Staff member explains HR decision

After 15 years working at UVA, Michael Kidd has to decide what to do with his HR plan. To switch or not to switch? That’s the $64,000 question. In July, Kidd and wife Jolene, who also works at UVA, discussed their thoughts with C-VILLE. At the time, Michael was more skeptical than his wife. Three […]

Students give to homeless by going homeless

Five days after the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur began the Festival of Sukkot, an week-long commemoration of the biblical 40-year period during which the children of Israel wandered in the desert, living in temporary shelters, after their exodus from Egypt. To celebrate their escape, in Leviticus 23:42, it is written, “Ye shall dwell in […]

Darden funds tied up in Lehman

The effects of the recent Wall Street crash that drove Lehman Brothers to its historic bankruptcy have reached the Darden School of Business’ student-managed capital funds.

What's in your backpack?

  Tara Altizer Age: 22 Hometown: Nelson County Year: Senior Major: Athletic training Tara Altizer What’s in your backpack? Three notebooks, wallet, iPod, sweater, Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues by Alasdair MacIntyre, five Sharpies, four highlighters, six pens, two pencils, two packs of Post-it notes, pack of Orbitz gum, Warrior Girls: […]

Poop pipe mistake remains unclaimed

When Mark Watson bought a new house on St. Charles Court in 2006, he knew that a sewer interceptor ran underneath the edge of the property. What he did not know was that a mistake in the site’s development would cost him and his neighbors the scenic stand of sycamores that buffers his property from […]

UVA class documents local foreclosures

Last week, a group of UVA seniors studying foreclosure trends presented preliminary findings to the Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA) staff. What the students found—using data from June 2006 to August 2008 from foreclosure.com; The Daily Progress classified foreclosure listings; and calls to PHA asking for assistance—revealed that the Charlottesville and Albemarle real estate markets have […]

No consensus emerges from TDR meetings

On October 3, 2006, county Supervisor David Slutzky stood outside the Albemarle County Office Building flanked by an unusually diverse array of local land-use group representatives. Out of the ashes of the so-called phasing and clustering plan to protect the county’s rural area from excessive development, Slutzky had cobbled together a conceptual plan for a […]

PVCC breaks new ground

  Throw some dirt in the air like you just don’t care: Piedmont Virginia Community College broke ground last week on the 34,000-square-foot, $11.4 million Kluge-Moses Science Building. But even as it celebrated with symbolic shoveling, the institution faced the grim realities of the state budget belt tightening and said that it will have to […]

Cavs flip the Heels in overtime

  UVA senior linebacker Jon Copper upends the UNC Tar Heels’ running back, Shaun Draughn—one of 16 tackles Copper made during the game for a career high. With the defense making stops, the Cavs offense was able to rally late to win the game in overtime, 16-13, inspiring the students to rush the field in […]