New student course enrollment software draws criticism
Some UVA faculty members are mad over the implementation of the Student Information System (SIS)
Glengarry Glen Ross; Live Arts; Through October 10
In the first act of Glengarry Glen Ross, pairs of men in suits use bad words and sip hard drinks in a Chinese restaurant. This is the real estate business, a changing industry, and they’re desperate to keep their jobs by any means necessary. The lights are low and the music cheesy as each pair […]
20 years of hits and misses from C-VILLE's archives
JUMP TO: • HITS • MISSES PLUS: • From the owner’s suite: 20 years of C-VILLE [w/video tour!] • Saving us thousands of words What does it mean to turn 20? Well, you’re more than barely legal. You still have to rely on your friends to buy you beer. And you’re starting to improve behind […]
Win some, lose some: HITS from C-VILLE's past 20 years
Someday, kid, you’re gonna be a star Early brushes with David Matthews (and his sister Jane), Tina Fey, Trevor Moore and Steve Keene. December 21, 1989 November 22, 1994 May 12, 1998 November 13, 1990 […]
Win some, lose some: Misses from C-VILLE's past 20 years
Assault with an inky weapon Blogs were yet to become commonplace, but "Gail Force" managed to flame misdirected Working Weekly publisher Gail Bentley, anyway, using all the tricks of the yet-to-be-born trade: anonymity, vitriol and recurrent posts that lasted for months. Too bad somebody didn’t hit the editorial staff in the head with one of […]
From the owner's suite: 20 years of C-VILLE
I have had two business partners: a tall one, Hawes, and a shorter one, Rob. Each had their strengths. Hawes was a lively editor who dutifully ran the paper when I moved to New York for several years, but left the company seven years ago; much later I stuck around when Rob, known around here […]
Saving us thousands of words
Judging the Miss Gay Charlottesville contest at Club 216 August 12, 2008 Photo by Jason Lappa Choir from Free Union’s Faith Mission Fellowship singing on The Corner August 10, 1994 Photo by Lou Baron Foxfield Races December 30, 2008 Photo by Aaron Farrington Jak ‘n’ Jil’s John Clark at […]
Stimulus $ helps with PVCC budget cut
Last Tuesday, Gov. Tim Kaine announced budget cuts to meet the Fiscal Year 2010 $1.35 billion revenue shortfall. The total shortfall for the both FY 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 is estimated at more than $7 billion. Kaine’s plan calls for the elimination of 929 positions, including 593 layoffs. Among the saving measures announced, a one-day furlough […]
The Sinners and the Saved; Alex Caton; Self-released
My experience with Alex Caton’s self-titled debut album was somewhat supernatural. The album didn’t arrive so much as it appeared beneath my desk during the fall of 2007—not long after its release, yet covered in dust, as if trapped during some coal mine cave-in decades earlier. The elements reclaimed it a few months later, when […]
Acebook Profile
Ace, I’m worried about my little girl. I’ve been tracking her online activity daily, and she seems to spend hours on her MyFaceSpace. God forbid she fall in with the wrong crowd, or worse, catch the eye of some sicko stalker. In the interest of keeping tabs, I’ve decided to create a SpaceFageBook page of […]