All That Mighty Heart
To that inevitable social gathering/getting-to-know-one-another question, “What do you do?” Lisa Russ Spaar has more than one answer at her disposal. “I’m an English professor at UVA,” is a sure-fire […]
Do the right thing
Dear Ace: Am I allowed to ride my bike on the sidewalk?—Nancy Armstrong Nancy: Ace understands that you just want to ride your bicycle and ride it where you like. […]
Final exam
1. How many books does the UVA Library contain? [answer] a. A little over 5 millionb. 2.5 millionc. Counting would spoil the Library’s magnificence d. The only book necessary, partner, […]
Tuition goes up while Feds eye endowments
As Virginia universities’ tuitions continue to climb, they do so amid calls from Republican U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, for universities to spend more […]
Who lives on the Lawn, anyway?
Despite the big hoo-ha from students when President John Casteen gave fundraiser extraordinaire Bob Sweeney a spot on the Lawn, the pavilions still serve as an all-star gallery for UVA […]
Women’s basketball struggles academically
Debbie Ryan had better make sure her team is on its game this exam season: All UVA sports teams made the academic cut this year, though women’s basketball didn’t have […]
What’s in your backpack?
Chris Belyea Age: 23 Hometown: Montpelier, VAYear: Senior Major: Commerce What’s in your backpack? Laptop, iPod, earphones, notebook, mints, gum, sticky notes, three pens, two pencils, TI-83 calculator, Chapstick, granola […]
Two projects bank on Preston’s promise
For the most part, Preston Avenue is a place in between places, an auto-oriented strip you pass through to get from Barracks Road to Downtown. But the city Planning Commission, […]
Council decides not to decide on big house
When Charlottesville City Council declined to step into the middle of a dispute over the construction of an ambitious, environmentally friendly house that north Downtown neighbors argue is too large, […]
Students imagine MaJeff in 2018
Ten years from now, the corner of Locust and High streets will undergo a dramatic facelift. In place of the Martha Jefferson Hospital will spring hundreds of housing units, a grocery store, an assisted-living facility, a linear park, and office space, served by an underground parking lot.