Correction from February 19 issue

Due to a proofreading error, the photo caption of last week’s Restaurantarama [“New night owl”] contradicted the accurate information in the article, which is that Martha’s Café on Elliewood Avenue on the Corner plans around mid-March to offer a full bar of drink options, in addition to the beer and wine they currently serve. We […]

Correction from February 12 issue

Due to a reporting error, the February 12, 2008, edition of Curtain Calls [“Castles made of sand”] stated that the UVA women’s basketball team trounced North Carolina on February 1. The fallen foe was, in fact, North Carolina State.

Clarification from January 22 issue

Due to an editorial error, the photo caption of “Employee sues Milan for taking his tips” [Courts & Crime News, January 22, 2008] stated that a former Milan employee charged that the restaurant “stole” tips from its wait staff. To be more specific, the employee contends that Milan “retained” waiters’ tips in violation of the […]

New hospital to serve long-term patients

In the face of what UVA Executive Vice President Leonard Sandridge called “a very heavy patient load” at the UVA Hospital, there are plans to break ground this summer on a long-term, acute-care hospital just west of the city. The 40-bed hospital will cost around $24 million, according to Thomas Harkins, the director of UVA’s […]

Lifeguards and physicists wanted

Looking for a job? Although we’re facing the prospect of an economic recession (just saying the word will make it come to pass, some experts tell us, so our apologies for tanking the economy), the Charlottesville area has the economic cushion provided by UVA, which, it seems, is perpetually hiring. So not to worry, job […]

The hidden life of UVA

Kelly Connors Year: Senior Age: 21 Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia Major: Commerce with an accounting/management concentration What’s in your backpack? Lipgloss, bottled water, planner, folder, notebook, first generation iPod, flyers, Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains: the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, the Man Who Would Cure the World, ski goggles, gloves, hand sanitizer, cell phone, wallet, […]

City sees three random attacks in four days

Coming home from catching a movie on UVA Grounds, Chris Martin pedaled his bike up the hill on W. High Street, heading east. It was just after 11:30pm, and as he got to the first blinking stop light, a man got out of the back of a Ford Explorer and said to Martin, “Hey, I […]

Crime, blood and a guy named Locard

After forensic detective Mark Fields finishes hanging a piece of cloth from the blackboard, he peels off his latex gloves and turns to face the classroom of PVCC students. “Does anybody care if I wear a tie?” he asks them. Nobody cares. “Good,” he says, and snaps the clip-on tie from his collar. Fields is […]