Correction from December 25 issue
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
Red dirt alert!
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 […]
Previous coverage revisited
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 […]
We Ate Here
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 […]
Other News We Heard Last Week
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 […]
From the inside out
For weekly newspaper writers, commenting on the news is generally limited to an occasional jab or quip. And even in subjective columns and reviews, sweeping ideas that come more from the heart than the mind are left by the wayside. That's all well and good. But for the first issue of 2008, we wanted to do something different: a year in review with a completely personal touch.
Tim Kaine for (UVA) president [December 31]
With the ball set to drop on 2007, the Richmond Times-Dispatch is busy speculating on what Tim Kaine will be up to after the ball drops on his term as governor.
Local bloggers remember Bhutto [December 28]
The assassination of former Pakastani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has evoked strong reactions across the world, including on a couple of local websites.
On the first day after Christmas [Updated December 28]
Details are emerging about a murder/suicide at the Westhaven housing complex last night.
UVA still a long shot, and getting longer [December 26]
Even though UVA recently went out touring with Harvard and Princeton in an effort to open its doors to more low-income high school students…