Scott Deke, UVA’s third string quarterback last year, put himself in an excellent position to possibly start in the fall after completing 17 of 23 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns in the spring scrimmage on April 12. There are plenty of other open spots for ambitious athletes: In addition to graduating studs like […]
Plaintiff: Katherine A. Miller Defendants: Belk, Inc.Court: Albemarle County Circuit CourtWhat’s at issue: Whether Belk is negligent for packing boxes that an employee left on the floor next to a checkout counter at the Fashion Square store. According to the plaintiff’s complaint, the boxes were left in a shopping aisle and were not immediately visible […]
19 Years: A Collection of Alex Chilton April 2, 1991 He’s the whiniest rock god ever. His limber guitar has informed such persuasive arguments as R.E.M., The Replacements, the dB’s, and the rest of their ilk with the crucial elements of blues, country, gospel and good old R&B. He’s Alex Chilton, and Rhino has brought […]
Less than four months before the Summer Olympic Games open in Beijing, NPR profiles one of America’s top medal hopes, Adam Nelson.
Thomas Jefferson never intended to cut religion out of government, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
UVA women’s basketball point guard Sharnee Zoll, the ACC’s all-time assists leader…
Three people were hospitalized yesterday after a “bizarre” shooting that took place inside a van on Meade and Fairway avenues…
The number of area homeless is rising, according to the results of a survey conducted by the…
Half an hour after the Charlottesville Ten Miler, the Italian Villa was stuffed with medal-draped runners and their indulgent friends and family (let’s face it: Sitting in a booth next to an unshowered competitor can be a little…odorous). The pigs-in-blankets and egg-and-bacon combos were flying from the kitchen. Though we understand the appeal of a […]
An obituary for David Newsom—a 90-year-old former U.S. ambassador and veteran of the State Department during the Iranian Hostage Crisis—ran in the New York Times, noting Newsom’s death at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Newsom was a critic of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration and its wide support of the admission of Iranian Shah […]