What’s in your backpack?

Kelly Whitton Age: 21 Year: Senior Hometown: AlexandriaMajor: Architectural history What’s in your backpack? Arts Administration class clicker, REMIX a capella flyer, three chapsticks, keys with Gonzaga keychain, Relay for Life pen and pencil case, 30-gig iPod, Trader Joe’s chocolate chip granola bar, small binder clip, tissues, squished Snickers, hand sanitizer, Julia Childs’ My Life […]

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More feature articles: Playing around with sex edOne girl in four has an STI. Something has to change. Grading the presidential candidates on sex edPlanned Parenthood’s Becky Reid on McCain, Clinton and Obama Facts about and symptoms of common STIsHPV, Chlamydia, Genital herpes and Trichomoniasis Organizations and articles on the Web Advocates for Youth(advocatesforyouth.org) European […]

Other News We Heard Last Week

Don’t throw it all away: Last Tuesday (a.k.a. Earth Day), UVA pitched in with displays, games and events, including a Dumpster Dive, which revealed how much garbage could have been recycled. Tuesday 4/22 Residents question Hope shelter Two residents of the 10th and Page neighborhood, where the Hope Community Center is located, urged councilors Monday […]

Playing on Sundays [April 26]

While other UVA undergrads were getting drunk in a field, football phenom Chris Long was donning a St. Louis Rams hat after being selected second overall at the NFL Draft. The defensive end wasn’t the only Cav tapped in the first round: Branden Albert, a lineman expected to move to left tackle in the pros, […]

We have a budget [April 24]

State lawmakers reconvened yesterday to take final action for the 2008 General Assembly regular session, passing a two-year, $77 billion budget and giving Governor Tim Kaine the power to appoint his own nominee to the state corporation commission, according to today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch.