Jann Ronis Age: 33 Year: Ph.D. student Department: Religious studies, focus on Tibetan Buddhism Hometown: San Diego, California What’s in your backpack? Collected Works of Getse, notes from studies, folder of photocopies of Getse’s other works, laptop, AC adapter, iPod, Chapstick, highlighters, house keys, SweeTarts. C-VILLE welcomes news tips from readers. Send them to news@c-ville.com.
In the May 27, 2008, News From This Just In, an editing error introduced some confusion to the last sentence of an item about Angela Ciolfi’s report on fees charged by public schools. The sentence should read as follows: “She acknowledges that budget woes are behind the districts’ creative fundraising tactics, and that many schools […]
Friend of ABODE reveals how to go green around here: Better World Betty green living made easier in the Charlottesville area
A $13 hamburger would normally stretch our bank accounts too thin (we are writers, after all), but Hamiltons’ has one topped with cheese, bacon and fresh greens that proved irresistible. To start with, the ground beef was from Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm and was so tender when we bit down that it was like sinking […]
Worked for the county for: 16 years Resides in: Albemarle County Job title: Support staff for county executive’s office. Mullins assists with day-to-day operations for the county. Best of times: “Working with this staff, the executives up here. They’re such good, honest people. They’re very supportive of me in my professional growth and are wonderful […]
Michael Thurston Age: 23 Year: Fifth Major: Studio art/painting Hometown: Virginia BeachWhat’s in your backpack? White t-shirt, plastic grocery bag, two pencils (one of which is broken), one unlabeled CD, a Yuengling bottle cap, three ounces of loose sand, extension cord, computer speakers from a 2000 Gateway computer.
Due to a reporting error, May 31’s “Final Exam” cover story incorrectly stated that Amuse-Bouche was UVA’s oldest improv group. In fact, The Whethermen improv group is the oldest, performing four shows a year in front of audiences ranging between 150 and more than 250 people.
With a vote on May 19, City Council O.K.’d the decommissioning of Smith Pool, which is adjacent to Buford Middle School off Cherry Avenue. The utilitarian swimming lanes will be replaced by a new $10 million Smith Aquatic and Wellness Center, with six lap lanes in addition to a play zone at a maximum depth […]
“Delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.” That’s how Mark Twain described a piece of fish he once ate while overlooking Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans. And it’s not a bad turn of phrase to apply to the beer called Mandolin out at Blue Mountain Brewery—a golden-colored brew with a pleasing enough taste to […]
Worked for the city for: 29 years Resides in: Charlottesville Job title: Customer service representative for utility billing. Works with customers with billing disputes and those unable to pay their bills. Best of times: “I enjoy all of the people around. The best times are when somebody comes in here really, really upset and they […]