Little bit of hate brings out a lot of love

Just by threatening to show up in Charlottesville to put on their tired “God Hates Fags” routine, the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church spurred hundreds of students to protest the protesters on November 14. Westboro had posted on its website that the church, led by Fred Phelps, would come protest UVA’s performance of The Laramie […]

What's in your backpack?

Sandra Peso Age: 20 Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey Majors: Economics and Drama What’s in your backpack? Laptop, charger, calendar, glasses in case, headphones, purse, wallet, phone, keys, pencil, Natures of Scandinavia hand cream, $4.25 receipt from Bodo’s, $10.82 receipt from HotCakes. C-VILLE welcomes news tips from readers. Send them to news@c-ville.com.

It's in the cards

Dear Ace: I heard Shenanigans is outselling Toys R Us! Can it be true?—Meryl Lynch Meryl: At first, Ace thought maybe this was a rouse. A rumor. Idle gossip, perhaps. Or maybe just a flat-out lie started to stir up trouble. (He’s nothing if not a dubious investigator.) And so, after a straight shot of […]

Still angsty after all these years

A few songs into the Nine Inch Nails’ set at the John Paul Jones Arena last Wednesday, I found myself utterly unable to summon any authentic anger to match the brutality that frontman Trent Reznor and company dished out. C’mon, Trent: Obama just won the presidency, putting an eight-year nightmare to rest and making history […]

Wild blue yonder

At one point during the past few months, every political prognosticator worth his or her salt had a moment when they knew, deep in their slimy, election-lovin’ guts, that the

Endowment takes nasty hit as economy falters

The University’s multibillion dollar investments, which include the University’s endowment, lost $600 million, or 11 percent, in the first quarter of the fiscal year, according to UVA’s Investment Management Company (UVIMCO) quarter-end report. By mid-October, the policy benchmark had declined by another 20 percent. According to the report, after the initial hit, the investment pool […]

What's in your backpack?

  Michael Karlik Age: 20 Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia Year: Sophomore Major: Political science What’s in your backpack? Sunday’s Washington Post, cough drop, pencils, pens, class notes, two notebooks, battery, Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville, water bottle, calculator, Post-It notes. C-VILLE welcomes news tips from readers. Send them to news@c-ville.com.   Michael Karlik  

Checks and balances

“Cash rules everything around me,” growled the Wu-Tang Clan back in 1993. And what was true then in Staten Island is still true 15 years later in Central Virginia. Checks & Balances: It Takes All Types Charlottesville’s biggest donors Heavy Hitters Just ask Tom Perriello, who has a six-term incumbent congressman on the verge of […]