Kelly Connors Year: Senior Age: 21 Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia Major: Commerce with an accounting/management concentration What’s in your backpack? Lipgloss, bottled water, planner, folder, notebook, first generation iPod, flyers, Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains: the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, the Man Who Would Cure the World, ski goggles, gloves, hand sanitizer, cell phone, wallet, […]
Tim Gunn, on-air mentor to designers on the TV show “Project Runway” and all-around fashion guru, mingled with fans after his talk last Tuesday at Old Cabell Hall. Gunn was booked as a speaker by the Class of 2008’s Fourth-Year Trustees. Roughly 800 people attended the event. Tuesday 2/19 They want you! The Virginia Defense […]
Plaintiff: Cindy Baker Defendant: Wal-Mart What’s at issue: Whether Wal-Mart is responsible for an unattended ladder that “tipped over, slid off and struck” Baker while she was bent over in a store aisle grabbing an item off the lowest shelf, according to her complaint. Baker charges Wal-Mart in Albemarle County Circuit Court with all sorts […]
Praise Jesus and pass the Buffalo wings. The Rutherford Institute, a conservative civil liberties organization based in Charlottesville, successfully pressured the NFL to allow churches to view the Super Bowl on large-screen TVs.
The University of Virginia women’s swimming and diving team—a squad composed of 11 freshmen—blew away their competition in the Atlantic Coat Conference championships, capping the four-day tournament in Atlanta, Georgia, with a score of 800.
Several locals say they will address the plight of immigrants—by trekking across the border themselves.
This weekend, a story in the Hampton Roads-area newspaper, the Daily Press, details the choice facing Virginia’s 16 so-called superdelegates—namely, Barack or Hillary.
There will be no “Runnin’ With The Devil” or getting “Hot For Teacher” tonight.
During Thursday night’s 83-71 win against Clemson, UVA women’s basketball player Sharneé Zoll broke the ACC record for all-time assists.
NBC29 reports that criminal and internal police investigations have been launched against a longtime Albemarle County police officer, Jeffrey Turner, in a case that began with a February 10 9-1-1 domestic violence call from his house in Crozet.