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.