Two out of three aren’t good
Ace: Where have all the good Samaritans gone?—Eve Hull Eve: According to the Gospel of Luke, the good Samaritan took mercy on a man who was beaten and left for […]
Cardboard Wings [with audio]
Ten years ago this month, a 27-year-old Louisiana native named Jeff Mangum and his band, Neutral Milk Hotel, released In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, an album that spent the ensuing years turning mixed reviews into a near-uniform chorus of praise.
Complete Sacred Cantatas
It is not an exaggeration to call the Bach Cantata project of Nicholas Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt a landmark in the history of recorded music.
Best New Poets 2007
It is possible to court disaster with the naming of one’s publication. Dave Eggers famously dodged this fate by going over-the-top tongue-in-cheek with his 2000 novel, A Heartbreaking Work of […]
Green groups splinter over water plan
A 50-year water supply plan that includes the expansion of the Ragged Mountain Reservoir and the construction of a pipeline received approval by the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), though people opposing the plan say that it is not yet a done deal.
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for city for: 1.5 years Resides in: Buckingham County. “I am willing to travel so far because I really do love my job.”Job title: Customer service supervisor. She’s been […]
Cleaning up the plant in our backyard
Leading up to Valentine’s Day, UVA students protested Dominion’s proposal for a new coal power plant in Wise County, Virginia, including stunts on the Lawn. But what about the emission […]
Future commission unveils report
It’s here at last: The report from the Commission on the Future is now. After a year’s worth of work, it has a host of recommendations. “We learned in the […]
The hidden life of UVA
Danny Oberski Year: Junior Age: 22 Major: Economics and psychology Hometown: Ashland, Virginia What’s in your backpack? Detroit Tigers baseball hat, Richard Thaler’s The Winner’s Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of […]
Bikers call for better accident reporting
Though police reports show that there were only eight accidents involving bicyclists in Charlottesville last year, local bike activists beg to differ.