Talk about dominance. The UVA men’s tennis team, propelled by the reigning NCAA singles champ Somdev Devvarman, has become a college sports juggernaut on par with USC football or UNC women’s soccer. The Cavaliers are 28-0 and on Sunday won their fourth ACC tournament in five years. The team has won 31 matches in a […]
Beckett Fog Age: 20 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky Major: Architecture What’s in your backpack? Hand/foot warmers for skiing, thank you note, UK v. Louisville basketball ticket, six packs of Stride gum, dress buckle, tanning lotion, Moleskine notebook, lipgloss, bracelet, eraser, keys, sucker wrapper, Canadian quarter, dollar bill, euro coin, $8.23 in change, headphones, […]
The expression “behind closed doors” is a favorite of mine. There’s the weight of it, the dense and dark tone of its implication mixed with the fluff and nothingness of the actual phrase, like a mother telling a child “Because I said so, that’s why.” There’s the gameshow temptation, the “Deal or No Deal” thrill […]
Two residents of the 10th & Page neighborhood where the Hope Community Center is located urged councilors Monday night to take a closer look at the homeless shelter in the residential neighborhood.
Apparently, AccessUVA wasn’t a premeditated work involving years of planning as much as a hasty reaction to compete with UNC, the New York Times reports today. An article on increasingly generous financial aid packages details an October 2003 Board of Visitors meeting where UVA President John Casteen was handed a press clipping on UNC’s decision […]
If you ask the national media, Earth Day has expanded to basically the entire month of April, and Charlottesville-based architectural visionary William McDonough is a favorite subject.
Yesterday, Virginia launched a state-subsidized wine distribution company to help small vineyards in the state…
Last month, Terry Vassalos, owner of the Anderson Brothers Building on the Corner that currently houses Plan 9 Music and Satellite Ballroom, would neither confirm nor deny rumors that a CVS pharmacy might replace the two music establishments when the space’s lease expires at the end of May.
A gathering at UVA’s McIntire Amphitheater yesterday proved that, while there will always exist a rivalry between the University and Virginia Tech on the football field or basketball court, the two institutions are simpatico.
What do you do if you can’t sell a condo to save your life around Charlottesville and Albemarle County?