Profiles in courage
Here’s a dilemma for you: Let’s say you’re a mean-spirited municipality that doesn’t cotton much to outsiders, and prefers to scapegoat a powerless group of caramel-colored folks for all of its (largely self-inflicted) problems.
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Profiles in courage
Poor Prince William County just can’t afford to be racist
Here’s a dilemma for you: Let’s say you’re a mean-spirited municipality that doesn’t cotton much to outsiders, and prefers to scapegoat a powerless group of caramel-colored folks for all of its (largely self-inflicted) problems.
The Odd Couple
It took the Atlanta hip-hop chemists in OutKast five albums to record 2003’s hit single “Hey Ya!” and hijack both the rhythm of the public consciousness and the Billboard Hot 100. The following year, OutKast became the first hip-hop act to win Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album on the […]
All That Mighty Heart
To that inevitable social gathering/getting-to-know-one-another question, “What do you do?” Lisa Russ Spaar has more than one answer at her disposal. “I’m an English professor at UVA,” is a sure-fire choice. And here’s a good backup: “I’m a poet.” Not too many people find that vocation odd these days. But let’s hope that at least […]
Do the right thing
Dear Ace: Am I allowed to ride my bike on the sidewalk?—Nancy Armstrong Nancy: Ace understands that you just want to ride your bicycle and ride it where you like. And, trying not to hit you brave bikers when cruising around town in the Acemobile, Ace would definitely be amenable to the idea that you […]
Final exam
1. How many books does the UVA Library contain? [answer] a. A little over 5 millionb. 2.5 millionc. Counting would spoil the Library’s magnificence d. The only book necessary, partner, the Bible 2. Who was the last UVA basketball player drafted into the NBA? [answer] a. Roger Mason Jr.b. R.J. Reynoldsc. Ralph Sampsond. George “Peach […]
Tuition goes up while Feds eye endowments
As Virginia universities’ tuitions continue to climb, they do so amid calls from Republican U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, for universities to spend more of their endowments to make college more affordable. The total price of education for in-state students at UVA will increase next year by 7.3 percent. […]
Who lives on the Lawn, anyway?
Despite the big hoo-ha from students when President John Casteen gave fundraiser extraordinaire Bob Sweeney a spot on the Lawn, the pavilions still serve as an all-star gallery for UVA professors. But just who are these powerful few? The list includes a well-known talking head, an endowment head and a handful of deans. All pavilion […]
Women’s basketball struggles academically
Debbie Ryan had better make sure her team is on its game this exam season: All UVA sports teams made the academic cut this year, though women’s basketball didn’t have much room to spare—it beat the buzzer, so to speak, to avoid scholarship reductions or other penalties by the NCAA, college sports’ governing body. Debbie […]
What’s in your backpack?
Chris Belyea Age: 23 Hometown: Montpelier, VAYear: Senior Major: Commerce What’s in your backpack? Laptop, iPod, earphones, notebook, mints, gum, sticky notes, three pens, two pencils, TI-83 calculator, Chapstick, granola bar, fruit snacks, flash drive
Two projects bank on Preston’s promise
For the most part, Preston Avenue is a place in between places, an auto-oriented strip you pass through to get from Barracks Road to Downtown. But the city Planning Commission, along with a couple of pioneering developers, are hoping that Preston can become more than just a cut through. Alex Dotson and other investors have […]