Damn the downturn, full fundraising ahead

When you’re trying to scratch out a billion and a half dollars, the last thing you want to see is an economic downturn. So how has our recent financial malaise affected UVA’s $3 billion capital campaign? Let’s just say University fundraisers haven’t exactly been forced into selling pencils and apples on West Main Street. UVA […]

Undefeated tennis team wins ACC tourney

Talk about dominance. The UVA men’s tennis team, propelled by the reigning NCAA singles champ Somdev Devvarman, has become a college sports juggernaut on par with USC football or UNC women’s soccer. The Cavaliers are 28-0 and on Sunday won their fourth ACC tournament in five years. The team has won 31 matches in a […]

The hidden life of UVA

Beckett Fog   Age: 20 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky Major: Architecture What’s in your backpack? Hand/foot warmers for skiing, thank you note, UK v. Louisville basketball ticket, six packs of Stride gum, dress buckle, tanning lotion, Moleskine notebook, lipgloss, bracelet, eraser, keys, sucker wrapper, Canadian quarter, dollar bill, euro coin, $8.23 in change, headphones, […]

The Voysey Inheritance

The expression “behind closed doors” is a favorite of mine. There’s the weight of it, the dense and dark tone of its implication mixed with the fluff and nothingness of the actual phrase, like a mother telling a child “Because I said so, that’s why.” There’s the gameshow temptation, the “Deal or No Deal” thrill […]

A generous competition [April 20]

Apparently, AccessUVA wasn’t a premeditated work involving years of planning as much as a hasty reaction to compete with UNC, the New York Times reports today. An article on increasingly generous financial aid packages details an October 2003 Board of Visitors meeting where UVA President John Casteen was handed a press clipping on UNC’s decision […]

One famous cradle [April 21]

If you ask the national media, Earth Day has expanded to basically the entire month of April, and Charlottesville-based architectural visionary William McDonough is a favorite subject.

Let it shine [April 17]

A gathering at UVA’s McIntire Amphitheater yesterday proved that, while there will always exist a rivalry between the University and Virginia Tech on the football field or basketball court, the two institutions are simpatico.