Cav Daily to get grown up ads

Previous coverage: Cav daily sues Virginia ABC over alcohol advertisingUse our guide to brand-name drinking on the Corner! Just one of the many things protected by the freedom of speech? Advertisements for booze in college newspapers. Last week, a federal judge struck down a Virginia state law that prohibits student newspapers from running advertising for […]

The hidden life of UVA

Patrick Rave Age: 23 Year: Senior Hometown: Orange County, Virginia Major: Civil engineering What’s in your backpack? TI-89 calculator, agenda, specs for a washer/dryer combo, a DVD of El Viaje Entretenido: Historia Virtual del Teatro Espanol, keys, wallet, Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood’s CD Out Louder, an e-mail print-out about Charlottesville vegetation, microbiology notes, notebook […]

Gimme shelter

About 25 students slept in hastily assembled shelters at the UVA amphitheater on April 2, a way of raising awareness for the need for more affordable housing. The students held a “Shack-a-thon” contest that involved building shelters out of recycled cardboard boxes. The event was organized by the UVA Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

Doh! Where’s the dough? [April 4]

The Daily Progress reports today that, while a committee of city residents and officials has chosen a design for the future interchange at the 250 Bypass and McIntire Road, there’s one wee problem…

Bully for her

Dear Ace: Can you find out who this Buford character was? And why did they name a middle school after him?—Ed Ukate Ed: Although Ace loves nothing more than to sink his teeth into a good “Why’s such and such named such and such?” question, might he just take this moment to point out your […]

Trouble in paradise

More features: Your dinner starts now Local food is sprouting, and spring’s the time to buy in Local CSA farmsFrom Appalachia Star Farm to Roundabout Farm As a movement, local food ain’t all sweetness and light. The recent legal troubles of Double H farm —and the righteous indignation of its supporters, both covered extensively in […]