Shooter sentenced to 12 years
As lawyers re-created it in Charlottesville Circuit Court a year later, March 2, 2007 was a tragic day for Javier Garcia.
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Shooter sentenced to 12 years
Emotional hearing in AK-47 case
As lawyers re-created it in Charlottesville Circuit Court a year later, March 2, 2007 was a tragic day for Javier Garcia.
Not-so-automatic cash
Doris Knight Fultz blames Food Lion after tripping on the bars beside this ATM machine, but the grocery store won the first legal round. Plaintiff: Doris Knight Fultz Defendant: Food Lion and Nationwide Money Services Court: Albemarle County Circuit What’s at issue: Whether a Food Lion in Roanoke and the ATM company are responsible for […]
L.A. Times piece heats up campus rape debate
According to a 2005 study, female students at UVA experienced “high rates” of sexual violence. Sociology researchers Jacqueline Chevalier and Christopher Einolf found that among a sample of 750 senior women, 17.6 percent were victims of rape, 10.8 percent were victims of attempted rape and 34.3 percent were victims of unwilling sexual contact. But if […]
Students tackle Katrina’s damage during spring break
For many UVA students, spring break is typically a time to party like it’s Apocalypse Eve. But for those rare students not in search of a bacchanal, the week-long term is a chance to volunteer.
Women likely to dance; men, not so much
Sean Singletary has scored 2,002 career points, made 550 free throws, dished out 556 assists and nabbed 192 steals. But the number he cares most about, wins, wasn’t as high as he’d have liked this year. The regular season is over. With the UVA women preparing for a probable NCAA tournament bid and the men’s […]
What's in your backpack
Zach Barrett Year: Senior Age: 22 Hometown: Lynchburg, VirginiaMajor: Sociology What’s in your backpack: No Country for Old Men, Intro to the New Testament, three notebooks, checkbook, five pens.
Red dirt alert!
That’s not a strip mine on the city’s horizon. Martha Jefferson Hospital is grading land and doing site prep work for the construction of an extension of Peter Jefferson Parkway. A quick note to State Farm employees and other Pantops office workers: If you hear any explosions, it is probably not the inaugural terrorist assault […]
Van Halen postpones again [March 10]
Can't say we didn't see it coming. A press release from John Paul Jones Arena says that Van Halen, scheduled to play at the venue Tuesday, March 11, has once again pushed the date back "so that Eddie Van Halen, who is currently under doctors' care, can continue medical tests to define a course of treatment. "
Out with the mold
Dear Ace: The Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park looks kinda weather-beaten. Any plans to restore it? Or does its original artistic effect only make it appear weather-beaten? Well, think about it.—Warren TorneWarren: Don’t you worry. Ace is definitely thinking about it. [Nods reassuringly, walks away to procure snack.] Ah, Ace kids. While he […]
What passed the General Assembly?
Here’s a round-up of what happened to some of the bills that C-VILLE was following this