A student hunger strike aimed at pushing UVA to adopt a living wage for employees and contracted workers attracted national attention in February, but failed to bring about the change activists were seeking. (Photo by John Robinson) UVA made headlines around the country more than once in the past year —and the spotlight wasn’t […]
A student hunger strike aimed at pushing UVA to adopt a living wage for employees and contracted workers attracted national attention in February, but failed to bring about the change activists were seeking. (Photo by John Robinson) UVA made headlines around the country more than once in the past year —and the spotlight wasn’t […]
Just because the students are on summer break doesn’t mean Grounds will be quiet. UVA Facilities Planning and Construction has a full slate of projects lined up. For example, the University is spending $33.2 million to revitalize Newcomb Hall, which houses a dining hall and many student meeting spaces. Extensive maintenance and repairs, aesthetic […]
Emily Fraser (Photo by Matt Riley) Emily Fraser, named UVA’s top female athlete of 2011-12, earned All-ACC honors for the second time in her career and was selected to compete in the NCAA singles and doubles competition for the second consecutive year. She has a career record of 102-54 in singles competition. Steele Stanwick […]
Earlier this year, C-VILLE conducted a highly scientific survey that asked upcoming graduates to weigh in on how they were (or were not) prepared for what life would bring them post-grad. And while most of them said boiling an egg, hanging something heavy, and hemming their pants were challenges they’d face with no problem, when […]
Wednesday, May 10, 8pm (Photo by John Robinson) As things come to a close for graduating fourth years, we asked our news intern, Tyler DeBoard, to keep a diary of his last week of exams. Here’s how it went. Sunday, April 29: 3:45pm: I resist the urge to browse Netflix and instead spend my time […]
The property at the corner of Ridge McIntire and West Main Street, pictured here in a 2007 photo, is slated to become a 70′-tall hotel—a project the city says will help establish a gateway to Downtown at one end of the overlooked corridor. But the project will displace a number of young startups, some of […]
A resolution that would have marked a shift in city policy toward prosecuting marijuana possession was ultimately passed by City Council last week as a watered-down request for
Now that the students are heading out for the summer, traffic should be more manageable around the University. But what about other areas of Charlottesville, Albemarle, and beyond?
The Greene County GOP was in the media spotlight last week, though not, perhaps, for a welcome reason. Ponch McPhee, editor of the party’s monthly newsletter, was dismissed after a particularly fiery piece he wrote earlier this spring drew national attention. In the newsletter’s March issue, McPhee wrote that the upcoming presidential election was crucial […]
Both Albemarle County and the county school district are going full speed ahead on funding a new state mandate that gives to public employees with one hand and takes with another—but not without some griping. New pension reform legislation passed just before the end of the 2012 legislative session requires public employees covered by the […]