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 […]

Lawsuit of the Week

Plaintiff: Cindy Baker Defendant: Wal-Mart What’s at issue: Whether Wal-Mart is responsible for an unattended ladder that “tipped over, slid off and struck” Baker while she was bent over in a store aisle grabbing an item off the lowest shelf, according to her complaint. Baker charges Wal-Mart in Albemarle County Circuit Court with all sorts […]

Frozen in June

Dear Ace: It seems as though people are trying to squeeze things into the smallest spots these days. What are they building near the corner of 29 and Barracks Road, next to Arby’s?—Rocky Rhodes Rocky: In these situations, Ace is frequently reminded of the oft-quoted (and covered) Joni Mitchell song, “Big Yellow Taxi,” in which […]