Tom Perriello and Dave Shreve, in competition with one another as democratic candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, arrived in Danville with a unified message: Goode better get while the getting is good.
The UVA men’s basketball team fell hard in their last non-ACC contest of the season on Thursday, the Daily Progress reports.
The local Drought Warning has been lifted, according to a press release [pdf] issued yesterday by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA).
Hands up if you’re tired of skinny, alter-boy-looking kickers deciding big-time football games after the real (read: beefy) players battle it out for 59 minutes. Al Groh, Chris Long, we can see you in the back. No need for jumping.
Days away from the Iowa caucus, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine joins presidential candidate Barack Obama as the senator travels from Sioux City to Council Bluffs…
Due to a proofreading error, in last week’s Caught You Looking Sweet!, Alex Skliris’ first name was misidentified as Kelly. Our apologies to Alex—we hate getting caught looking so bad. Alex Skliris
The off-campus student housing boom continues at 1707 Jefferson Park Ave., where workers have prepared this formerly vacant lot for a massive retaining wall to protect a 10-unit, 28-bedroom apartment building. Developed by Robby Knoll and designed by Fred Wolf, the project required a special use permit for increased height, density and reduced setbacks. It […]
After Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule over the country November 3, we ran a Q&A with politics professor John Echeverri-Gent, who discussed, among other things, the response of the U.S. to the situation. "If we were to take a stand condemning Musharraf’s action, at least that would separate us from supporting an increasingly […]
Beer and salmon? Sure, it wasn’t quite as manly a match as the Memphis ribs our companions were gnawing, but we were just as happy with our pairing of Satan’s Pony and a slab of flaky salmon. Tangy greens made dense piles on either side of the fillet, and crescents of baked squash hid, a […]
Tuesday, December 25 Former UVA coach’s team beats Maryland Ten years after being fired as UVA’s men’s basketball coach, Jeff Jones is celebrated in a John Feinstein column in today’s Washington Post. On December 22, Jones’ current team—American University—traveled the short distance from their home in northwest Washington, D.C. to Maryland’s Comcast Center, where they […]