Too smart for his genes [December 1]
Enlightened caution, thy name is Eric Turkheimer. The University of Virginia psychology professor recently weighed in on the raging debate over intelligence and genetics that started…
Football fans will watch ball drop in Jacksonville [December 2]
The Wahoo faithful found out where they're spending New Year's tonight: Jacksonville, Florida. The 9-3 UVA football team…
For those about to rock…keep hitting "refresh" [December 3]
Get those internet clicking and/or telephone dialing fingers ready, Charlottesville.
Gun purchasing ban list more than doubles [November 30]
The Associated Press reports today that the number of mentally ill included on a list that bans them from buying guns has more than doubled in the past five months.
Grisham pleads the First [November 29]
It's time for the latest chapter in Oklahoma District Attorney Bill Peterson's lawsuit against Charlottesville-area resident John Grisham.
DMB bassist's house is smokin' [November 29]
Dave Matthews Band bass player Stefan Lessard had to perform an unfortunate fire dance this morning, as he and his son escaped a 7:30am house fire at his home on Morgantown Road, reports the Charlottesville Newsplex today.
Groh won't go; fans fuss [November 28]
After Tuesday's announcement that Al Groh not only won the ACC Coach of the Year award but was granted a one-year extension of his contract
We Ate Here
If, like us, you’ve spent any years of your life in northern climes, you will appreciate this privilege of Virginia residence: eating lunch outside at Bizou in November. Not that it was warm (it wasn’t), but it was still eminently possible to enjoy an al fresco meal. What we ate—a hunk of pan-seared salmon over […]
Correction from November 20 issue
As some of you roadkill experts may have noticed, last week’s Ask Ace ["Taking Control"] didn’t tell the whole story when it comes to who to call for cleanup after encountering dead animals on the road. Ace humbly apologizes and asks you to please tune into next week’s column, where he will set the record […]
Philly hoop group dispatches Cavs [November 24]
The UVA men’s basketball team was off to a fiery five-game winning streak before their trip to the Philly Hoop Group Classic to play against Seton Hall. The Cavs had made short work of a couple of teams with names that sound like those of the feeble kids that get picked on in grade school […]