If you care either way about the current state of sexual education, you shouldn’t have a hard choice between John McCain and the two remaining Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Both Obama and Clinton wracked up 100-percent pro-choice voting records with the Planned Parenthood Action Fund on issues that range from sexual education […]
More feature articles: Playing around with sex edOne girl in four has an STI. Something has to change. Grading the presidential candidates on sex edPlanned Parenthood’s Becky Reid on McCain, Clinton and Obama Facts about and symptoms of common STIsHPV, Chlamydia, Genital herpes and Trichomoniasis Organizations and articles on the Web Advocates for Youth(advocatesforyouth.org) European […]
Wade Apartments, one of the titans of local student housing, made quick work of erecting a 20-unit apartment building at 1620 Jefferson Park Ave., but a neighbor is claiming in court that its rise came at his expense. Charles diPierro lives at 106 Oakhurst Cir. and shares a boundary line with Jefferson Commons, which Wade […]
Harrison Rue, executive director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC), announced recently that he’s leaving his post to take a consulting position in Raleigh, North Carolina. Could the departure of Rue, who has been a key leader in the Places29 master planning process, allow the Western Bypass to arise phoenix-like from the dustbin […]
Charlottesville is turning over several city-owned parcels to the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. While that’s nothing particularly new for the city, in addition, the city is acting as the primary sponsor for the construction of two new houses—which is, as far as local officials can tell, the first time nationally that a city […]
Who died and made Leslie Feist our iPod queen, the digital age’s pop heir to Debbie Harry, equal parts lounge chanteuse and dance floor provocateur?
At least 200 people were injured Monday, according to the AP, as severe storms barraged central and southeastern Virginia.
Anderson Brothers Building owner Terry Vassalos has confirmed that a deal to bring a CVS pharmacy into the space currently occupied by Satellite Ballroom, Just Curry, Higher Grounds and Plan 9 has now been signed and made official…
While other UVA undergrads were getting drunk in a field, football phenom Chris Long was donning a St. Louis Rams hat after being selected second overall at the NFL Draft. The defensive end wasn’t the only Cav tapped in the first round: Branden Albert, a lineman expected to move to left tackle in the pros, […]
The Duke men’s lacrosse team had the psychological edge from Thursday night onwards, when the Blue Devils’ entire attack unit was named to the All Atlantic Coastal Conference team during a ceremony to kick off the weekend’s 2008 ACC lacrosse championships at UVA. Despite a handful of goals from midfielder Brian Carroll and attacker Ben […]