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 […]
Correction from November 4 issue
Due to a reporting error, the story “Better by the bottle” [October 14, 2008] referred to the “homogenization” of milk where it should have referred to “pasteurization.”
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
Hereford will house first-years only
Only chirping birds disrupted the complete silence that reigned over Hereford College on a sunny morning while sleepy students hurried to class.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
City finds support for railroad overpass
Railroads don’t have a reputation locally for cooperating with those who want to build trails over, under and alongside active tracks; railroads would rather not entice potential lawsuits onto their […]
After a long hang time, Perriello gets the jump on Goode
When you’re going up against a six-term incumbent who has never won a congressional election by less than 19.5 percentage points, the best thing
City backs away from water supply plan
Yet again, the area’s long-range water supply plan is facing new delays. The plan, meant to provide enough water for the City of Charlottesville and urban Albemarle County until 2055, […]