You’re looking at country

I’m getting spooked,” says Anna Matijasic, the 26-year-old fiddler for Jim Waive and the Young Divorcees, and I know the feeling, a dull pounding in my gut. More: Country GrammarRecords that Jim Waive was listening to while recording Strike a Match It’s a bit past 8pm on a Wednesday last September. Jim Waive and the […]

Country Grammar

More: You’re looking at countryJim Waive readies his second record “I just came in here from force of habit. I don’t intend to spend too much time in here,” sings bestselling country musician and “Hee Haw” host Buck Owens. “But I heard you marching for the music. And if you play ‘A-11,’ there’ll be tears.” […]

Some faculty bristle at emergency memo

Marge Sidebottom had no idea the e-mail she sent several weeks ago with a page-long list of “Basic Classroom Emergency Procedures” would raise the hackles that it did. But by January 30, a seemingly defensive Sidebottom spoke to UVA’s Faculty Senate to explain that list, which had drawn some pointed questions from professors. “I’m trying […]

Prof sees rift between students and athletes

One of the goals of the UVA athletics department is to graduate 100 percent of the student athletes who complete eligibility at the University. And while the department is on track, with a 94 percent rate currently, some professors are concerned that the divide between athlete and student is widening, not shrinking. At the January […]

The hidden life of UVA

Lindsay Parra Year: Sophomore Major: Economics Hometown: Burke, Virginia What’s in your backpack? Red Blackberry, third generation iPod nano, five pencils, four pens, two highlighters, wallet, keys, legal pad, pepper spray, planner, umbrella, purple Bic lighter, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max and Virginia’s Environments.

Follow-up

A story we ran two weeks ago on a General Assembly bill that would require state universities to report annually on “academic freedom” won’t go away. Last week, we left off a crucial modifier to a group that’s behind that bill: “Faculty Senate” should have specified “of Virginia,” as to avoid confusion with the Faculty […]

Tracking down the homeless

Once every year, for the last six years, the Thomas Jefferson Coalition Against the Homeless (TJACH) has undertaken a three-day census of the area’s least fortunate, to find out things like how long it’s been since they last had a place to live, or whether they’ve ever felt like they needed mental health services. “HUD […]

Assembly can’t kill HPV vaccine

Last year, Virginia joined Texas as the only states to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated for the human papillomavirus (HPV), a move that outraged social conservatives in both places. Now Texas has backed out of its requirement, and in Virginia, legislators are trying to push back requirement’s start date, or kill it altogether. According […]