Signs of the times
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. […]
What's in your backpack?
Meg Barry Age: 20 Year: Junior Major: Politics Meg Barry Hometown: Shrewsbury, MassachusettsWhat’s in your backpack? Wallet, notebook, water bottle, mail, pens, makeup bag, sunglasses, staff name tag, cell phone, […]
Getting colder
Dear Ace: You know that large digital display on 29N near Fashion Square Mall that shows the temperature? Is that thing accurate? When was the last time the temperature was […]
What now?
Well, that was anticlimactic. After a solid year of sly winks and peek-a-boo promises from both candidates, Virginia’s prospect of having a native son co-piloting the presidential ticket went from […]
"We are not what we set out to be"
As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that […]
Not dark yet
My dad started to write his first of many books about America’s loss of direction when I began my formal education.
Hospital slims list of redevelopment partners
Martha Jefferson Hospital is in the process of narrowing the list of potential partners to redevelop its 13.6-acre Downtown campus, the biggest city project in decades and one that promises […]
New district would regulate scale, not paint
Before she could renovate her newly purchased home on Park Street, Therese Elron had to win over the city Board of Architectural Review (BAR). She weathered two meetings and dozens […]
Woodard adds new jewel to crown
Local property manager and developer Keith Woodard has expanded his empire, buying the former Virginia Work Force building at 400 Preston Ave. from the Commonwealth of Virginia for just over […]