UVA senior Sarah Kirkwood is a neuroscience geek who broke three Cavalier volleyball records (for aces, total attempts and total kills) during her tenure at the University. Fair enough. But she was also a finalist for the Rhodes scholarship. C-VILLE inquired about where she plans to rotate during life’s next set. Sarah Kirkwood has come […]
Ever since he retired, Carlos Otoya has spent more time on the trails at Mint Springs Park than anyone else. "It’s a very healthy life, clearing brush from the trail—my cholesterol is good now." New sign markers make the trails at Mint Springs much more accessible. "Unless you were a local, you were bound to […]
Bernard Frischer spends most of his life living in—to borrow a line from Stevie Wonder—a pastime paradise. As I sit across from him at the foot of a 20′ projection screen, I can’t help but think that he’s a spittin’ image of the Motown recording artist, wearing dark virtual reality glasses, bathed in colored lights […]
One of the most poignant and revealing quotes from Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation is, “There’s shit in the meat,” referencing the extremely unsanitary conditions at a beef cattle slaughterhouse in Colorado. Here in Albemarle and Fluvanna counties, beef cattle are excreting in another undesirable location: the Hardware River. In 2006, an estimated 590,000 pounds […]
One block north of the Downtown Mall, directly adjacent to Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, lies Lee Park. It’s the block of public green space surrounding a bronze sculpture of the Confederate general, and for years, the people have been permitted to mosey around the equestrian war statue until 11pm. Now, after a slew of disturbance calls […]
Lisa Womak leads a double life. During the week, her neighbors spot her picking up the mail, working in the garden or walking the dog; come Friday night, she’s nowhere to be found. In her place, gaggles of good-natured Cavalier fans pop up on her property. There are old ones, young ones, even furry ones, […]
Fifty years ago, college students had to return their beer bottles to the local brewery so that they could be cleaned, refilled with more suds, and distributed to the next thirsty customer. Similarly, it was also the norm to return one’s rented textbooks at the end of the term so the next crop of students […]