Bloomfield brings science to masses
While the guitar has been around since the days of Chaucer, it took some guy in Tennessee to make an innovation that…
Energy expert warns about peak oil
As you’re hopping into your car, gearing up for the holidays, driving every which way to pick out shiny gifts, think about this: According to Robert Hirsch, a past senior energy program advisor for world oil production with Science Application International Corporations, the one resource that provides all those things could soon be in dangerously […]
Adjusting expectations
Frank Sinatra might have crooned the songs that make the world sing, and Steve Jobs may very well single-handedly create the toys that make the world shop, but nobody (but nobody) can set the price of real estate, not even your agent. That, my friend, is the market’s job. Buyers may well look suspiciously at […]
The echo of Vinegar Hill
There is a scene that begins the third act of William James' play Vinegar Hill Revisited, in which two sisters, Brenda Ann and Mary Lou, stare down their grief over the death of their mother. They are—or were—inhabitants of Vinegar Hill, a 20-acre tract of land just west of what is now Charlottesville's Downtown Mall…
Is racial profiling a Virginia problem?
Is racial profiling by Virginia police a problem? There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that suggests it is, though no one seems to have enough data to know for sure. But the Charlottesville-based Virginia Organizing Project (VOP) wants that data, and Virginia police and state lawmakers aren’t making it easy to come by. 60: percentage […]
Public pool priorities are changing
As the city juggles its pool options—to renovate city pools or to approve a YMCA aquatic facility—one of the most vocal contingents throughout the process has been city and county residents who regularly use the lap lanes at Smith and Crow pools. But the way citizens are using pools is changing, as evidenced in proposed […]
Flood of water repairs
Previous coverage: Water may be low, but blame’s highRWSA weathers stormy comments on water supply plan Flowing toward the futureRWSA approves $118M five-year plan to ease strained infrastructure Uncharted watersWhat happened to our water supply plan? Assuming the maxim "Laugh now, cry later" holds true, city and county residents are in for some serious weeping. […]
Agency says MCP needs another look
A day before the public hearing for the proposed 250-McIntire Interchange, one part of the Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP), Marc Holma sent a letter to the City of Charlottesville arguing that the city had not included enough parties in the project’s planning. This might have been just another angry letter from another principled and vocal opponent […]
On the road with ivy giants
This year’s freshman class was the last to participate in a practice that dates back to the 1960s—early decision. Beginning next fall, UVA will not have an early decision process, in which prospective students apply early with the understanding that, if accepted, they will cancel all other college applications and enroll at UVA. The decision […]
Women's hoops: Born to run
Right from the start, the UVA women's basketball team faces some stiff competition.