Cavalier fans still trying to catch their breath today after the umpteenth cardiac rollercoaster performance by the football team on Saturday can at least breathe easy for now about the men's basketball team.
Cavalier fans still trying to catch their breath today after the umpteenth cardiac rollercoaster performance by the football team on Saturday can at least breathe easy for now about the men's basketball team.
The immediate years that followed World War II are universally known as the boom years, and as newly reunited couples everywhere became consumers, and spawned millions more, their insatiable appetite was met by an agricultural industry that was altering its practices.
Late in the evening of October 11, 2007, 18-year-old Taquan Lovelle Anderson—police authorities allege—walked into the Exxon on Cherry Avenue where he encountered the store’s owner, Suresh Parekh. Demanding the night’s deposit (reportedly, around $1,900), Anderson then shot the owner with a stun gun, first in the front shoulder and then in his back. This […]
The Rutherford Institute, a Charlottesville-based organization that defends civil liberties…
It’s hard to believe anything can be too ugly for Pantops. Though an official entrance corridor, the road presents a series of strip malls and car dealerships to impress the out-of-towners with the area’s stunning beauty. Yet the road is under the purview of the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board (ARB), and at their October […]
Previous coverage: Biscuit Run: This too has passedCraig says he, not large corporation, will see project through Supes candidates address Biscuit RunIs the development good for the community? Developers wrangle over proffersHollymead, Biscuit Run push for less, county pulls for more Supes take first stab at Biscuit RunQuestion whether city will get too much Biscuit […]
Recently, Whole Foods announced that they have ditched its option at the still-unbuilt Albemarle Place and will instead move into a new 50,000-square-foot store on the site of the old Terrace Theater. Dormant since the late ’90s, the theater and its brown façade had remained as it always had since it first opened. Unappealing and […]
Dena Bowers’ $1 million lawsuit against UVA for her firing in late 2005 is now in the hands of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, following a decision by a lower court judge that threw out most of Bowers’ First Amendment claims. But serious legal conflict between attorneys on both sides of the case continues […]
About two and a half years ago, John Jackson, the director of education technology at the UVA School of Medicine, came to the school’s facility committee with news that some members found a bit unsettling. He pointed out many medical schools—peer institutions—that were offering students more technological resources than UVA: online Power Point presentations and […]
Even as the UVA men’s basketball team is gearing up for its season opener November 22 against the University of Vermont, the Cavaliers have been busy shoring up recruits for the 2008-2009 season. And with verbal commitments from three high school players, the 2008 recruiting class is shaping up to be one of the best—if […]