Post visits UVA’s JuicyCampus [March 3]
The national media spent much of February expressing its shock (and titillation) about JuicyCampus.com, a website started by a Duke grad to air dorm room gossip publicly and anonymously.
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Post visits UVA’s JuicyCampus [March 3]
Finds gossip targets resigned to fate
The national media spent much of February expressing its shock (and titillation) about JuicyCampus.com, a website started by a Duke grad to air dorm room gossip publicly and anonymously.
UVA ranks No. 2 in undergrad business schools [February 29]
The March 10 issue of BusinessWeek ranks UVA’ McIntire School of Commerce at No. 2 in undergraduate business schools.
National angst clouds our “sound” local economy [February 28]
A press release today from the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce revealed the results of their 2008 Member Economic Survey, and characterized our fair city as a small center of calm within jittery America.
Van Halen reschedules concert [February 28]
Van Halen postponed their February 22 gig at John Paul Jones Arena, but fans need not fear: The band will return to make up the show on March 11.
Mountain lion terrorizes Crozet [February 27]
State gaming officials have told residents along St. George Avenue in Crozet not to go outside by themselves for fear of a mountain lion attack…
The meat of the matter
What does a juicy burger, brie cheese, a latte, a stylish belt, manufacturing lubricants, and a bowl of organic steamed vegetables have in common?
Between the sheets
The actual e-mail, like so many others, is gone. It was from Frank Dubec, the publisher of this newspaper, who is a little more Yahoo in the Swiftian sense than you’d think for a guy charged with balancing budgets. Bobcattin’: The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority’s Paper Sort Facility takes in 4,000 to 5,000 tons of […]
Atwood proposes “machine” for W. Main
The drought this year must have made a definite impression on local architect Bill Atwood. He appeared for the fourth time before the city Board of Architectural Review on February 19 with a starkly different design for a proposed six-story, mixed-use building that would take the place of the Under the Roof building on W. […]
Work begins on Downtown tower
As Downtown pedestrians noticed last week, the building at 200 E. Main St., known as the former Boxer Learning building, swelled in anticipation of the nine-story tower it’s preparing to birth, with yellow tape and steel poles expanding its presence on the Mall. To ensure a smooth pregnancy, Lee Danielson, the project’s public face, came […]
Follow-up
The Landmark Hotel isn’t the only nine-story tower to get underway. Bill Atwood’s Waterhouse tower on Water Street is reinforcing the building in preparation for construction. However, there’s no need to worry about the fate of weekend disco Club 216, which will have five floors of condos built above it. “We remain in full operation […]