UVA staff union will shut down
In May 2002, Jan Cornell quit her job as an editor at UVA’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies to become a full-time union organizer
A veces, la policía y Latinos hablan español
A group of local police officers, guns pointed, raided a migrant home in search of a homicide suspect. After securing the house, they entered the bathroom. An officer threw back the shower curtain, found a man curled in hiding, and said, “Feliz Navidad!” It was the only Spanish that he knew. Lt. Todd Hopwood, spokesman […]
Another Downtown store bites the dust as Innisfree sets to close
Another domino falls. The latest casualty of the nation’s economy is Innisfree World Artisans on the east side of the Downtown Mall.
BRICK WATCH: Pipeline repairs on Mall may be done by Christmas
It’s Monday. That means yet again, construction workers are ripping up bricks to fix leaking water pipes on the Downtown Mall.
Plea agreement keeps McGowan murderer from facing death penalty
William Douglas Gentry Jr., 22, won’t get the death penalty for the 2007 murder of 26-year-old Jayne Warren McGowan.
Perriello campaign says Goode playing politics on military ballots
Incumbent Fifth District Congressman Virgil Goode announced today that he intends to ask that late-arriving military ballots be included in next week’s recount. Goode has called upon the declared winner, Tom Perriello, to join him.
County supes approve funding for synthetic turf
Three county high schools will soon have synthetic turf on their fields thanks to three County Supervisors who, last night, voted to allocate $225,000 for the replacement of natural grass.
Topless PETA member protests Ringling Bros. Circus
A tiger is roaming the Downtown Mall. Actually, she is sitting in a cage, topless, holding a sign that reads: “Wild Animals Don’t Belong Behind Bars.”
High-salaried Casteen forgoes raise
According to a Chronicle of Higher Education report, public universities raised their presidents’ salaries an estimated 7.6 percent last year. UVA President John Casteen ranked third among all public university presidents with $797,048. The previous year, Casteen made $753,672. His 5.8 percent raise came in a year when in-state tuition increased by more than 8 […]
Law school adjudicates laptop use
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