For this year’s Design Annual issue, we began as we usually do when brainstorming a story. We sat around a table and talked about what we thought was cool and what we thought was worthy of criticism. New buildings, old buildings, funky graphic t-shirts, pretty plantings—plenty of local designs and designers’ names came up in […]
Modern for a change Why do we love the two new additions to Campbell Hall, home to UVA’s School of Architecture? First, because of Dean Karen van Lengen’s smart and plucky decision to hire her own faculty members to design them. W.G. Clark’s tall East Wing, which presents a striking translucent face to Rugby Road, […]
Phil Webster Age: 29 Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana Year: Grad student Concentration: Religious studies What’s in your backpack? Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary, Pocket Classical Greek Dictionary, Selections from Herodotus, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God, The Fathers of the Church, five small notebooks, Latin course readings, two folders, shirt, Ziploc bag […]
We’re bigger, older and wiser. Over the past two decades, we’ve sometimes been well ahead of the curve, like when we projected DMB’s rise to the top, and sometimes we’ve been, well, wrong. We’ve captured people saying things they might regret later; we’ve championed the underdog (hello, Congressman Perriello!). Each week, as we celebrate our […]
A late UVA rally kept Virginia Tech’s 78-75 victory in Blacksburg from being a slam dunk, but a loss is still a loss. With conference play now in full swing, UVA men’s basketball team (7-6, 1-1 ACC) has to find some swagger to run with the fast-paced Tar Heels of North Carolina when they […]
Madison Sandy Age: 23 Hometown: Richmond Year: Grad student Concentration: Sociology What’s in your backpack? Birthday card for brother, shredded wheat in Ziploc bag, index cards, notebook, Whose Freedom?: The Battle over America’s Most Important Idea, Eclipse gum, Starbucks gift card, lip balm, cell phone. C-VILLE welcomes news tips from readers. Send them to news@c-ville.com. […]
Sida Png Age: 21 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Nan Jing, China Major: Math What’s in your backpack? Pepperidge Farm butter cookies, wallet, beef flavor Nissin Cup Noodles, empty plastic UVA Bookstore bag, pens, Getting Started with MATLAB 7: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers. C-VILLE welcomes news tips from readers. Send them to news@c-ville.com.
The inside headline for last week’s cover story, “City missteps,” is inadvertently misleading, as it implies that the story contains more criticisms than questions about the city’s Downtown Mall rebricking project. The inside headline should have been the same one that appeared on the cover, “City misstep?”
The other night, we learned from our friends, Continental regulars, that saying “one with” will get you “one house margarita with salt.” We then deployed this new knowledge repeatedly. Somewhere amid the ensuing mayhem, we also ate about half of a spinach and mushroom enchilada—the other half made for delicious leftovers for next day’s lunch—and […]
Richard Wiggans Job title: Director of finance for Albemarle County Resides in: Crozet Has worked for the county for: 5 years Best of times: The opportunities to help people directly. “Much of what the financial department does is administrative, so those times that we get to render a direct service is nice. Raising funds for […]