Army answers C-VILLE FOIA suit, revealing $9.7M assessment on NGIC land

Nearly a couple of years after C-VILLE first started asking questions about a tract of land owned by Wendell Wood that was at the center of a land-use designation controversy in Albemarle County, the Army Corps of Engineers has revealed the secret assessment of the property: $9.7 million. While it’s not the $14 million that Wood hinted was the land’s true value, it is more than the $7 million the army paid to purchase land for its NGIC expansion in Albemarle County.

New C-VILLE Cover Story: Fighting Humbert Humbert online

This week’s cover story, “Like a Virgin?” takes a look at how local law enforcement agents go after pervs who linger around the Internet, rather than the schoolyard or mall, to find their prey. A lot of the police work involves adult cops impersonating 13-year-old kids online. It’s a strange world and it nets disturbing results.

Casteen made nearly $800K last year

For some of us, $43K is a salary. For John Casteen, it’s an annual raise. According to a study by the Chronicle of Higher Education, Casteen was the second highest-paid public university president last year, earning $797,048.

Bill T. Jones to UVA: Ask the big questions

Celebrated choreographer Bill T. Jones gave the inaugural Arts Address at UVA last night, speaking to the students, academics and community members that packed Cabell Hall about his latest project, a consideration of Abraham Lincoln, and about the nature of art and collaboration, in general.

Elton and on and on…

I was crouched on Jodi Hamlin’s bedroom floor on an afternoon when maybe we both should have been doing something school spirited for South Junior High.

Elton and on and on…

I was crouched on Jodi Hamlin’s bedroom floor on an afternoon when maybe we both should have been doing something school spirited for South Junior High.

Cav Daily: Students should fill Satellite Ballroom void

It’s been five months since Satellite Ballroom closed, yet the Facebook group, “Coran Capshaw, Save Satellite Ballroom!” still has 1,000 members, says Cavalier Daily columnist Isaac Wood, which just shows how urgently Charlottesville needs a mid-sized music venue. Wood’s solution: Get the University Programs Council (UPC) involved.