the first time. Census statistics suggest that Charlottesville may be particularly well suited to creative commuters and fam-ilies. Of the area’s commuters, 25.5 percent […]
An August 24 press release from the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority urged Charlottesville-area citizens to restrict their use of water, following a record demand of 14.1 million gallons on Wednesday, August 23.