My first bike was fiery ruby red with elegant white fringes, a woven basket in front and a high-pitch bell. I remember using it to alert my parents that I was coming or going. I was 5 years old and pedaling on my own for the first time. These days, I am not what you […]
In 1790, Comte Mede de Sivrac of France constructed a new device—wooden wheels held together by a wooden rod. He called it a celerifere. Then, in 1818, Baron von Drais introduced a much-improved two-wheeled vehicle to an audience in Paris. The apparatus sported two in-line wheels but no pedals. The rider of the “hobby horse” […]
At the intersection of Fifth and Market streets, one of my bike mentors, Paul Buschi, noticed my slightly terrified expression. “You O.K.?” he asked. I smiled and relaxed. “See,” he said, “it’s not hard to go from one place to another on your bike.” What Buschi wants me and others to know is that bike […]
“There are so many ways to get from point A to point B, and we chose the one that is most unfamiliar to the public.” Christoph Herby is describing the counter-cultural move that led him and business partner Ian Ayers to start Happy Rickshaw, their campus-area business, after a few years as competitive road cyclists. […]
Chances are, if you’re My Morning Jacket, you go on stage every night with the odds stacked against you. Do something like play a three-hour-plus gig at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival spiked with Crüe and Sly Stone covers and word gets around: Crowds want you to sweat waterfalls, play more guitar solos than […]
There’s a general rule about sequels: If the sequel was conceived along with the original tale, or draws from the same source of material, it’s got a good shot at being good—see the first Star Wars set, The Godfather Part II, the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, etc. If, however, the sequel is an exploitative […]
Wrack up another accolade for UVA. This time, the University, which was ranked 23rd by U.S. News and World Report for its college and ninth for its law school, has been flagged as one of the “IT Schools to Watch” by Computerworld Magazine. Specifically, the Master’s of Science in Management of Information Technology is named […]
Wondering why school buses are shuttling Hoos from Downtown to the football games this year instead of the usual Charlottesville Transit Service (CTS) buses? It’s not because the city schools are taking over the duty to raise funds or because the yellow is supposed to be a closer proxy to the Cavalier orange. Rather it’s […]
Nothing like a sportswriter to rile the student body into protest. Last week, ESPN.com’s Rick Reilly trashed the UVA athletic department for banning signs at sporting events (“This is un-American. This isn’t Havana.”) and counseled UVA students to bring blank signs to the September 6 football game against Richmond. During the second quarter of the […]
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