I am inclined to disbelieve in life’s exactness, but I swear this to be true. Precisely in the middle of the 10-hour drive that connects my old home of Washington, D.C., to my hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, a drive I have made many times in many emotional states and will continue to make for the […]
When Bob Pruett was hired as defensive coordinator for the UVA football team in February 2008,
The University is trying to “go green” in many aspects of its operations. Yet most of UVA’s 10,000 full-time staff continue to drive their own vehicle to and from work, despite efforts to offer alternatives. Over the course of the last academic year, UVA Parking and Transportation has unveiled a series of new programs geared […]
Emily Filler Emily Filler Age: 27 Year: Graduate student Concentration: Religious studies Hometown: Ovid, Michigan What’s in your backpack? Datebook, chapter from Berakhot from the Mishnah, The Meaning and End of Religion by Wilfred Cantwell Smith, wallet, phone, passport, keys, dental floss, highlighter, assorted medicines, teabags, gift certificate to a bookstore.
When Southern Cal’s players gaze into the Cavalier Nation on Saturday, they will find no sign of bravado, insults or irony. Daddy Hoo is tired of your signs, regardless of whether they praise or malign. Administrators sent out an e-mail to all University students last week that lauded “the passionate support” of the student body […]
When Dave Matthews Band took the stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday,
Mary Motley Kalergis, a Charlottesville photographer who’s carved herself a fairly wonderful
As proudly goofy members of the punk-pop church, the Black Kids have neither profound gloom nor shocking musical innovations to impress the sort of hipsters mildly amused by musicians supporting their tales of temporary passion with big beats, old-style synthesizers and background singers echoing their leader with deadpan sarcasm. Rather, the Kids’ sarcasm is a […]
Charlottesville Newsplex, the TV station that operates CBS 19, ABC 16 and Fox 27, is pushing back the timeline for moving operations to 2307 Hydraulic Rd., but General Manager Brad Ramsey, who took the reins in July, says that the project is sill moving forward. “We’re considering all of our options, I guess is the […]